Colleagues and Ethics: Am I My Co-Worker’s Keeper?

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Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

While codes of ethics address professional responsibilities toward clients, an often overlooked yet challenging area of ethical conduct involves responsibilities to colleagues. How can coworkers distinguish between differences in personal style and deviations from appropriate practice? When colleagues know of problems in an associate’s personal life (such as addiction, serious illness or relationship problems) should they take action at the workplace? Even when behavior is clearly impaired, incompetent, or unethical, how much can and should colleagues reasonably do to address the problems?

This session will examine the spectrum of ethical issues professionals encounter in colleagues and the prevailing ethical standards to address them. The workshop also focuses on the necessity of moral courage to face such matters, and the skills and strategies needed to intervene effectively.

Speaker
Dr. Kim Strom, PhD
Smith P. Theimann, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Professional Practice
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.

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Objectives

• List the troubling behaviors that are commonly revealed in co-worker, colleague, or supervisory relationships.
• Name applicable standards from psychology, social work, counseling and other codes of ethics.
• Outline the steps in ethical decision making.
• Explain the features and impediments to moral courage.
• Describe communication skills and other change strategies to address troubling conduct by colleagues.

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