A Survey of Current and Projected Ethical Dilemmas of Rehabilitation Counselors

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Hartley ◽  
Brenda Y. Cartwright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
Confidentiality And Privacy ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

Purpose:This study surveyed current and projected ethical dilemmas of rehabilitation counselors.Method:As a mixed-methods approach, the study used both quantitative and qualitative analyses.Results:Of the 211 participants who completed the survey, 116 (55.0%) reported an ethical dilemma. Based on the descriptions, common themes involved roles and relationships with clients, professional responsibility and competence, and confidentiality and privacy. In addition, projected dilemmas involved social media, health care legislation, insurance concerns, and professional competence.Conclusions:Implications address areas for ongoing discussion, including considerations for future revisions to the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Ethics.

Rehabilitation' Counselor Certification: The Path Toward Professional Recognition

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Professional Recognition ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

Recognition as a professional in the health care system of the U.S. has long been a goal of rehabilitation counselors: The role of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification and the practicing rehabilitation counselors in the achievement of recognition is discussed in this article.

Rehabilitation Counselor Education and the New Code of Ethics

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Harriet L. Glosoff ◽  
R. Rocco Cottone
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Counselor Certification

The purpose of this article is to discuss recent changes in the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors, effective January 1, 2010, that are most relevant to rehabilitation counselor educators. The authors provide a brief overview of these key changes along with implications for ethical practice in rehabilitation counselor education.

Duty to Warn versus Duty to Protect Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Considerations Relative to Individuals with AIDS/HIV

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runna Alghazo ◽  
Thomas D. Upton ◽  
Nicholas Cioe
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Duty To Warn ◽  
Ethical And Legal Considerations ◽  
Duty To Protect

This article explores ethical dilemmas associated with rehabilitation counselor service provision to individuals with AIDS/HIV, emphasizing the conflict between the duty to protect confidentiality and the duty to warn and the ethical and legal considerations pertaining to this conflict. A discussion on the limits of confidentiality, the application of the six ethical principles, the specific guidelines provided in rehabilitation counselors' code of ethics, and the legal actions that address the issue of duty to warn are provided.

The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification Code of Ethics: An Emerging Approach to Digital Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Michael T. Hartley ◽  
Paul J. Bourgeois
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Distance Counseling ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Counselor Certification

BackgroundRehabilitation counselors are becoming more adept at providing distance services.ObjectiveFocused on the ethical use of digital technology, the purpose of this article is to highlight ethical considerations when using digital technologies professionally.MethodsReviewing the ethical standards of the 2017 Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors, this article examines the current ethical standards governing the use of technology, distance counseling, and social media.FindingsIt is critical for rehabilitation counselors to understand how affordances and constraints of technology will continue to mediate the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling.ConclusionThe professional practice of rehabilitation counseling will increasingly involve digital technology.

Guide to the Revised CRCC Code of Ethics for the Rehabilitation Counselor

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorie J. McQuade ◽  
Gerald C. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Private Practice ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to discuss the most recent changes in the CRCC Code of Ethics (the Code), effective January 1,2002, from the perspective of practicing rehabilitation counselors. The authors present a collaborative view from both the public and private practice sectors. Selected changes in the Code, and the impact of those changes on practitioners are discussed. Questions for reflection are located at the conclusion of the article to stimulate the reader's thinking. A brief history of the development of the Code is also presented.

Certified Rehabilitation Counselors: A New Era

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-232
Author(s):  
Roger H. Livingston ◽  
James R. Engelkes
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
New Era ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

The professional status and future of rehabilitation counseling, as a profession, has been enhanced through the certification of rehabilitation counselors. Since July, 1974, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification has certified more than 8,000 individuals in the profession. These professionals are located throughout the United States, its territories, and three foreign countries. Beginning in July, 1975, extensive demographic information was collected on each applicant resulting in a composite profile on slightly over 50% of the Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC's) certified during the “grandpersoning” period.

Comparison of Ethical Dilemmas Across Public and Private Sectors in Rehabilitation Counseling Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Beveridge ◽  
Jorge Garcia ◽  
Matt Siblo
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
Group Attributes

Purpose:To examine the nature of ethical dilemmas most frequently reported by rehabilitation counselors in the private and public sectors and determine if significant differences exist in how practitioners experience ethical dilemmas in these two settings.Method:A mixed-methods internet-based survey design was utilized and included descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative approaches on a sample of rehabilitation counselors (N= 141) via an instrument created by the researchers.Results:The results indicate that there are clear differences between both the nature and frequency of ethical dilemmas encountered by practitioners in the private and public sectors of rehabilitation counseling. Findings indicate that there are significant differences not only in the frequency and importance each group attributes to ethical dilemmas but also in the types of ethical dilemmas experienced.Conclusion:Rehabilitation counselors in the private and public sectors practice in different environments (with varied laws, rehabilitation goals, duration of services), and minimal consideration has been given to the diversity of ethical dilemmas that these practitioners encounter in their professional roles. The inclusion of Section F in the 2010 CRCC Code of Ethics was the rehabilitation counseling field’s first attempt to address the differing nature of ethical dilemmas faced by private rehabilitation counselors in their practice. Further study is warranted to examine the dynamics that underlie the ethical decision-making process as well exploring the differences between these two settings.

A Code of Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Esco Obermann
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Private Practitioners

On September 25, 1972, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Delegate Assembly of the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association adopted a draft of a Code of Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors. The provisions of the Code were based on responses from many members of the Association who had been invited to report ethical dilemmas they had encountered and to suggest acceptable solutions to those dilemmas. A first draft was published in the Summer, 1971, issue of The Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling. Many additional members responded to the invitation to suggest changes in that draft. It was a revised version of the first draft that was adopted at San Juan.While the vote for adoption was almost unanimous, there were some questions raised during the discussion at San Juan and during the three years that the Code was in preparation that should be shared with all Association members. The questions might be placed in three generic types: (a) Does the profession really need a code of ethics? (b) Can a profession that is generally composed of persons who are employees, as opposed to private practitioners, reasonably expect to set its own ethical standards and abide by them? (c) Would it not be preferable merely to state some very broad principles of ethical behavior and refrain from defining for the members what those principles should mean in practice? The attempt will be made here to summarize the apparent rationales of these questions and what seemed to be the conclusions of the Delegate Assembly concerning them.

The History of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
Certification Process ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
History Of ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
Maintenance Process

The certification movement for Rehabilitation Counselors has spanned more than 16 years. During this time extensive discussion on the topic took place, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) was incorporated, and a reliable and valid written examination was developed and tested. Finally, a Certification Maintenance process that meets the standards of the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies was established and accepted by the professional constituency. These efforts and the fact that 10,000 professionals have become certified in the field of rehabilitation counseling provide support for the viability of the certification process for the professional rehabilitation counselor and the existent profession of Rehabilitation Counseling.

Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation Counselor Supervision and the New 2010 Code of Ethics

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet L. Glosoff ◽  
Kathe F. Matrone
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Counselor Supervision ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor

The 2010 revision of the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors addresses changes in ethical standards related to rehabilitation counselor supervision. In an effort to promote awareness of these changes, this article offers a brief overview of the revisions and implications for practice including the responsibility of supervisors to actively engage in and support professional development activities.

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