Implementing Multicultural Ethics

Abstract

This article addresses the need for family counselors to examine the application of new constructs to counseling ethics training. The authors believe that current ethics training is deficient in integrating high-level cognitive decision models and multicultural constructs. The authors challenge family counselors to expand their cultural perspectives in ethical decision making and cease ethics training that is inadequate to meet the needs of a diverse society.

La Clinica In LaK’ech: Establishing a Practicum Site Integrating Practice, Advocacy, and Research With Latinx Clients

“…Given that our clinic provides services in a manner that may be considered untraditional, we have also considered the multicultural implications of historically accepted ethics codes and the implications of relevant multicultural or ethical guidelines. Counselors working with diverse populations must engage in this critical examination of ethics codes and how these codes apply to underrepresented populations (Hendricks et al, 2015).…”

Recognizing and Resolving Ethical Issues

“…So family counselors involved with any family constellation may need to attend to the nuances of ethical implications unique to those family dynamics (C. B. Hendricks, Bradley & Robertson, 2015;Shaw, 2015).…”

“…Counseling stepfamilies offers yet a more complicated ethical picture for the counselor (Gold, 2016;Hendriks et al, 2011). Eight common ethical issues specific to family counseling have been noted (Hecker & Murphy, 2015;C. B. Hendricks et al, 2015;B.…”