Therapist variables are considered an important research topic, because studies suggest that as clients improve in therapy their values shift towards that of their therapist. This study examined the relationship of professional counseling affiliation and counselor values.Five hundred surveys were sent nationally to counselors based on their membership in the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), and the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD). Counselors completed a questionnaire which was comprised of a subset of the Jensen and Bergin Mental Health Value Instrument, the Religious Commitment Inventory10, and the Multicultural Counseling Inventory. Based on their primary affiliation as either a Christian, Multicultural, or General Mental Health counselor a final sample of 129 respondents was obtained. Group scores were analyzed through MANOVA and ANOVA techniques.The results of this survey found no differences among the various counseling groups for the mental health value of Autonomy or Self-growth. Christian counselors were found to report higher levels of the mental health value of Religiosity and Religious Commitment. Multicultural counselors were found to report higher levels of multicultural counseling competencies, especially in the areas of Multicultural Counseling Awareness and Multicultural Counseling Knowledge.These findings support the notion that there are differences in values among counselors based on their professional affiliation. Accordingly, it is suggested that future research efforts continue to examine the effect of professional counselor affiliation on counselor values. Special consideration should also be given to researching the process by which counselor values affect change in the part of their clients. Finally, counselors are encouraged in their therapeutic practiceto be aware of their operative value systems and share them with their clients as part of an informed consent. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

The purpose of this study was to determine the overall effectiveness of and the level of engagement in performance assessment processes by Indiana school boards in relation to the Indiana School Board's Associations (ISBA) Code of Ethics as perceived by school administrators. Additionally, there were four objectives: (a) to determine what extent Indiana school boards engage in a process of formal evaluation of their own performance and effectiveness; (b) to determine if there is a difference in perceived compliance to the ISBA Code of Ethics for school boards who engage in school board performance evaluation compared to those school boards who do not; (c) to determine if there is a relationship between the educational background of school board members and school boards performing their duties according to the ISBA Code of Ethics; and (d) to determine the overall perceptions of Indiana school superintendents and randomly selected elementary and secondary principals as to whether school board performance is currently in accordance with the ISBA Code of Ethics. Research questions and hypotheses were developed to determine school superintendents' and randomly selected elementary and secondary school principals' perceptions and possible differences and/or relationships.A descriptive survey research procedure was used in this study, which sought information regarding the professional activities of each participant's school board in comparison to the ISBA Code of Ethics. The questionnaire was constructed in order to answer four research questions and three null hypotheses.The findings indicated: (1) 32.5% of Indiana school boards evaluate their own performance and effectiveness; (2) 67.5% of Indiana school boards do not evaluate their own performance and effectiveness; (3) school boards that engage in performance evaluation processes tend to adhere more strongly to the ISBA Code of Ethics in comparison with those school boards that do not engage in performance evaluation; (4) there was no relationship between the educational background of school board members and school board performance in accordance with the ISBA Code of Ethics; and (5) there did appear to be a significant difference between how superintendents and principals perceive school board performance when compared to the ISBA Code of Ethics. / Department of Educational Leadership

In this autoethnographic inquiry, the author examines the complexities of international practicum placements by exploring past and present-day reflections written in response to her undergraduate practicum experience in South Africa. Using intersectional analysis, the author reflexively writes about personal desire and the intent to offer care in Majority World contexts by describing how these themes are deeply implicated by larger social, political, and historical systems and structures. In an attempt to benefit the nature of international practicum placements within the context of CYC practice, five key topics are outlined to better prepare students who might be considering practice across cultures in Majority World contexts. / Graduate / 0727 / 0700 / 0631 / lljones@uvic.ca

The goal of this thesis is to argue that science is not value free on the grounds of a community based account of ethics. It is the peculiar feature of this model that ethics is a limitation on individual&#039 / s freedom of action, and moral norms of a community reflect the structure of the community. I endeavour to resolve the problem, on an assumption that science is an activity of scientific community, that science ethics can be derived from the internal structure of scientific community. Therefore, this thesis attempts to show the relationship between scientific community and science ethics.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2008. / Title from screen (viewed on June 4, 2009). Department of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Robert G. Bringle. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-130).

