Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling

Rick Houser is Professor Emeritus Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology & Counseling, College of Education at The University of Alabama. He was Professor and Department Head in Educational Studies in Psychology (over 7 years at Department Head), Research Methodology, and Counseling at The University of Alabama. He has been Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Also, he was a professor and department chair for several years at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Rick Houser has taught graduate-level research courses for more than 30 years. He received his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in rehabilitation counseling with a minor in research methodology. He conducts research in ethical decision making, stress and coping, educational neuroscience, and neuroscience and counseling. Felicia L. Wilczenski, Ed.D. received a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is an Associate Professor and Director of the School Counseling Program in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a member of the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Wilczenski is interested in service learning applications in school-based mental health programs. Her work focuses on creating sustainable systemic approaches to character education and social-emotional education that integrate service learning.  She is author of numerous articles addressing social and emotional interventions in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilczenski also teaches ethics courses in school counseling and school psychology and is interested in ethics education and professional development.  MaryAnna Ham, Ed.D. is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She received her doctorate from the University of Rochester. She developed the ethics curriculum at the University of Massachusetts Boston and she has taught ethics to graduate level counseling students for over ten years. Dr. Ham was the former Director and founder of the Family Therapy Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has focused much of her scholarship on diversity issues and counseling. Dr. Ham has co-authored several books addressing counseling with Asian populations and the role of group affiliation and power. Dr. Ham is a licensed psychologist and licensed family therapy.

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
SECTION I. WESTERN THEORIES OF ETHICS
2. Virtue Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
3. Natural Law Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
4. Utilitarian Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
5. Respect for Persons Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
6. Feminine and Feminist Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
7. Native American Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
SECTION II. EASTERN THEORIES OF ETHICS
8. Confucian Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
9. Taoist Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
10. Hindu Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
11. Buddhist Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
SECTION III. MIDDLE EASTERN THEORIES OF ETHICS
12. Jewish Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
13. Islamic Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
SECTION IV. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE THEORIES OF ETHICS
14. Hispanic/Latino Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
15. Pan-African Ethics and Counselor Decision-Making
SECTION V. ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL
16. Ethical Decision-Making: A Hermeneutic Model
17. Application of the Hermeneutic Model
SECTION VI. CASES
18. Natalia: A Question of Rational Suicide
19. Mark: A Question of Counselor Competence
20. Carol: Multicultural Competence
21. Jeff: Career Decision and Counseling Plans
22. Vanessa: A Dual Relationship
23. David: Supervisor-Supervisee Conflict
24. Shi-Jiuan: Conflict Between Laws and Client Worldviews
25. Melissa: Minors’ Rights and Confidentiality
26. Raj: Counselor Competence and Minor Informed Consent
27. Smith Family: Assisted Suicide
28. Christine: Appropriate Termination
29. Ahmed: A Mandated Client
30. Liz: A Student Intern
31. Berice: Culturally Sensitive Assessment
Appendix A: Web Sites for Professional Codes of Ethics
Appendix B: Web Sites for State and Federal Laws Affecting Counseling Practice
References
Index
About the Authors