Course Description
Ethics in Professional Helping is the study of values and principles of ethical decision making. Topics in the course are ethical dilemmas, critical thinking, professional code of ethics, and common morality. Each topic is evaluated through a biblical worldview.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
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Rationale
Professional helpers face ethical dilemmas on a regular basis. This course prepares students with foundational knowledge necessary for understanding the complexity and ambiguity of ethical dilemmas while exploring critical thinking and ethical decision-making. It reviews codes of ethics from a variety of helping professions including humans services, social work, and psychology.
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Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will complete 2 Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 350 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned module: week for each Discussion prompt. The student will then reply to two classmates’ posts. Each reply must be at least 200 words each. For each thread and reply, the student must support their assertions with at least 1 scholarly citation in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include the textbook, the Bible, and other scholarly sources.
The student will write an analysis integrating various sources of knowledge – the textbook, the Bible, and the NASW Code of Ethics. This paper will be broken into two parts; the first part of this paper will address the student’s initial gut reaction. The student will start by describing the ethical dilemma they chose from the approved list. They will describe their “gut” reaction to this problem. This assignment should be 3-4 pages in length.
For this second paper, the student will use the morality framework (from the course text) to evaluate their initial “gut reaction” solution to the ethical dilemma. Considering what the student wrote as their initial “gut” solution, they will apply that solution/decision to the framework presented in the textbook. After working through each step of the framework, the student will re-evaluate their initial “gut” solution, and develop at least two alternative solutions (at least one must be biblically principled). Additionally, the student will address the role that supervision and consultation would have within this dilemma. This assignment must be at least 4 pages in length.
Each quiz will cover the course material for the Module: Week in which it is assigned. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 6 -10 multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching and/or true/false questions, and have a 20-minute time limit. Quizzes assess Competency 1 – Ethical and Professional Behavior (knowledge).
This quiz will cover the material from the first four Modules: Weeks, and will contain 50 multiple-choice and true/false questions and have a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Quizzes assess Competency 1 – Ethical and Professional Behavior (knowledge).
This quiz will cover the material from Module: Week 5 – Module: Week 8 and will contain 50 multiple-choice and true/false questions and have a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Quizzes assess Competency 1 – Ethical and Professional Behavior (knowledge).
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