Читать книгу Theory and Practice of Couples and Family Counseling - James Robert Bitter - Страница 97

The ACA Code of Ethics (ACA, 2014) states “when counselors are faced with ethical dilemmas that are difficult to resolve, they are expected to engage in a carefully considered ethical decision-making process” (p. 3). This same code goes on to note that “counselors are expected to use a credible model of decision making that can bear public scrutiny of its application” (p. 3). None of the other helping profession codes state the importance of understanding and using models of ethical decision-making so explicitly. Because no model of decision-making has been shown to be better than any other, the responsibility is on the practitioner to demonstrate and justify publicly the value of solving an ethical dilemma in a particular way.