Scenario 1
In this present scenario the issue that is in question is considered to be that Jane who is a hardworking person wanted to take some time off from work where she wanted to go on a vacation. She had informed most of her clients that she had to cancel all the appointments of her clients during the time or period she was taking vacation but she did not inform all. Thereby, the clients would not be informed about her absence from work which would cause a disruption in the workplace. There are certain ethical conducts which are to be followed by individuals who work.
The Code of Ethics for the members of the counselling practice are certain ethical obligations of the members in such practice which needs to be taken into consideration before being able to provide guidance to the clients. The professional code of conduct is to be followed which is considered to be nondiscriminatory in nature and the professional counsellor needs to maintain confidentiality while interacting with the clients and therefore, the responsibilities are to be followed by the professional counselors as they have certain duties towards the clients who need help or professional guidance (Rupert, Miller & Dorociak, 2015). They should not be inconsiderate towards the clients and should not act irresponsibly towards the clients and their duties. They should be able to maintain a professional relationship and should be able to interact with the clients who are seeking for their help and assistance (Darrow, et al., 2015).
In this particular scenario it can be assumed as it has been stated that Jane wanted to take a vacation in order to improve her mental health. She had informed and canceled all the appointments which were supposed to be held during the time of her vacation which was considered to be a responsible action on her part. But she did not inform all her clients and assumed that there would be no crisis at the workplace during her absence which was considered to be an irresponsible act and the code of ethics was not followed since she did not take proper care and duty towards all her patients. Thus, the ethical obligation was not fulfilled by her as the clients are to be informed. She failed to do so. The professional code of conduct is to be followed which is considered to be nondiscriminatory in nature and the professional counsellor needs to maintain confidentiality while interacting with the clients and therefore, the responsibilities are to be followed by the professional counselors as they have certain duties towards the clients who need help or professional guidance.
Therefore, from the above scenario, it can be understood, that there are certain ethical obligations that are to be taken into consideration by the professionals while being at a workplace.
Scenario 2
In this particular scenario the issue that is considered to be comprehended is whether John’s behavior was discriminatory in nature. John was an intern who used to work at the facility which used to help people recover from the addiction of drugs and alcohol. Through this facility John had the opportunity of interacting with clients and he had the opportunity of knowing several of his clients. While John was going through his emails one day he found a client sending him friend request he immediately befriended him since he had interacted with the client. At another day and time another one of the clients of his facility had sent him a friend request who was a woman. John did not want to befriend her because he personally thought she was argumentative and thus, he told her that he did not befriend women. It can be understood, from here onwards that John was behaving in a discriminatory way which was considered to be a violation in the ethical code of conduct.
The rules and regulations which are provided under the code of conducts need to be followed in order to be a part of an organization. Therefore, the person or the individuals who are considered to be a part of that organization or facility needs to act accordingly and behave in a certain manner which would not violate the code of conducts. The individuals working in an organization should be able to act in a non-discriminatory nature and they should treat all the clients who are a part of that organization fairly without any kind of discrimination.
From the particular scenario it can be understood and assumed that the clients were being treated in a discriminatory way which was an ethical violation of the code of conduct and therefore, John had violated the ethical obligation and acted in an irresponsible manner which needed to amended. While maintaining a professional relationship the individuals should act in a way which would be non-discriminatory and discrimination should not be done regarding anything. John had violated the ethical conduct and had discriminated between his clients where he was having certain ethical obligations and responsibilities towards them.
Therefore, it can be understood, that John had be discriminatory which was a violation of the ethical responsibility towards the client and therefore, the code of ethics was considered to be violated and not be followed.
Scenario 3
In this particular scenario Amy is considered to be continuing her education and obtain a degree of Ph.D. in counseling she is a professional counselor. She goes to a seminar which has been conducted by an industry or an organization where she finds it to be helpful and she becomes interested in getting quick money by being a representative and sell multivitamins and other homeopathic remedies. She signs up for the representative. She gets the opportunity of knowing and acquiring clients who are in need of such medicines and along with that she also sets up a professional website where she can get in contact with the clients and along with that she sells them the medicines. The issue in question would be whether she has the right or license to act as a representative and sell the medicines to the clients through the professional website.
The ethical code of conducts are to be followed by the people and the individuals who are a part of the organization. The professional code of conduct is to be followed which is considered to be nondiscriminatory in nature and the professional counsellor needs to maintain confidentiality while interacting with the clients and therefore, the responsibilities are to be followed by the professional counselors as they have certain duties towards the clients who need help or professional guidance (Braswell, McCarthy & McCarthy, 2017). They should not be inconsiderate towards the clients and should not act irresponsibly towards the clients and their duties. They should be able to maintain a professional relationship and should be able to interact with the clients who are seeking for their help and assistance. Therefore, if the person although being a professional counsellor does not have the right to work as a representative then there would be a violation of the code of conduct.
From the above scenario, it can be understood, that the code of conduct is considered to be violated if the assumption is on the basis that the individual has not been given license to act as a representative. The clients are considered to be of utmost importance to the professionals and there are certain duties that needs to be followed while working as a professional. If there has been no license given in order to act as a representative and if there has been no proper training given to such representative then the individual is said to be violating the code of ethics.
Therefore, from the above discussion, it can be understood, that if there has been no proper training provided to the individuals for acting as a professional representative then it is said to be violating the code of ethics (Tarvydas & Hartley, 2017).
Scenario 4
In this particular scenario it can be seen that Robin who has been admitted in the facility which helps to recover from drugs is a residential facility. The facility in order to assess and evaluate certain behaviors of the clients follows certain procedures for the inventories. Robin becomes curious as to what these inventories or the assessments are for and its relevance to her so she asks her therapist after six weeks about it. The therapist does not inform her about it and states that the information is not considered to be disclosed to the clients. The issue that can be understood would be whether the clients have the right to know about the information about the condition and progress of their health and by not disclosing such information whether the therapist is causing an ethical violation.
The professional code of conduct is to be followed which is considered to be nondiscriminatory in nature and the professional counsellor needs to maintain confidentiality while interacting with the clients and therefore, the responsibilities are to be followed by the professional counselors as they have certain duties towards the clients who need help or professional guidance (Burck, Cottingham & Reardon, 2016). They should not be inconsiderate towards the clients and should not act irresponsibly towards the clients and their duties. They should be able to maintain a professional relationship and should be able to interact with the clients who are seeking for their help and assistance.
In this scenario, the therapist did not disclose the information about the health condition of the client. Under the code of ethics the therapists or the professionals need to abide by certain regulations and guidelines which would be considered to make it better for the clients. The professionals are also considered to disclose the information of the client in order to help the client or the patient to get better and improve the health but in this case it can be understood or assumed that the professional was not considered to disclose the information about the progress of the patient and chose to withheld such information which can be construed as a violation of the code since the professional was not providing any professional guidance to the patient or the client (Smith & Okech, 2016). Therefore, the code of conduct was considered to be violated in this case.
Therefore, there are certain rules and regulations which needs to be taken into consideration and such guidelines need to be followed. From the above discussion it can be understood that the patient or the client was assessed and evaluated but the progress of the patient was not being provided by the professional which was a violation to the ethical conduct of the professional.
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Smith, L. C., & Okech, J. E. A. (2016). Ethical issues raised by CACREP accreditation of programs within institutions that disaffirm or disallow diverse sexual orientations. Journal of Counseling & Development, 94(3), 252-264.
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