Assessment 2: Part 1 - Application of an ethical decision-making model
Psychology and Community Service
28th May 2025
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Assessment 2: Part 1: Application of an ethical decision-making model
Overview and video submission
Purpose
To provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their capacity to identify and analyse an ethical dilemma, using an ethical decision-making model in a counselling context.
Outcomes
Unit learning outcomes alignment
Graduate learning outcomes alignment
ULO 2: Apply ethical and professional practice principles in counselling practice.
ULO 3: Articulate the implications of ethical codes and principles for professional development.
1.2: Communicate effectively.
Instructions
While the instructions below are intended to describe the assessment task in detail, they are by design ambiguous in order to give you the opportunity to experience the reality of the equivocal nature of counselling.
Part 1: Video Presentation
Choose one case study from the 2 listed below and apply an appropriate ethical decision-making model to demonstrate how you would determine a course of action to be taken in response to the dilemma.
Present your answer in video format of 5-7 minutes long.
Your video should be supported with a minimum of 8 references (excluding the textbook and reading lists). References should be written in the last 10 years from a peer-reviewed source. Older references that are seminal texts are acceptable where appropriate.
References should be cited in the verbal narrative and on any slides in the presentation
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The Reference list should be submitted in Part 2***** **an explanation of how the case can be defined as an ethical dilemma **the ethical principles underlying the dilemma. **justification of your reason for choosing the model **a discussion on how you might attempt to resolve the dilemma, using the steps in the decision-making model **a discussion on the insights and understandings that have arisen, including strengths and weaknesses of the model you employed. |
Pick one of these two case studies
1) Your client reports that her husband is beating her in front of her children. You want to refer her to Social Services and support her through making a report to the police. However, she tells you she does not want a report filed. She is afraid that the authorities may deport her husband back to their country of origin, where he might be killed.
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2) Braden is a 17-year-old client in your detox centre. He is in a relationship with Brianna, a 16-year-old girl who occasionally comes to the centre to attend support groups. During a routine medical check-up, Braden discovers that he has herpes. He reveals this to you in a counselling session and says that he has not told anyone else. You are concerned that he might be having unprotected sex with Brianna.
Part 2: Reference page
In this section, submit the document for the references you have used to complete this assessment.
You need at least 8 references (excluding textbook and items on the reading list). References should be written in the last 10 years from a peer-reviewed source. Older references that are seminal texts are acceptable where appropriate.
Referencing style: APA 7Links to an external site. — References should be written in the last 10 years from a peer-reviewed source. Older references that are seminal texts are acceptable where appropriate. References must be verbally cited in the script as well as included in your reference list using APA7 format.