Este trabalho de mestrado trata da ética na capelania universitária. A ética é fundamental nas relações humanas e está presente em todas as esferas da vida do ser humano. No meio acadêmico não é diferente. A ética profissional conduz a atuação do profissional da capelania universitária no seu exercício profissional. Ao longo do trabalho percebeu-se que, ainda que a instituição de ensino siga preceitos cristãos, cuja ética fundamenta-se nos princípios do amor, da vivência comunitária, na alteridade, no cuidado, na liberdade com responsabilidade, a ética profissional acaba por incorporar tais valores, uma vez que ser ético é agir a partir de princípios construídos e aceitos socialmente. Constatou-se que a relação interpessoal entre o capelão universitário e o indivíduo é baseada na confiança, permitindo uma comunicação aberta entre eles, porém sigilosa. Assim, a capelania universitária, com uma função poimênica, converte-se em um ministério de ajuda e cuidado pastoral. / The master thesis deals with ethics in university chaplaincy. Ethics is essential in human relationships and is present in all spheres of human life. It is not different in academic settings. Professional ethics grounds the practice of the university chaplaincy professional in his/her professional practice. Throughout the work it was noticed that although the institution follows Christian precepts, the ethos of which is based on the principles of love, community living, the otherness, care, freedom with responsibility, professional ethics ultimately incorporates such values, since being ethical is to act based on socially constructed and accepted principles.. It was found that interpersonal relationship between the university chaplain and the individual is based on trust, allowing for open communication between them, but secretive. Thus, the university chaplaincy, with a caring role, becomes a ministry of help and pastoral care.

The purposes of this study were to determine the perceptions selected school personnel had of public school teachers' fulfillment of the code of ethics for Texas educators, if these perceptions differed significantly, and if the code had any significant impact on teachers' behavior. The subjects consisted of board members, superintendents, principals and teachers within seven urban, fourteen suburban, and fifty rural Texas school districts. Subjects’ responses to an instrument derived from the Code of Ethics for Texas Educators provided the data for testing. The findings of this study included the following: 1. Board members perceived teachers as fulfilling the code to be slightly higher than did teachers and principals and significantly higher than did superintendents. 2. Superintendents perceived teachers as fulfilling the code to a lower degree than did the other subjects surveyed. 3. Subjects selected within urban and suburban school districts are in perceptual agreement concerning teachers' fulfillment of the code. 4. Rural board members perceived teachers as fulfilling the code to a slightly higher degree than did rural superintendents. 5. Urban teachers perceived teachers as fulfilling the code to a significantly higher degree than did suburban teachers. 6. The code of ethics was perceived as having low to moderate impact on the behavior of Texas teachers.

This study examined the emerging debate on spirituality in the workplace. As spirituality gains impetus, organisations have proactively accommodated the needs of their multi-ethnic and multi-faith workforce and have started integrating spirituality into their policies. The study sought to gauge the employees and managers’ perceptions of the importance of spirituality in the workplace. Spirituality represents a complex phenomenon that embraces an awareness of others, coupled with a sense of fulfilment and values, which add meaning to life. Overall, a lack of clear policy and acknowledgment regarding spirituality within organisations is apparent. The extant literature suggests that spirituality as a research topic suffers from fragmentation, dearth, and confusion which sometimes makes it difficult to propose a comprehensive theory. The complexity and ambiguity of spirituality as a concept means it is often confused with religious rituals. Spirituality is not the same as religion, although religion can be the focus of an individual’s spirituality or the way in which an individual’s spirituality is recognised and expressed. Both spirituality and religion can operate independently from each other. As a result, many scholars have realised the need for a more unified interpretation of the term spirituality. Adopting a predominantly positivist stance, two organisations in England were surveyed. Using a purpose-designed questionnaire, a return of 628 was achieved, with a reliability of 0.87 (Cronbach Alpha). Analysis was undertaken as a data set using independent variables which related to biographical factors, including a person’s faith and their organisation. This was supported by qualitative data using semi-structured interviews with senior management in both organisations. Findings and analysis highlighted that employees did not feel comfortable discussing spirituality; nor did they feel it was appropriate to practise spirituality within the workplace. In their perceptions of spirituality policies, both organisations proffered initiatives that, in the absence of a coherent policy, employees struggled to accommodate employee spiritual needs. Overall, the findings revealed that the limited policies or procedures that were in place often left the employees ambivalent as to whether the organisation had any genuine interest in their spiritual well-being. Since employee spirituality is under-researched, this study investigated the nature of workplace spirituality to benefit academic research through expanding the knowledge in this area, to produce a model of spirituality. The study findings will led to new knowledge on spirituality that can assist in the formulation of suitable strategies to enhance employee spiritual well-being. This study is pertinent in the current economic recession, whereby employees of different ethnic backgrounds may feel vulnerable, with the possibility of spirituality manifesting itself in the workplace as a source of conflict. To address the issue of potential spiritual conflict, organisations will need to build high-trust relationships in the workplace.

