Gatekeepers of the Profession: Using the Code of Ethics to Guide Supervision

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
American Music ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Decision Making Model

Abstract Clinical practicum and internship supervisors often share the role of gatekeepers with university faculty to ensure that students meet all necessary and applicable professional competencies before moving on to the next step in their music therapy journey (Dileo, 2001; Hsiao, 2014). However, the interpretation of these competencies can be subjective, and predicting student success can be challenging (Dileo, 2000). Therefore, making the decision of whether to pass a student from a clinical practicum or internship can be complex and filled with ethical implications for all involved. This paper explores that decision through the lenses of both the past and current American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) Codes of Ethics using Dileo’s (2000) Ethical Decision-Making Model. An ethical dilemma, based upon the author’s supervisory experiences, is presented here and analyzed using the following guidelines: setting and context; problems and issues; personal responses, beliefs, and values; obligations; Codes of Ethics standards and principles; laws and institutional and professional policies; opportunities for consultation; possible solutions and consequences; and implementation.

Licensure Portability Through an Ethical Lens: Considering Multiple Stakeholders

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-111
Author(s):  
Hannah B. Bayne ◽  
Kevin Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Mental Health Counselors ◽  
Counseling Relationship ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
American Counseling Association ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
And Training

Counselors have been licensed to practice in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia since 2009, but licensure portability (the ability to transfer a license from one state to another) remains elusive, due in large part to variations in educational and training requirements between states. In this article, we extend the American Counseling Association and American Mental Health Counselors Association counseling codes of ethics beyond the counseling relationship to consider license portability along ethical dimensions at the macro level. We apply an ethical decision-making model to demonstrate how lack of portability may have ethical implications related to both counselors and clients. We submit several considerations for how the profession can conceptualize and address these issues through an ethical lens.

Ethical issues in social marketing

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Eagle ◽  
Stephan Dahl ◽  
David Low
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Frameworks

Many social marketers assume that because they are focusing on positive behaviour change they may expect fewer ethical issues arising from their work than conventional, commercial marketing. However, such a view is sadly too simplistic. This chapter focuses on the ethical issues facing social marketing. It argues that social marketers face an even greater potential for ethical issues and gives examples of these by focusing on targeting, stigmatization, victim blaming, coercion, and the use of financial incentives, among others. Recognizing the manifold potential for ethical challenges, and the lack of a decisive manner in which to resolve them easily, it then discusses ethical frameworks which can aid social marketers in formulating a response to potential issues and arriving at a considered decision. The chapter concludes by discussing the potential role of a professional code of ethics, and how this can aid future ethical decision-making.

scholarly journals The Role of The Press Council in Enforcement of The Press Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Indrianti Azhar Firdausi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Legal Entity ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Mass Media

This study aims to examine the role of the press council in enforcing the press law and journalistic code of ethics where digital developments are currently very developed, especially media that utilize new media platforms. Not all online mass media are legal entities and not all news that is conveyed through online media follows a journalistic code of ethics, giving rise to overlapping perceptions and activities due to the lack of understanding of journalists and the public in the midst of easy access to information. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study method, data collection is collected through observation and documentation sourced from literature and document studies that examine the phenomenon of digitalization dynamics around press laws and journalistic codes of ethics. There are a number of efforts from the press council, including enforcing the press law on online mass media by carrying out a number of verification processes including administrative verification, factual verification and content verification. The third verification cannot be carried out because of the constraints of human resources and budget. A mass media that receives a report will be handled and mediated by the press council if the mass media is already a legal entity. Meanwhile, the enforcement of the press code of ethics is carried out by first classifying journalism activities based on whether the mass media is a legal entity or not, then screening complaints of violations of the code of ethics, and reprimanding the problematic mass media to apologize and clarify the misinformation that has been published.

Safeguarding Curricular Self-Experiences in Undergraduate Music Therapy Education and Training

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hiller ◽  
Courtney Belt ◽  
Susan Gardstrom ◽  
Joy Willenbrink-Conte
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
American Music ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Therapy Education

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to put forth a model to support the psychological safety of undergraduate students as they engage in a form of experiential learning called self-experiences (SEs). SEs pair active engagement in learning episodes with learner self-inquiry. The need to safeguard curricular SEs is grounded in the American Music Therapy Association’s Professional Competencies and Code of Ethics and the Certification Board for Music Therapists’ Board Certification Domains. We first explicate several types and benefits of SEs and identify potential risks and contraindications that may compromise learners’ psychological safety and even cause harm. Next, we describe the steps we took in developing the model and gaining administrative approval. We outline major tenets and describe specific safeguarding practices at various levels of implementation. We offer a hypothetical vignette to contextualize the information, address certain challenges in implementing this model, and offer recommendations for future research related to undergraduate experiential learning. Educators, clinical trainers, and supervisors who employ SEs are encouraged to implement safeguards toward upholding professional ethics and supporting learners’ personal and professional development.

Ethics and Digital Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 218-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Computing Machinery ◽  
Ethical Choices

After considering the high costs to digital government of inadequate ethical choices, the role of ethics in government generally is reviewed. While codes of ethics may not go far toward resolving ethical challenges, they provide bases for ethical discourses and embody key ethical principles. Selected principles from the Code of Ethics of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) are applied to contemporary ethical issues in the context of digital government. In the rapidly evolving environments of digital technology, it is impossible to anticipate the leading-edge ethical issues. However, there are solid ethical or moral imperatives to use these principles for resolution of the issues.

Considerations When Writing and Presenting Consent Forms for Clients

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Gene Ann Behrens
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
American Music ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Ethical Research ◽  
Consent Forms ◽  
Conducting Research

Abstract While the writing and presentation of most general consent forms can be accomplished using a checklist of what to include and say, different nuances and considerations enter the process when the participants of a research study involve present or past clients who retain their legal rights. This process is even more challenging for student music therapists conducting research as part of a school-related project. While the Belmont Report1 and the American Music Therapy Association’s (AMTA) Code of Ethics (https://www.musictherapy.org/about/ethics/) provide some insights and direction for many ethical research decisions, music therapy researchers also must be aware of their values, morals, and integrity, as well as various ethical considerations. Based on an example scenario, six ethical questions related to writing and presenting a consent form for a past client are discussed along with references to the Belmont Report and AMTA’s Code of Ethics.

scholarly journals How Codes of Ethics Deal with Fear in the Workplace

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Santosuosso
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The relationship between decision-making and emotions has been increasingly explored in the past thirty years by physicians, psychologists and economists. Because of the impact that emotions have on human behaviour, ethical implications need to be examined if we consider that managers could use emotions to motivate employees. This paper analyses the content of the code of ethics of 278 companies listed on the Italian stock exchange in order to verify how the codes take into account the emotion of fear experienced by employees in the workplace. Research findings revealed that companies have failed to consider the word “fear” and most of the other terms expressing similar emotions. On the other hand, their codes of ethics focused on ethical standards that should be respected, such as the dignity of each single individual and on unethical actions that must be avoided, such as acts of physical or psychological violence. </p>

Observers’ Reactions to Social-Sexual Behavior at Work: An Ethical Decision Making Perspective

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Bowes-Sperry ◽  
Gary N. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Ethical Issue ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Ethical Ideology ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
The Relationship

The role of observers has been generally ignored in prior theories and research on social-sexual behavior at work. This study proposed and tested an ethical decision making model of individuals’ reactions to social-sexual behavior that they witness at work. Full-time employees responded to vignettes regarding an incident of social-sexual behavior. The findings revealed the influence of both the moral intensity of the behavior and the ethical ideology of the observer on recognition of the behavior as an ethical issue and intentions to intervene in the behavior. In addition, respondents’ experiences with a sexualized work environment moderated the relationship between their recognition of social-sexual behavior as an ethical issue and their intentions to intervene in the behavior.

scholarly journals Code of ethics and the ethical decision-making model as a support in teachers' professional practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-330
Author(s):  
Lukáš Stárek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Decision Making Model

Educators are confronted by specific ethical issues in their everyday work. However, awareness of these issues, the search for answers to them and their consideration, demand due diligence and time. Thus, the importance of ethics and its impact may be downplayed. An educator aims to pay attention to the development of a child/student, especially with respect to the environment or social setting itself, and the responsibility toward society itself is evident from this. The educator's responsibility should also be related to the profession itself and the social perception of the teaching profession. The aim of the research was to examine whether a school's code of ethics and the training to use an Ethical Decision-making Model could be used to support teachers in solving ethical dilemmas. The research sample consisted of teaching staff working at a primary school in Prague. The teachers work in the first stage of primary school. The selected primary school has a code of ethics as an internal regulation. In total, five interviews with teachers were conducted. Respondents agreed that the Code of Ethics and Ethical Decision-making Model are good support for their professional practice. They are primarily useful in the communication process, especially when talking to children, colleagues and parents.

Codes of ethics in psychiatry

2021 ◽  
pp. 209-234
Author(s):  
Felicity Kenn ◽  
Sidney Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Disciplinary Procedures ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Ethics In Psychiatry

Codes of ethics in psychiatry, as well as medical codes more generally, have continually evolved since the Oath of Hippocrates, and remain important in contemporary psychiatry practice. However not until the 1970s were unique ethical challenges facing psychiatrists specially addressed. Codes of ethics in psychiatry take many forms but, in general, responsible care of patients and professional integrity constitute their core. Additionally, they variously cover the human rights of patients and duties to society. Codes can be international or institutionally specific, with international declarations expected to be universally relevant. Adherence is recognized as a vital component of self-regulation, with codes giving support to disciplinary procedures. Using a range of codes and covenants as illustrative, in particular the code of ethics of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), the role of codes in promoting high standards of ethical practice, professionalism, and education in psychiatry is explored.

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