As school counselors using an appropriate ethical decision-making model to respond to ethical challenges and issues helps to determine the courses of action and behavior for an individual or group of people. It is imperative to focus on applying standards as disseminated by ACA. Therefore, consider the ACA Code of Ethics while working through this paper. The ACA Code of Ethics (2014) URL is listed below as well as the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2016):
As stated in the ASCA Code of Ethics Standard F (2016):
When faced with an ethical dilemma, school counselors and school counseling program directors/supervisors use an ethical decision-making model. For this assignment, Corey, Corey, and Callanan (2011) ethical decision-making model will be applied. The eight steps of Corey, Corey, and Callanan are below. More explanation on the specifics of the steps are found on pages 47-49 of your textbook.
- Identify the problem or dilemma
- Identify the potential issues involved
- Review the relevant ethics codes
- Know the applicable laws and regulations
- Obtain consultation
- Consider possible and probable courses of action
- Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
- Decide on the best course of action
Discuss the relevance of both the ACA Code of Ethics and the Corey, Corey, and Callanan model. Therefore, you are to review your understanding of ethics and the model. The textbook is not to serve as a source, which means this does include at least one citation.
Part 2: Select one of the three scenarios listed to be the focal point of your paper and identify with detail how each step of the Corey, Corey, and Callanan ethical decision-making model is present in the scenario. Hence, note about what is problematic or an ethical concern in the scenario.
Part 3: Locate peer reviewed journal articles to serve as citations/ support that specifically address what you have identified in steps 4-8 of the Corey, Corey, and Callanan ethical decision-making model. Think about the laws, regulations, consultation, and courses of action. Consider the best practice strategies for potential legal decisions. The amount of citations is no fewer than five and no more than seven. This will serve as the literature review.