PSYC 3110

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PSYC 3110

• Ethics
• Human Relations
• Chapter 3

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Ethics

• What are Ethics?
• System of suggested moral principles that guide
  our actions
• Ethics vs. Law
• Minimum standards that society will tolerate
• Why are Ethics so important in the helping
  profession?

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Organizations with Ethics Code

• American Psychological Association
• American Counseling Association
• National Association of Social Workers
• American Association of Marriage and Family
  Therapy
• National Organization of Human Service

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Common Areas in the which Ethics Codes are
Applied

• Human Relations
• Our professional interactions with others
• Competence
• Our credentials and skills
• Confidentiality
• Our handling of protected health information
• Therapeutic Process
• Record keeping, Consent, etc.

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Human Relations

• 3.01 Unfair Discrimination
• key components
• work-related activities
• unfair discrimination
• age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity,
  culture, national origin, religion, sexual
  orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or
  any basis proscribed by law

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Human Relations

• 3.02 Sexual Harassment
• Key components
• Sexual Harassment
• sexual solicitation, physical advances, verbal or
  nonverbal conduct that is sexual in nature
• Not welcomed, offensive, or creates hostile
  environment or
• Severe or intense to be considered abusive by
  reasonable person
• Occurs in connection with the psychologists
  activities or roles as a psychologist

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Human Relations

• 3.03 Other Harassment
• Key components
• Knowingly engage in harassment or demean
• Based on discriminatory factors
• 3.04 Avoiding Harm
• Key components
• Take reasonable steps to avoid or minimize harm
• Applies to clients, students, supervises,
  colleagues, etc.

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Human Relations

• 3.05 Multiple Relationship
• Key components
• Psychologist in a professional role and
• In another role with person or
• In another role with a closely associated person
  (i.e. family member, friend, spouse)
• Must take reasonable steps to resolve
• Best interest of the person and compliance with
  ethics code

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Human Relations

• 3.06 Conflict of Interest
• Key components
• Refrain from activities (professional, legal,
  financial) that
• Impair objectivity, competence or effectiveness
• Could potentially exploit or harm the person or
  organization
• 3.07 Third-Party Requests
• Key components
• When providing services per request of a third
  party
• Clarify roles and expectations at the outset of
  the relationship

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Human Relations

• 3.08 Exploitative Relationships
• Key components
• Do not exploit persons over whom you have
  authority (supervisees, students, clients)
• 3.09 Cooperation with Other Professionals
• Key components
• Cooperate with other professionals when
  appropriate for the treatment of your client
  (i.e. physicians, psychiatrist, DFCS, teachers,
  OT, PT, SLT)
• Play Nice

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Human Relations

• 3.10 Informed Consent
• Key components
• When providing services psychologists must
• Explain service in a reasonably understandable
  way
• Gain consent to the service for
  client/participant except
• When mandated by law or governing body
• Provision discussed by Ethics code
• Person legally incapable of consent
• Consent should be documented

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Human Relations

• 3.11 Services delivered through organizations
• Key components
• Discuss nature and goal of services
• Identify intended reciepients
• Identify which individuals are clients
• Clarify the relationship the psychologist will
  have
• Discuss the probable uses of the services
• Clarify who will have access to the information
• Clarify limits of Confidentiality

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Human Relations

• 3.12 Interruption of Psychological Services
• Key components
• Make reasonable efforts to maintain services for
  client