Cada vez mais, tem sido verificada a importância de um prontuário odontológico completo e bem estruturado com finalidade de evitar possíveis processos judiciais movidos contra Cirurgiões-Dentistas. Isso porque nestes prontuários, o profissional tem condições de armazenar todas as informações necessárias de seus pacientes e seguir um tratamento mais organizado. Os pacientes também vêm tendo mais informações quanto aos seus direitos e as obrigações do profissional. Desta maneira, o profissional da área de saúde deve estar sempre pronto e ciente quanto aos possíveis problemas de ordem jurídica que poderá encontrar em sua carreira. Sendo assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo realizar uma análise da visão do Magistrado brasileiro de Varas Cíveis a respeito da aceitação de filmagem (VHS) em substituição a documentação odontológica convencional como prova em litígios que possa sofrer. Observou-se haver aceitação da filmagem (VHS) em substituição à maioria dos documentos odontológicos que compõem o prontuário. Concluiu-se que a filmagem (VHS) é aceita como prova legal em substituição a documentação convencional, não havendo, no entanto, consenso entre os Magistrados de Varas Cíveis Brasileiras quanto ao tempo que o Cirurgião-Dentista deverá armazenar tal documentação. / Each time more, has been verified the importance of a complete dentistry handbook and structuralized well with purpose to prevent possible moved actions at law against surgeon-dentists. This because in these handbooks, the professional has conditions to store all the information necessary of its patients and to more follow an organized treatment. The patients also come having more information how much to its rights and the obligations of the professional. In this way, the professional of the health area must be always ready and client how much to the possible problems of jurisprudence that will be able to find in its career. Being thus, the present study he has as objective to carry through an analysis of the vision of the Brazilian Magistrate of Poles Civil court jurisdiction regarding the acceptance of filming (VHS) in substitution the conventional dentistry documentation as test in litigations that can suffer. He observed himself to have acceptance of the filming (VHS) in substitution to the majority of the dentistry documents that compose the handbook. He concluded himself that the filming (VHS) is accepted as legal evidence in substitution the conventional documentation, not having, however, consensus enters the Magistrates of Brazilian Poles Civil court jurisdiction how much to the time that surgeon-dentists will have to store such documentation.

Submitted by Andrieli Pachú da Silva (andripachu@gmail.com) on 2016-06-03T11:24:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva, A.P. (2016) Aspectos éticos em organização da informaçao. um estudo em códigos de ética do profissional arquivista.pdf: 2038526 bytes, checksum: 768b68c201cb5d9e413c2eb68d53539d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-06-03T14:18:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_ap_me_mar.pdf: 2038526 bytes, checksum: 768b68c201cb5d9e413c2eb68d53539d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-03T14:18:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_ap_me_mar.pdf: 2038526 bytes, checksum: 768b68c201cb5d9e413c2eb68d53539d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / As atividades de organização da informação ainda têm estudos éticos incipientes na área da arquivística, o que leva a questionar como os códigos de ética do arquivista abordam questões relacionadas aos dilemas éticos nas atividades de organização da informação, em especial nas atividades nucleares de classificação e descrição documental. Desse modo, esta pesquisa identifica, analisa e compara os valores éticos relacionados à organização e representação da informação, no campo da classificação e da descrição arquivística, a partir de uma análise de conteúdo, buscando os termos classificação e descrição em 16 documentos referentes à conduta profissional do arquivista de alguns países, sendo eles: Austrália, Brasil, Canadá, Espanha, Estados Unidos, França, Nova Zelândia, Portugal, Reino Unido, Suíça e do ICA. A partir disso, concluímos por um corpus de onze valores encontrados, a saber: acesso à informação, respeito à proveniência, respeito à ordem original, preservação, conservação, preservação do valor arquivísticos dos documentos, confiabilidade, custódia, imparcialidade, garantir a segurança da informação, autenticidade. / The international literature of Information Science has devoted attention to ethical studies in information, especially due to the development of information technologies. However, the information organization activities have incipient ethical studies that are more focused on libraries. Thus, the area of archival science still lacks studies of this nature, which leads to question how the codes of ethics for the archivist address issues related to the ethical dilemmas of the information organization activities, especially in core activities of arrangement and archival description. To identify and analyze the ethical values related to these aforementioned activities, by the analysis of the codes of the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, New Zeland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, USA, United Kingdom and the ICA codes of ethics. Applying the content analysis, were found these values: information access, respect for provenance, respect for the original order, physical preservation of the record, conservation, respect for the preservation of the archival value of the record, reliability, custody, impartiality, information security, authenticity