ETHICAL PROFILE PAPER
Ethical Profile Paper. This paper profiles you with regard to ethical and professional practice. The paper should be approximately 3-5 pp.(max of 5) in length and follow the APA style guide (6 ed). It will include four sections. (1) Ethical Autobiography. Write about what in your backgrounds helps you think through and identify what is right and wrong, as well as what constitutes ethical professional behavior.
Specify your current level of ethical commitment and ethical sensitivity.(2) Ethical Decision-Making Style. Everyone has a unique style of ethical decision-making which reflects their early and ongoing experiences with moral values and issues which has been influenced and shaped by parents, relatives, peers and valued adults in their lives, such as teachers and coaches . This section of your paper articulates your implicit style. Begin discussing the various relationships (i.e., family and community) and the ways in which key individuals, particularly your parents, have dealt with moral issues and decisions and how this has influenced your style.
(3) Ethical Case Review. Discuss a time that you encountered an ethical dilemma (either in your professional or personal life) and how you resolved the issue. (4) Professional/Ethical Hero. Describe the individual–typically a mental health or school professional but not necessarily– that has most impressed you and serves as a role model for you because of their professional/ethical presence, i.e., sensitivity, ethical commitment and ethical courage.
