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Moral & Legal
Discuss the role that human service professionals have in protecting client rights. Is the moral or legal obligation more important?
Ethical Standards
Read through the Ethical Standards of Human Service Professionals located in Box 9.6 on p. 276 (Ch. 9) of your text. Choose a minimum of three areas you think are vital for professionals to adhere to. Why do you think these areas are important?
ETHICAL STANDARDS OF HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
National Organization for Human Service Education
Council for Standards in Human Service Education
Preamble
Human services is a profession developing in
response to and in anticipation of the direction of
human needs and human problems in the late twentieth
century. Characterized particularly by an appreciation
of human beings in all of their diversity,
human services offer assistance to its clients within
the context of their community and environment.
Human service professionals and those who educate
them, regardless of whether they are students, faculty
or practitioners, promote and encourage the unique
values and characteristics of human services. In so
doing, human service professionals and educators
uphold the integrity and ethics of the profession, partake
in constructive criticism of the profession, promote
client and community well-being, and enhance
their own professional growth.
The ethical guidelines presented are a set of standards
of conduct which the human service professionals
and educators consider in ethical and
professional decision making. It is hoped that these
guidelines will be of assistance when human service
professionals and educators are challenged by difficult
ethical dilemmas.
Although ethical codes are not legal documents,
they may be used to assist in the adjudication of
issues related to ethical human service behavior.
Section I—Standards of Human Service Professionals
Human service professionals function in many
ways and carry out many roles. They enter into
professional-client relationships with individuals,
families, groups and communities who are all referred
to as “clients†in these standards. Among their roles
are caregiver, case manager, broker, teacher/educator,
behavior changer, consultant, outreach professional,
mobilizer, advocate, community planner, community
change organizer, evaluator and administrator
(SREB, 1967). The following standards are written
with these multifaceted roles in mind.
The Human Service Professional’s Responsibility
to Clients
STATEMENT 1 Human service professionals
negotiate with clients the purpose, goals, and nature
of the helping relationship prior to its onset as well as
inform clients of the limitations of the proposed
relationship.
STATEMENT 2 Human service professionals
respect the integrity and welfare of the client at all
times. Each client is treated with respect, acceptance,
and dignity.
STATEMENT 3 Human service professionals
protect the client’s right to privacy and confidentiality
except when such confidentiality would cause harm
to the client or others, when agency guidelines state
otherwise, or under other stated conditions (e.g.,
local, state, or federal laws). Professionals inform clients
of the limits of confidentiality prior to the onset
of the helping relationship.
STATEMENT 4 If it is suspected that danger or
harm may occur to the client or to others as a result
of a client’s behavior, the human service professional
acts in an appropriate and professional manner to
protect the safety of those individuals. This may
involve seeking consultation, supervision, and/or
breaking the confidentiality of the relationship.
STATEMENT 5 Human service professionals
protect the integrity, safety, and security of client
records. All written client information that is shared
with other professionals, except in the course of professional
supervision, must have the client’s prior
written consent.
STATEMENT 6 Human service professionals are
aware that in their relationships with clients power
and status are unequal. Therefore, they recognize
that dual or multiple relationships may increase the
risk of harm to, or exploitation of, clients, and may
impair their professional judgment. However, in
some communities and situations it may not be feasible
to avoid social or other nonprofessional contact
with clients. Human service professionals support
the trust implicit in the helping relationship by avoiding
dual relationships that may impair professional