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Ethical Practice in the Human Services
From Knowing to Being
- Richard D. Parsons - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Karen L. Dickinson - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA
January 2017 | 416 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Ethical Practice in the Human Services moves beyond addressing ethical issues and principles to helping readers actually practice ethical behavior through awareness of their personal morals, values, and choices. With coverage of ethical standards from six different associations, the text addresses ethical issues and principles in social work, counseling, psychology, and marriage and family therapy. Robust pedagogy includes case illustrations and guided exercises to give readers a deeper understanding of the underlying moral principles and values that serve as a foundation for the various ethical codes.
Part One: Helping: The Role and Influence of the Helper
Chapter 1: Ethics – Core to Professional Helping
Chapter 2: Helper Variables: What the Helper Brings to the Helping Relationship
Chapter 3: Ethical Standards: Guidelines for Helping Others
Chapter 4: Ethical Practice in an Increasingly Diverse World
Part Two: Ethics and Standards of Practice: The Professions’
Chapter 5: Ethics and the Law
Chapter 6: Conflict: The Reality of ‘Being’ Ethical within the Real World
Chapter 7: Ethical Decision Making
Part Three: Applying Ethical Standards
Chapter 8: Informed Consent
Chapter 9: Confidentiality
Chapter 10: Boundaries and the Use of Power
Chapter 11: Efficacy of Treatment
Chapter 12: Evaluation and Accountability
Chapter 13: Ethical Challenges Working with Groups, Couples and Families
Chapter 14: Competence and the Ethics of Self-Care
Supplements
Companion Website
Calling all instructors!
SAGE’s password-protected companion website includes the following text-specific Instructor resources:
- Test banks provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding
- Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course
“An invaluable resource for all professors who train human service majors at the undergraduate level. The text provides information about multiple forms of professional helping starting with ethics codes and moving forward.”
Oklahoma State University
“This text will provide a resource for instructors and students to consider professional ethics and personal/professional identity development as inextricably intertwined.”
Northern Arizona University
