Review the case examples corresponding to your specialization in the media piece, Responding to Ethical and Legal Issues – Case Study, and then select an ethical decision-making model. To aid in selection, first review pages 15–18 of the Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling text and this week’s readings. You can also choose an ethical decision-making model from a current, peer-reviewed article in a professional counseling journal of your choice. Some examples include Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making [PDF] (Forester-Miller & Davis, 2016) and the Intercultural Model of Ethical Decision Making (Luke, Goodrich, & Gilbride, 2013). Use the Responding to Ethical and Legal Issues template, linked below, as a guide for constructing the following sections of your paper:
• Analysis of Ethical Decision-Making Model: Identify the most appropriate decision-making model appropriate for your selected case. Substantiate why this model is a better choice in comparison to others. Analyze the effectiveness of the selected decision-making model and provide an example of how it might be used to resolve legal or ethical dilemmas when working with students or clients from diverse backgrounds.
• Application of Ethical Decision-Making Model: Apply your chosen decision-making model to the case you reviewed. Discuss how you, as the counselor working with this case, would apply each step of the ethical decision-making model selected to respond effectively to these legal and ethical issues.
o Identify the ethical and legal dilemmas in the case selected for your area of specialization (CMHC/SC).
o Apply the selected most-appropriate ethical decision making-model. Include specific examples to illustrate the actions you, as the counselor, would take at each step.
o Include the specific ethical codes or standards and state laws that you would consult when determining your response to the situation. Explain how these laws and codes or standards would influence the choices you might make in responding to the situation?
• Impact of Cultural and Developmental Factors: Describe how you, as the counselor, would demonstrate developmental and cultural sensitivity when addressing the legal and ethical issues presented. Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas (such as culture, age, gender, setting, and population).
• Impact of Counselor Values and Strategies to Address Them: In the role of the counselor, explain how your personal values and beliefs impact your understanding of the situation and the choices you might make when deciding how to respond to the legal and ethical issues that may arise in working with this specific client or student.
o Include at least two examples of specific values and beliefs you hold that may influence your reactions to your selected case and the actions you may take.
o Present at least two specific strategies that you will develop to address the influence that your personal values and beliefs may have on ethical decision making with clients or students. Be sure to substantiate the implementation of these strategies.
• Include your graphic and two-paragraph description of it that you completed in Module 10 in Week 8.
