Ethical‚ Legal‚ And Professional Issues In Counseling — Presentation Transcript 1. James F. Whittenberg‚ M.Ed.‚ CSC‚ LPC Rivera High School‚ Brownsville ISD Doctoral Candidate‚ Capella University‚ Minneapolis‚ MN Counselor’s Institute‚ South Padre Island‚ TX January 27-29‚ 2011 2. This presentation is intended to raise awareness of ethical‚ legal‚ and professional issues in counseling and reduce the risk of unethical or unlawful behavior that might result in legal complications for counselors
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afraid to discuss. It is a moral dilemma that many women face daily‚ and their partners and families are along for the heavy heart that comes along with it. It is a topic that many people disagree upon because of what some consider to be ethical. This dilemma is examined and researched with many case studies to prove either side right or wrong in an ethical debate. In discussing both sides‚ it will always be up to the person involved on whether it is truly ethical or not to end the existence of what
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Assignment: Ethical Dilemmas Throughout our existent we may never be prepared to deal with the unexpected. Although in life we have our blessings we are face with dilemmas that will bring us to crossroads we never thought were possible. Inside our hearts we will test our faith and beliefs‚ while trying to understand which path is ethically correct. The influences of our worldviews shape our decisions and ultimately impact what direction we choose. In this paper‚ I will discuss the dilemmas of abortion
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scenario‚ Jamilah Shah‚ a 90-year-old Turkish immigrant who speaks basic English‚ was admitted to the hospital after collapsing in her bed in an ECF. Tests and labs show that Jamilah had a heart attack. She has no advanced directives on file and her youngest son‚ Bashir‚ is her emergency contact. The healthcare team is divided on how to proceed with treatment‚ as Bashir is requesting only comfort care‚ while her social service worker is advocating for medical intervention based on their duty of care and
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Ethical decision making: A dilemma Ethical issues have greatly transformed in our lives since the great Enron‚ Xerox and other huge corporations proposed big profits showing earnings of billions of dollars and yet in reality facing bankruptcy. These corporations faced great trouble with the federals and state for manipulating financial statements. But not only corporations can be blamed on this‚ accounting firms were involved in this as much as the corporations were. With the business stand
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Why is it illegal to murder someone yet it is legal to abort a child? They are both still humans. The way people deal with this ethical dilemma is that it is not a human but just a fetus. But when does a fetus become life
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consultations from other professions in similar fields is one of the most fundamental principles that professionals use when caught between important decisions that have to be chosen. There are professional code of ethical that are provided for professionals to be used in the provision of products and services. A constant reference to the
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The ethical dilemma proposed in this case study involves a psychologist who purposefully miscodes a client’s clinical diagnosis while billing the insurance for services since half of the patient’s clinical diagnosis is often declined for payment by the insurance company. While the therapist was only trying to help the patient out by saving them money by getting the insurance company to pay for all the services provided‚ the psychologist was unethical in not disclosing all the appropriate information
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treatment? One of the contributing factors to developing anorexia is an individual’s need to control his or her environment. In my opinion‚ force feeding a patient who suffers from this serious disorder‚ would be unethical as well as a violation of the patient’s constitutional rights. The libertarian philosophy of freedom is based on the premise that self-ownership is a basic right and that initiating violence against others is a fundamental wrong. What is self-ownership if not the right to choose what
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At some point in everyone’s life they have probably heard an argument or a commercial about the ethical dilemma of abortion. Since the historical 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade‚ the discussion of a woman’s right to have an abortion has been one of the most contentious moral and political debates in America. The Court decided that a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy‚ protected by the fourteenth amendment. The decision gave a woman total freedom and control
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