Ethics for Professionals 102

Course overview

*Identify the goal of professional ethics activity. *Describe the basic idea of a caring response and some ways this response in a professional relationship is distinguished from expressions of care in other types of relationships. *Identify three component parts of any ethical problem. *Describe what an agent is and, more importantly, what it is to be a moral agent. *Name the three prototypical ethical problems. *Describe the role of emotions in ethical distress. *Distinguish between two varieties of ethical distress. *Compare the fundamental difference between ethical distress and an ethical dilemma. *Define ethical paternalism or parentalism. *Describe a type of ethical dilemma that challenges a professionals desire (and duty) to treat everyone fairly and equitably. *Identify the fundamental difference between distress or dilemma problems and locus of authority problems. *Identify four criteria that will assist you in deciding who should assume authority for a specific ethical decision to achieve a caring response. *Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics. *Become familiar with the Guide to Professional Conduct for PT. *Indiana PTs - become familiar with the IN PT Rules and Practice Act. *Texas PTs - become familiar with the TX PT Rules and Practice Act. *Utah PTs - become familiar with the UT PT Rules and Practice Act.