CCPA 2013 Annual Conference
Halifax
17 May 2013
Dr Judi L Malone, CCC,
Registered Psychologist (AB & AUS)
This Session…
 Cross Cultural Case Scenario
 Ethical Decision Making
 Moral Development
 Social Constructionism
 Virtue Ethics
 Relational Ethics
 Personal Contexts of Practice
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Case Scenario
Working in Cree communities I
have been commonly introduced
as a “friend” by my clients. I do
not correct clients or ask them not
to introduce me in this way.
Todays’ Collective Purpose –
collaborate & reflect on this
cultural case study & your own
context of practice
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Your Ethical Decision Making Framework:
• Considers complexity
• Incorporates your values & beliefs
• Respects client needs & norms
• Relevant to the social content
• Continually evolving
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Ethical Decision Making
Regulations
Legal
Boundaries
Community Consensus
Professional
Consensus
Peer
Consultation
Ethical Codes
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Neurocognitive Research
Ethical Decision Making
Process:
• Reasoned Analysis
• Intuition
• Retrospection
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CCPA Code…
A10. Sensitivity to Diversity
B8. Dual Relationships
B9. Respecting Diversity
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CCPA Process of
Ethical Decision
Making
Principle
Based
Virtue
Based
Quick
Check
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Principle-Based Ethical Decision-Making
Key Ethical Issues
for this Situation
Ask Yourself
 Application? Conflict?
Potential risks & benefits?
 Relevant ethical articles?
 My feelings & intuitions?
 Most important ethical
principles?
 Most helpful plan of
action?
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Virtue Based Ethical Decision Making
Emotions?
Intuition? Values?
Impact? Decisions?
Counsellors are motivated to be virtuous & caring
because it is the right thing to do
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Quick Check
• Want this
announced?
Publicity
Universality
• Same decision?
• Every
counsellor?
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• Everyone
treated fairly?
Justice
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Peer
Collaboration
Using the CCPA
Process of Ethical
Decision Making,
how should you
handle being
introduced as
“friend” in this
particular
community
(practice context)?
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Peer
Collaboration
From a
Moral
Development
Perspective,
how should you
handle being
introduced as
“friend” in this
particular
community
(practice context)?
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My Reflections…
“It is my personal judgment that the subtle
difference between friendship in a non-professional
context & this construct of “friendship” is also
understood by many in this Cree culture & does not
represent a boundary violation.”
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Emphasis on
the Social
Context of the
Decision
Character
Reflexive
Responsible
Interdepende
nt
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Peer
Collaboration
From a
Social
Constructionism
Perspective,
how should you
handle being
introduced as
“friend” in this
particular
community
(practice context)?
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My Reflections…
“I must consider the influence of my relationship
with the larger Cree culture & the community within
which I practice.…I have come to understand that it
would be a cultural & social faux-pas to correct
someone who introduces me as a friend or to ask
them not to”
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Embody
Morality
Benevolence
Cultural
sensitivity
Context
BEING
Wisdom
Respectfulness
Mores
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Peer
Collaboration
From a
Virtue Ethics
Perspective,
how should you
handle being
introduced as
“friend” in this
particular
community
(practice context)?
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My Reflections…
“This is a community that, like many Aboriginal
communities, has great distrust of non-Aboriginal
professionals who are deemed to be “outsiders” and
who do not understand or value the Cree culture.…I
accept that it is appropriate to be introduced as a
friend in that context and essential that I respect
their culture and norms”
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Counsellor Role
Interdependent
Engagement
Context
Respect
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Peer
Collaboration
From a
Relational Ethics
Perspective,
how should you
handle being
introduced as
“friend” in this
particular
community
(practice context)?
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My Reflections…
“Relational ethics would require me to consider my
level of engagement with this client and to respond
to this introduction authentically…. In this
community, the culture supports an interdependent
environment”
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Relational
Ethics
CodeSpecific
Moral
Development
Virtue
Ethics
Social
Construct
-ionism
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Dr Judi L Malone
Certified Canadian Counsellor
Registered Psychologist, Alberta, Canada/Australia
Registered Health Service Psychologist (Canada)
judim@athabascau.ca