Ethics in a Multicultural Context is a practical text and resource book intended to help mental health practitioners and trainees develop ethical decision-making skills which reflect cultural responsiveness. The main focus is ethical decision-making in an applied counselling context. The book: covers ethical dilemmas arising in face-to-face counselling interactions; the supervisory relationship; and the teaching of counselling.

Each chapter of Ethics in a Multicultural Context includes cases or critical incidents followed with suggested exercises that can be used in counsellor education settings, includes comprehensive and practical treatment on ethical decision-making in a multicultural context and focuses on strategies to promote critical thinking in regard to ethical multicultural practice.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Section I. Overview
Chapter 1. Brief Review of Principles and Goals of Three Ethical Codes
The American Counseling Association
The American Psychological Association
The National Association of Social Workers
Guidelines for Ethical Behavior
Processing Ethical Complaints
Critical Incident
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 2. Review of the Literature on Ethics in a Multicultural Context
Philosophical Ethics: Four Major Schools
Promoting Ethics in a Multicultural Context
Multicultural Counseling: The Fourth Force in Counseling
ACA, APA, NASW: 1980 to present
Critical Incident
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 3. Ethical Codes: Multicultural Explorations and Implications
Cultural Competence
Purposive Decision-Making: Promoting Cultural Intentionality and Competence
Culturally Biased Assumptions
Worldview Analysis
Critical Incident
Summary and Key Points
Section II Overview
Chapter 4. Confused? Try Thinking in a Competent and Multicultural Context
Competence within a Cultural Context
AMCD Multicultural Competencies
Moral Principles of Three Codes of Ethics: The View within a Cultural Context
A Multicultural Framework: Ethical Thinking and Decision-Making within a Multicultural Context
Review of ACA, APA, and NASW Ethical Codes Within a Cultural Content
Critical Incident
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 5. Awareness: The First Stage of Ethical Thinking in a Multicultural Context
The Person and Then the Professional
A Framework Promoting Self-Awareness to Facilitate Understanding the Cultural Behavior of Others
Approach to Difference
Critical Incident
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 6. Knowledge and Skills, Stages 2 and 3: Ethical Thinking and Decision-Making in a Multicultural Context
Precounseling: Becoming a Helper Within a Multicultural Context
Adapting Learned Skills and Counseling Theory to Work Ethically Within a Client¿s Cultural Framework
Plan of Action: Moving from Awareness and Knowledge to Action
Ethical Decision Making In a Multicultual Context
Summary and Key Points
Overview
Chapter 7. Dual Relationships
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 8. Unintentional Cultural Bias
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Expert¿s Discussion - Colleen Logan
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 9. Client Welfare
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 10. Bartering for Services
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Expert¿s Discussion - Michael Tlanusta Garett
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 11. Fostering Dependency
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Summary and Key Points
Chapter 12. Boundaries of Competence
ACA Code
APA Code
NASW Code
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Expert¿s Discussion - Sandra I. Lopez-Baez
Summary and Key Points
References
Glossary of Terms
Index
About the Authors