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Ethical Decision Making Models in Context:A Cross Cultural Case Study
CCPA 2013 Annual ConferenceHalifax
17 May 2013
Dr Judi L Malone, CCC, Registered Psychologist (AB & AUS)
This Session…Cross Cultural Case Scenario
Ethical Decision Making
Moral Development
Social Constructionism
Virtue Ethics
Relational Ethics
Personal Contexts of Practice CCPA MALONE Ethical Decision Making 2
Cross Cultural Case Scenario
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Case ScenarioWorking in Cree communities I have been commonly introduced as a “friend” by my clients. I do not correct clients or ask them not to introduce me in this way.
Todays’ Collective Purpose – collaborate & reflect on this cultural case study & your own context of practice
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Ethical Decision Making Your Ethical Decision Making Framework:
• Considers complexity
• Incorporates your values & beliefs
• Respects client needs & norms
• Relevant to the social content
• Continually evolvingCCPA MALONE Ethical Decision Making 5
Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Codes
Community Consensus
Regulations
Legal Boundaries
Peer Consultatio
n
Professional
Consensus
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Neurocognitive Research
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Ethical Decision Making Process:
• Reasoned Analysis
• Intuition
• Retrospection
CCPA Code…A10. Sensitivity to Diversity
B8. Dual Relationships
B9. Respecting Diversity
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Code-Specific Ethical Decisions CCPA Process of Ethical Decision Making
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Principle Based
Virtue Based
Quick Check
Principle-Based Ethical Decision-Making
Key Ethical Issuesfor this Situation
Ask Yourself
Relevant ethical articles?
Most important ethical principles?
Application? Conflict? Potential risks & benefits?
My feelings & intuitions?
Most helpful plan of action?
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Virtue Based Ethical Decision Making
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Counsellors are motivated to be virtuous & caringbecause it is the right thing to do
Emotions? Intuition? Values?
Impact? Decisions?
Quick Check
• Want this announced?
Publicity
• Same decision?
• Every counsellor?
Universality • Everyone
treated fairly?
Justice
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Peer Collaboration
Using the CCPA Process of Ethical Decision Making, how should you handle being introduced as “friend” in this particular community (practice context)?
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Moral Development
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Peer Collaboration
From a Moral Development Perspective, how should you handle being introduced as “friend” in this particular community (practice context)?
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My Reflections…“It is my personal judgment that the subtle
difference between friendship in a non-
professional context & this construct of
“friendship” is also understood by many in
this Cree culture & does not represent a
boundary violation.”
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Social Constructionism
Emphasis on the Social Context of the Decision
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Character
Responsible
Reflexive
Interdependent
Peer Collaboration
From a Social Constructionism Perspective, how should you handle being introduced as “friend” in this particular community (practice context)?
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My Reflections…“I must consider the influence of my
relationship with the larger Cree culture &
the community within which I practice.…I
have come to understand that it would be a
cultural & social faux-pas to correct
someone who introduces me as a friend or
to ask them not to”CCPA MALONE Ethical Decision Making 19
Virtue Ethics
Benevolence
Cultural sensitivity
Respectfulness
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BEING
Embody
Morality
Wisdom
Mores
Context
Peer Collaboration
From a Virtue Ethics Perspective, how should you handle being introduced as “friend” in this particular community (practice context)?
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My Reflections…“This is a community that, like many
Aboriginal communities, has great distrust
of non-Aboriginal professionals who are
deemed to be “outsiders” and who do not
understand or value the Cree culture.…I
accept that it is appropriate to be
introduced as a friend in that context and
essential that I respect their culture and
norms”
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Relational Ethics
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Engagement
Counsellor Role
Context
Respect
Interdependent
Peer Collaboration
From a Relational Ethics Perspective, how should you handle being introduced as “friend” in this particular community (practice context)?
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My Reflections…“Relational ethics would require me to
consider my level of engagement with this
client and to respond to this introduction
authentically…. In this community, the
culture supports an interdependent
environment”
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Personal Contexts & Practice
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Code-Specific
Moral Develop-
ment
Social Constru
ct-ionism
Virtue Ethics
Relational Ethics
Thank you for your sharing
Dr Judi L MaloneCertified Canadian Counsellor
Registered Psychologist, Alberta, Canada/AustraliaRegistered Health Service Psychologist (Canada)
judim@athabascau.ca