Description

In this Assignment, you will consider the ACA’s Code of Ethics and how these practices impact assessment. This professional code identifies your responsibilities and the practices you must adhere to for the benefit of your clients, your colleagues, and your community.

To Prepare:

Review ACA’s Code of Ethics website found in the Learning Resources and consider how they apply to your professional development.

Review and use the Corey, Corey, Corey, and Callanan Ethical Decision-Making Model from the course text on p. 28 to process the cases on p. 37 by including each step.

Review Exercise 2.2 Making Ethical Decisions (p. 37), choose two to review and process through the Model, answering each question.

Assignment:

Review the five cases

Select two of the situations in Exercise 2.2 in the text to discuss. Complete the eight steps provided in the course text from the Ethical Decision-Making Model on p. 28 for both of the situations you chose. You do not need to answer the questions at the end of each submission in Exercise 2.2. Take the point of view of what YOU need to do as an ethical counselor, and consider ALL perspectives in the situation, not just one person’s perspective.

In one page each, identify the cases you selected and include your responses to the steps of the model on p. 28 for each situation (Note: Two pages not including title or reference page).

On page 3, add a summary paragraph or two that shares your personal challenges with addressing the ethical issues in the assignment.

Use proper APA formatting and citations. By Day 7 of Week 10

Submit your Legal and Ethical Standards in Assessment Assignment.

Submission and Grading Information

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK10Assgn+last name+first initial. (extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 10 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 10 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK10Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission. Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 10 Assignment Rubric

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Submit your Week 10 Assignment draft and review the originality report.

Submit Your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 10 To submit your Assignment:

Week 10 Assignment

This week, you reflected on how ethical and legal considerations in counseling. You reviewed the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics and considered how ethical practices inform your decision-making and professional judgment. You also completed a Final Exam based on what you have learned in the Neukrug and Fawcett (2015) course textbook.

Next week you will reflect on what you have learned in this course.

To go to the next week: