LASA 1: Ethical Case Study Analysis Paper

 LASA 1: Ethical Case Study Analysis Paper

Materials Needed:

Case Study

Directions:

• Read the case study provided and identify all three of the ethical dilemmas presented.
• Describe the nature and all dimensions of the three ethical issues.
• Identify the ethical code numbers and definitions of each issue presented using both the APA and ACA codes.
• Discuss alternative courses of action that could be taken by the counselor to rectify each dilemma.
• Describe the implications of each alternative action; lay out the limitations and advantages of each alternative considered.
• Choose one course of action and provide a justification for this selection.
• Describe the ethical decision-making model (from your course materials) you used throughout the process to arrive at a final decision (i.e., Forrester-Miller and Davis). Make sure you outline each step.

You will be graded on the process you used to arrive at your recommendations and the reasoning behind picking a specific recommendation (and not the actual recommendation itself).

You should utilize and cite at least two peer-reviewed journal articles to include in your research.

The body of the paper should be no less than 5 pages in length. Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, with normal 1-inch margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page.

Save the paper as AU_PSY430_M3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the M3 Assignment 2 LASA 1 Dropbox by Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Analyzed the case and identified all three of the ethical dilemmas presented in the case study.	16
Described the nature and all dimensions of the three ethical issues.	16
Identified the ethical code numbers and definitions of all issues presented in the case study using both the APA and ACA codes.	28
Discussed alternative courses of action that could be taken by the counselor to rectify each dilemma.	20
Described the implications of each course of action; laid out the limitations and advantages of each alternative considered.	20
Chose one course of action and provided a justification for this selection.	16
Described the ethical decision-making model (outline the steps) used throughout the process to arrive at a final decision.	28
Included information from at least two external scholarly references.	12
Writing components: Organization (12) Usage and Mechanics (12) APA Elements (16) Style (4)	44
Total:	200