The Helping Professional's Guide to Ethics: A New Perspective

by Scott Sanders, Laura Kaplan, Valerie Bryan

Book Overview

This book develops a comprehensive framework for ethics in the helping professions based on bioethicist Bernard Gert's theory of common morality. The prevailing model of ethics education is built upon adherence to codes of ethics applied largely through the use of decision-making trees. While a firm understanding of a professions code of ethics and all relevant laws is essential to responsible practice, this approach to teaching ethics excludes the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190615907
• ISBN13: 9780190615901
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"