Ethics for University of Phoenix Students

Ethics for University of Phoenix Students

Ethics for University of Phoenix Students

The student roles and responsibilities of the Masters of Counseling in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy (MCMFCT) at the University of Phoenix are to advance competent and ethical practitioners in family, couple and individual therapy in a variety of settings. By following the program's defined curriculum for professional role development, the successful graduate will be able to provide counseling services 'in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards' (Master of Counseling - Program Handbook, p. 7).

To achieve this end, the student must adopt and synthesize the professional and ethical standards of the program into his own academic and personal development. He must develop and demonstrate a broad base of theoretical knowledge and therapeutic skills combined with his own ethical judgment and counseling expertise. The student is responsible for maintaining a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better to indicate a foundation of behavioral and social sciences, developmental theories as well as principles and practices for planning, initiating and evaluating therapeutic roles. In addition, a GPA of 3.0 or better must be maintained in all clinical courses to display excellence in standards and competence as a counseling professional. Failure to maintain the expected grading requirement will result in academic probation.

From the scenario 'Let It Pour: My First Assignment as Executive Assistant' provided by University of Phoenix (2004), the problems and challenges identified by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) are not unique to Faith Community Hospital, management, or employees. Similar factors plague other institutions and only serve to distract from the intended mission, but left unconstrained, can cause detrimental effects on a wide range of operational elements. There are factors that are relative to the functions of that institution, and there are factors that are constant regardless of the functions such as inflation, variances in personal beliefs and ethics, and communication. In the consideration of those constants, the establishment and implementation of guiding principles require effective communication to ensure compliance.

The CEO has identified issues felt to affect operations of Faith Community Hospital: (a) organizational processes, (b) ethics issues, (c) communications systems, and (d) declining revenues (Let It Pour, n.d.). However, what one may distinguish as the problem may, in fact, just be a contributing factor or a symptom of the actual problem. Of the problems identified by the CEO, one is the source of all the others. The problem is the failure in various communications systems whether (a) written, (b) verbal, and (c) implied. The lack of communications and/or the miscommunications of information have resulted in inconsistencies in the performance of the staff affecting the mission of the hospital and resulting in unsystematic organizational processes attributing to declining revenues. The issues noted by the CEO are all the products of indistinctive direction caused by miscommunication or the lack of communication. To effectively determine the elements of each problem and present an informed report to the Pat, Chris will need to explore the ...