Title

Teaching Ethical Decision Making: Helping Students Reconcile Personal and Professional Values

Authors

Ametrano, Irene Mass

Abstract

Because conflicts between personal and professional values can interfere with ethical decision making, a goal of counselor education must be helping students reconcile such conflicts. This article describes one counselor educator's experience teaching ethical decision making and the effects on student learning. Growth was observed in increased tolerance for ambiguity, awareness of how values influenced decision making, use of multiple factors in decision making, and emphasis on the welfare of clients. Implications for teaching and future research directions are discussed.

Publication

Journal of Counseling & Development, 2014, Vol 92, Issue 2, p154

ISSN

0748-9633

DOI

10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00143.x