Sexual ethics

right and what is wrong is crucial. Some examples such as murder or stealing may be common ethics among many, while speaking profanities or sexual abstinence are less common. Nevertheless, everyone has a set of ethics or the knowledge of what is right or wrong based on their own experiences in environments such as school, work, family, etc. 1) With that being said, I have come to create my own set of ethics based on the experiences that I have had over the past twenty-two years of my life.…

Principle III focuses on integrity in relationships and is the most ethically relevant principle. Its value statement proposes that psychologists will “act in the best interest of members of the public, situations that present real or potential conflicts of interest are of concern to psychologists” (p. 22). Five standards can be directly applied to the vignette. The psychologist needs to weigh the risks and benefits in the context of her specific situation. She needs to decide whether or not to…

Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, and mental or physical disability, Code of Ethics of The National Association of Social Workers (2008). It is also important to remain professional regardless of the stressful situation one may be facing; the client is looking to the professional…

Professional ethics are standards set by the professionals in a career field. I would think in the counseling field the ethics are being tweaked as people became aware or encounter different situations and as the technology field is changing how we communicate with the world. They are used to give people in the field a basic guideline to refer to when needed or a matter is in question. I think there should be a code of ethics in any career field that involves people especially in the…

was reffered for counseling by his or her concerns. One of the ethical concerns would be when working with the minor is that according to standard A.A.A.1.F responsibility to students, the school counselor must respect the students values, beliefs, sexual orientation, and culture background by avoiding imposing any of their beliefs on the students related to their race, religion, and etc (ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors, 2016). If a school counselor refuses to work with someone that…

sending troops to another country and saying we need to go there before they attack us knowing the country does not have enough power to even attack the U.S, we choose to believe to keep a clean conscious. The ineffectiveness of having preference-base ethics is the fact that individuals and organizations use it to their advantage, meaning they only look at one side. For instance, the PETA organization say the lobsters can feel pain and that’s why when in the boiling pot they scratch the sides…

Code of Ethics An integral part of living is the choices that we face each day that shape our lives and create ourselves. We are constantly making moral decisions that reflect our own internal moral compass. Often times we are not aware of our personal moral values that drive our choices, and we may even be oblivious to the fact that the choices we are making have a moral component. Nevertheless, we all have many values that have been acquired over the course of our lives. Your values deal with…

una-voidable and unintentional, but the fact is, as a social worker our duties are to protect the clients from harm and not cause them more harm. A dual relationship can cause great harm to the client and also to the profession. That is why the NASW code of ethics stipulates that social workers should avoid this kind of relationship. Definition of dual relationship and what is entails. Dual relationship is when a social worker or a therapist or any specialist plays multiple roles or act as a…

Many people have their own personal views and opinions on homosexuality. In the book Doing Ethics it shows the conventionalist’s and liberal’s views on homosexuality. “The conventionalist denounces it as abnormal, unnatural, harmful, or dangerous. It is always and everywhere wrong. The liberal sees no morally relevant difference between heterosexual and homosexual sex. The behavior is morally permissible if it conforms to legitimate moral standards and involves consenting adults”(page 411). I…

What Role Does Ethics Play in Human Trafficking? When it comes to the issue of human trafficking and the role ethics plays, the issue has been controversial since states all over the world have different ideas, viewpoints, or opinions that each of those states may have on the issue. Before we delve deeper into this subject it is necessary to explain what human trafficking actually is. Human trafficking is defined as the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for prostitution,…