Unethical Decision Making

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PSY 570 Module One Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: The four short paper assignments in this course provide you with an opportunity to explore course concepts to develop your own ideas about ethics in psychology. In this short paper, you will identify and discuss one common reason for unethical decision making among practicing psychology professionals in your chosen field of psychology. Such reasons include:

 Incompetence

 Ignorance

 Misinformation

 Irresponsibility

 Vengeance

 Lack of boundaries

 Tendency to overshare

Once you have established a reason why unethical decision making may occur in your chosen field of psychology, you will identify and discuss one condition under which a professional is more vulnerable to making an unethical decision. Such conditions include:

 Inadequate anticipation

 Unavoidable dilemma

 Inadequate sources of guidance

 Loyalty conflicts

 Conflicting ethical principles

 Conflicting legal and ethical responsibilities

After identifying and discussing one reason and one condition for unethical decision making, you will find three research articles from the Shapiro Library to further investigate this reason and condition. From your research you will identify a problem of practice at the root of the reason and a problem of practice at the root of the condition. Based on your research, you will propose a strategy to resolve each problem of practice. Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2–3 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

 

 

 

Rubric Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Reasons for Unethical Decision Making

Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates reason with example(s)

Identifies and discusses reason for unethical decision making among professionals in the field of psychology

Identifies but does not discuss reason for unethical decision making among professionals in the field of psychology

Does not identify or discuss reason for unethical decision making among professionals in the field of psychology

25

Risk Conditions for Unethical Decision

Making

Meets “Proficient” criteria and suggests strategies to work around these conditions

Identifies conditions that place a professional at risk for unethical decision making and explains how they encourage unethical decision making

Identifies conditions that place a professional at risk for unethical decision making but does not explain why they encourage unethical decision making

Does not identify conditions that place a professional at risk for unethical decision making

25

Problem of Practice Meets “Proficient” criteria and offers insights for chosen professional field

Describes a problem of practice from reasons and risk conditions for unethical decision making

Does not describe a problem of practice from reasons and risk conditions for unethical decision making

Does not identify a problem of practice from reasons and risk conditions for unethical decision making

15

Research Meets “Proficient” criteria and discusses applications of resources for remediating or preventing the problem

Includes at least three scholarly resources and explains problem of practice’s origin

Includes at least three scholarly resources but does not explain problem of practice’s origin

Does not include at least three scholarly resources

15

Professional Field Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides examples of how content relates to chosen field

Discusses how content of short paper connects to chosen professional field

Discusses how content of short paper connects to chosen professional field

Does not discuss how content of short paper connects to chosen professional field

10

APA Writing

No errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, and citations

Minor errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, and citations

Some errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, and citations

Major APA errors related to organization, grammar, style, and citations

10

Earned Total 100%