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Ethics in a Multicultural Context

 

HM2006
Ethics in a Multicultural Context
Textbook:
Ethics in a Multicultural Context
by Sherlon P. Pack-Brown and Carmen Braun Williams

10 CE Hours (Chapters 4 thru 12)

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OVERVIEW

Ethics in a Multicultural Context is a practical text and resource book intended to help mental health practitioners and trainees develop ethical decision-making skills which reflect cultural responsiveness. The main focus is ethical decision-making in an applied counselling context.

The book: covers ethical dilemmas arising in face-to-face counselling interactions; the supervisory relationship; and the teaching of counselling.

Each chapter of Ethics in a Multicultural Context includes cases or critical incidents followed with suggested exercises that can be used in counsellor education settings, includes comprehensive and practical treatment on ethical decision-making in a multicultural context and focuses on strategies to promote critical thinking in regard to ethical multicultural practice.


OBJECTIVES

1. Identify and apply the three stages of Ethical Thinking in a multicultural context.

2. Formulate a decision-making framework and concrete guidelines for ethical problem solving in a multicultural context.




TABLE OF CONTENTS (Chapters 4 - 12)


Chapter 4. Confused? Try Thinking in a Competent and Multicultural Context
  • Competence within a Cultural Context
  • AMCD Multicultural Competencies
  • Moral Principles of Three Codes of Ethics: The View within a Cultural Context
  • A Multicultural Framework: Ethical Thinking and Decision-Making within a Multicultural Context
  • Review of ACA, APA, and NASW Ethical Codes Within a Cultural Content
  • Critical Incident
  • Summary and Key Points
Chapter 5. Awareness: The First Stage of Ethical Thinking in a Multicultural Context
  • The Person and Then the Professional
  • A Framework Promoting Self-Awareness to Facilitate Understanding the Cultural Behavior of Others
  • Approach to Difference
  • Critical Incident
  • Summary and Key Points
Chapter 6. Knowledge and Skills, Stages 2 and 3: Ethical Thinking and Decision-Making in a Multicultural Context
  • Precounseling: Becoming a Helper Within a Multicultural Context
  • Adapting Learned Skills and Counseling Theory to Work Ethically Within a Client's Cultural Framework
  • Plan of Action: Moving from Awareness and Knowledge to Action
  • Ethical Decision Making In a Multicultual Context
  • Summary and Key Points
Section III Overview 
Chapters 7 thru 12 cover each of the following areas:
  • ACA Code
  • APA Code
  • NASW Code
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Expert's Discussion
Chapter 7.  Dual Relationships
Chapter 8.  Unintentional Cultural Bias
Chapter 9.  Client Welfare
Chapter 10. Bartering for Service
Chapter 11. Fostering Dependency
Chapter 12. Boundaries of Competence