Applied Ethics – 4 Ethics CEUs
Welcome to the CVRP Applied Ethics Learning Module!
Once completed applicants or registrants must upload the completed certificate to their CVRP profile under the title CVRP Applied Ethics to achieve 4 ethics continuing education units for credential compliance.
This module may not consistently conform to the established Standards of Practice set forth by the CVRP for this discipline.
LEARNING MODULE Description
Most VR decisions are thought to be based on consideration of the client’s physical, social, economic, education, vocational history, interests, goals, service providers, family & community resources. However, when making ethical decisions, CVRPs are influenced by their own personal values, values of their client & the values in their organizational culture. As a result of conflicts among these values, CVRPs frequently confront ethical dilemmas.
Professional ethics encompass personal, organizational & corporate standards of behaviour expected of professionals. Professionals & those working in acknowledged professions, exercise specialized knowledge & skill. This knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public can be considered a moral issue & is termed professional ethics. Professionals are capable of making judgments, applying their skills & reaching informed decisions in situations that the general public cannot. One of the earliest examples of professional ethics is the Hippocratic oath to which medical doctors still adhere to this day.
Learning Objectives
- Understand implications of personal ethics & professional ethics.
- Identify major schools of ethical theory.
- Identify the 5 values associated with ethical decision making.
- Understand the implications of psychological processes on ethical decision making.
- Understand steps in the ethical decision making process.