BACP Ethical Framework evaluate the ethical, professional and audit issues which may arise.

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C0435 Ethical and Professional Issues

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With reference to the BACP Ethical Framework evaluate the ethical, professional and audit issues which may arise in a given counselling setting.

In order to evaluate the ethical professional and audit issues which may arise in a given counselling setting, I must first choose an ethical framework model. I will then use the model I choose to outline all the stages of the ethical process I have used to come to my decision on the ethical dilemma.

The model I choose for my ethical decision making is by Lynne Gabriel & Roger Casemore.

1. Stop, think, identify the situation or problem.

The ethical dilemma is whether or not to tell the client that her mother is suffering from a terminal illness with a prognosis of 6 months to live.

I need to break the dilemma down further, to understand exactly what or who is at risk.

If I tell her, I will be breaking the confidentiality of a dying woman to her doctor. How will I feel about betraying a dying woman's confidentiality even if she has not directly confided in