 Ethics Education in Human Services: Curriculum Approach, Faculty Characteristics, and Evaluation of Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115
Author(s):  
Linda Wark
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Faculty Characteristics ◽  
Ethical Thinking ◽  
Curriculum Delivery ◽  
Human Services Students ◽  
And Behavior

This article discusses three aspects of the context of ethics education, which are external to course content but affect the development of the ethical student and, later, the ethical professional. This article presents the available perspectives for the following: one course versus whole curriculum delivery of ethics education, the influence of faculty and supervisors, and the assessment of student ethical thinking and behavior. Professional literature is used to support consideration of each perspective in the ethics education of human services students.

 Response of Undergraduate Human Services Programs to the Mass Incarceration Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Naeem Shaikh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Collateral Consequences ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Incarcerated Population ◽  
Human Services Students ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Human Services Programs

Mass incarceration has resulted in the United States having the world’s largest incarcerated population and the highest rate of incarceration. Consequently, nearly 1 in 4 Americans has a criminal record. Racial and ethnic minorities have much higher rates of incarceration than Whites. The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction are colossal and continue well beyond incarceration. Human services students must be well prepared to competently serve clients and families affected by this crisis. This exploratory, qualitative study aimed to determine if undergraduate programs accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education offer course content related to the mass incarceration crisis. Results from a content analysis of course titles and descriptions of 17 accredited programs suggest students are not being adequately prepared to competently serve this population. Implications for human services education, practice, and research are discussed.

Navigating the Complex Maze of Ethics CPE

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard O. Rockness ◽  
Joanne W. Rockness
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
State Level ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Complex Maze ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Current State ◽  
Multiple State ◽  
Ethics Courses ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

ABSTRACT: This paper evaluates the current state of ethics CPE requirements for the CPA profession in the context of the ethics literature in philosophy, business, and accounting and documents the development of state-level ethics requirements for CPAs. It presents a detailed analysis of ethics CPE requirements by state including hours required, frequency required, acceptance of ethics CPE across state lines, and course content. The paper then proposes changes in the content of CPE-required ethics courses consistent with the ethics education literature and to reduce the complexity of meeting multiple state requirements. The recommendations would improve the overall effectiveness of ethics CPE for CPAs.

scholarly journals Assessing Ethical Thinking about AI

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (09) ◽  
pp. 13525-13528
Author(s):  
Judy Goldsmith ◽  
Emanuelle Burton ◽  
David M. Dueber ◽  
Beth Goldstein ◽  
Shannon Sampson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Education ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Learner Outcomes ◽  
Ai Ethics ◽  
Ethical Thinking ◽  
Will Force

As is evidenced by the associated AI, Ethics and Society conference, we now take as given the need for ethics education in the AI and general CS curricula. The anticipated surge in AI ethics education will force the field to reckon with delineating and then evaluating learner outcomes to determine what is working and improve what is not. We argue for a more descriptive than normative focus of this ethics education, and propose the development of assessments that can measure descriptive ethical thinking about AI. Such an assessment tool for measuring ethical reasoning capacity in CS contexts must be designed to produce reliable scores for which there is established validity evidence concerning their interpretation and use.

scholarly journals Teaching Qualitative Research for Human Services Students: A Three-Phase Model

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruhama Goussinsky ◽  
Arie Reshef ◽  
Galit Yanay-Ventura ◽  
Dalit Yassour-Borochowitz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Phase Model ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Human Services Students ◽  
Inherent Part ◽  
Shed Light

Qualitative research is an inherent part of the human services profession, since it emphasizes the great and multifaceted complexity characterizing human experience and the sociocultural context in which humans act. In the department of human services at Emek Yezreel College, Israel, we have developed a three-phase model to ensure a relatively intense exposure to and practice in qualitative methodology. While in the first phase students are exposed to the qualitative thinking and writing, they are required in the second phase to take a Qualitative Research Methods course that includes practice. The third and final phase includes conducting a qualitative research seminar. The aim of the present article is to shed light on the dilemmas involved in implementing the three-phase model.

Accounting Educators' Opinions about Ethics in the Curriculum: An Extensive View

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Blanthorne ◽  
Stacy E. Kovar ◽  
Dann G. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Ethics Instruction ◽  
Accounting Curriculum ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

In this paper, we present the results of a comprehensive survey of accounting faculties' opinions and practices regarding ethics education. Consistent with recent state boards' decisions to require ethics continuing professional education (CPE) in the accounting curriculum, we find that accounting educators recognize the importance of ethics education to satisfy the profession's needs. Accounting educators rate themselves as the most appropriate source of ethics education and favor practical application over theoretical course content. In terms of the approach used to teach ethics, educators support integration over a stand-alone course and believe cases offer the most effective method for ethics instruction.

Representation, Attitudes, and Behavior: Analyzing the Spatial Dimensions of Community Response to Mental Disability

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
L M Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Spatial Location ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Mental Disability ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Anecdotal evidence indicates that community opposition has become intensified and more focused on human service facilities over the past decade. The irrational, selfish, and exclusionary tendencies often associated with the NIMBY (not in my backyard) syndrome do not reflect the complexity inherent in local responses to controversial human services, such as mental health care facilities. In this paper I instead develop a framework incorporating the broader structure of social relations to explain local response to mental disability. In this framework I posit that marginalized representations of mental disability based in a continuum of stigma lead to rejecting attitudes and behavior. The first national survey of attitudes toward controversial human services conducted in the USA ( N = 1326) provides the data for exploring the spatial dimensions of resident acceptance and rejection. Results of a multivariate analysis indicate that the spatial dimensions of community response are linked to both the structure of attitude dimensions and the spatial location of respondents. The national survey points to three principal attitude types concerning mental disability: social restrictiveness, liberal support, and a NIMBY-type response. The rejection types of attitudes (social restrictiveness and NIMBY) tend to be reflective of attitudes in the Midwest and South, whereas the acceptance attitude type (liberal support) is more reflective of the Pacific region. Regional variations are also important in describing behavioral differences (for example, whether respondents oppose facility siting or not). This analysis provides opportunities for understanding the stigmatization of mental disability, and provides clues about the possible levers which might be used in specific places to promote a more positive representation of mentally disabled individuals.

scholarly journals  Reflecting on Professional Identity Through Art: A Case Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-138
Author(s):  
Nicole Kras
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Urban Community College ◽  
Human Services Students ◽  
Human Services Programs ◽  
Support Students

Undergraduate human services programs seek ways to support students as they develop their professional identities. Few, if any studies, have considered the benefits of engaging human services students in art directives as a method for them to reflect on their professional identities. The following is a case example on how an art directive was incorporated in an undergraduate fieldwork course at an urban community college.

scholarly journals Ethics Audit Of A Therapeutic Recreation Course

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Nisbett ◽  
Jennifer Hinton
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Education ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Health Discipline ◽  
Ethics Audit ◽  
Frequent Presence ◽  
Curriculum Audit

The purpose of this study was to enhance awareness of the presence of ethics education within the allied health discipline of therapeutic recreation. To achieve this end, a curriculum audit was conducted in a therapeutic recreation course to determine the existence of ethics education within the course. Included topics, methods of delivery, and degree of student-initiation were all considered. Findings suggest the frequent presence of ethics content; however, an explicit connection between the course content and ethics was not always made. Discussion was found to be the main delivery method. Recommendations are discussed.

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