Read the section "Course Case Study" and analyze the behavior of the counselor, as a professional, that you consider unethical or unprofessional. Write a brief summary of the questionable behavior. Substantiate the summary with reasons for your analysis. Next, identify how the counselor may have been in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics. Give the number and definitions of specific violations and compare these violations to the APA ethical standards. In relation to these specific violations, describe the similarities or differences in the ACA and APA ethical codes. Finally, select an ethical decision-making model from those in your readings and apply the model to a minimum of one ethical dilemma you identified in the course scenario. Your paper should be at least 4 pages long, not counting the title page and the reference page. 8-1A Formula ViewThompson Lumber (Dec Making Under Uncertainty)PAYOFFSOutcomesMaximaxMaximinAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow demandMax payoffChoiceMin payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$200,000Best-$120,0000Small plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$90,0000-$20,0000No plant$0$0$0$00$0BestPAYOFFSOutcomesHurwiczEqually likelyAlternativesGood marketFair marketPoor marketRealism payoffChoiceAverage payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$24,0000$60,000BestSmall plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$29,500Best$40,0000No plant$0$0$0$00$00a =0.45REGRETOutcomesMinimaxAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow demandMax regretChoiceLarge plant$0$0$120,000$120,0000Small plant$110,000$50,000$20,000$110,000BestNo plant$200,000$100,000$0$200,0000 Identifies maximum payoff IF function is used to identify the best alternative. Identifies minimum payoff AVERAGE function is used to calculate equally likely payoffs. = a * maximum payoff + (1-a) * minimum payoff Identifies maximum regret Formula to calculate regret value 8-1BThompson Lumber (Dec Making Under Uncertainty)PAYOFFSOutcomesMaximaxMaximinAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow demandMax payoffChoiceMin payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$200,000Best-$120,0000Small plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$90,0000-$20,0000No plant$0$0$0$00$0BestPAYOFFSOutcomesHurwiczEqually likelyAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow demandRealism payoffChoiceAverage payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$24,0000$60,000BestSmall plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$29,500Best$40,0000No plant$0$0$0$00$00a =0.45REGRETOutcomesMinimaxAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow demandMax regretChoiceLarge plant$0$0$120,000$120,0000Small plant$110,000$50,000$20,000$110,000BestNo plant$200,000$100,000$0$200,0000 Best alternative for maximin criterion Coefficient of realism Regret table computed from payoff table Best alternative for minimax regret criterion Page 1 of 2 Ethics in Psychology © 2013 Argosy University Course Case Study Joe, a thirty-five-year-old, male mental health counselor, received a client referral, thirty-five-year-old Jill, from a communit ...

1. Read the section "Course Case Study" and analyze the behavior
of the counselor, as a professional, that you consider unethical
or unprofessional. Write a brief summary of the questionable
behavior. Substantiate the summary with reasons for your
analysis.
Next, identify how the counselor may have been in violation of
the ACA Code of Ethics. Give the number and definitions of
specific violations and compare these violations to the APA
ethical standards.
In relation to these specific violations, describe the similarities
or differences in the ACA and APA ethical codes.
Finally, select an ethical decision-making model from those in
your readings and apply the model to a minimum of one ethical
dilemma you identified in the course scenario.
Your paper should be at least 4 pages long, not counting the
title page and the reference page.
8-1A Formula ViewThompson Lumber (Dec Making Under
Uncertainty)PAYOFFSOutcomesMaximaxMaximinAlternatives
High demandModerate demandLow demandMax
payoffChoiceMin payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-
$120,000$200,000Best-$120,0000Small plant$90,000$50,000-
$20,000$90,0000-$20,0000No
plant$0$0$0$00$0BestPAYOFFSOutcomesHurwiczEqually
likelyAlternativesGood marketFair marketPoor marketRealism
payoffChoiceAverage payoffChoiceLarge
plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$24,0000$60,000BestSmall
plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$29,500Best$40,0000No
plant$0$0$0$00$00a
=0.45REGRETOutcomesMinimaxAlternativesHigh
demandModerate demandLow demandMax regretChoiceLarge
plant$0$0$120,000$120,0000Small
plant$110,000$50,000$20,000$110,000BestNo

2. plant$200,000$100,000$0$200,0000
Identifies maximum payoff
IF function is used to identify the best alternative.
Identifies minimum payoff
AVERAGE function is used to calculate equally likely payoffs.
= a * maximum payoff + (1-a) * minimum payoff
Identifies maximum regret
Formula to calculate regret value
8-1BThompson Lumber (Dec Making Under
Uncertainty)PAYOFFSOutcomesMaximaxMaximinAlternatives
High demandModerate demandLow demandMax
payoffChoiceMin payoffChoiceLarge plant$200,000$100,000-
$120,000$200,000Best-$120,0000Small plant$90,000$50,000-
$20,000$90,0000-$20,0000No
plant$0$0$0$00$0BestPAYOFFSOutcomesHurwiczEqually
likelyAlternativesHigh demandModerate demandLow
demandRealism payoffChoiceAverage payoffChoiceLarge
plant$200,000$100,000-$120,000$24,0000$60,000BestSmall
plant$90,000$50,000-$20,000$29,500Best$40,0000No
plant$0$0$0$00$00a
=0.45REGRETOutcomesMinimaxAlternativesHigh
demandModerate demandLow demandMax regretChoiceLarge
plant$0$0$120,000$120,0000Small
plant$110,000$50,000$20,000$110,000BestNo
plant$200,000$100,000$0$200,0000
Best alternative for maximin criterion
Coefficient of realism
Regret table computed from payoff table
Best alternative for minimax regret criterion
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3. Course Case Study
Joe, a thirty-five-year-old, male mental health counselor,
received a client referral, thirty-five-year-old Jill,
from a community counseling clinic. He began providing
counseling services to her. Jill's complaint was that
she was unsatisfied with her current job as a bank teller and was
experiencing mild anxiety and depression.
Joe had been providing services to Jill for three weeks when she
disclosed that she was confused about
her sexuality because she experienced sexual attraction toward
some women. Joe immediately responded
to Jill with wide eyes and a shocked look. He told Jill that he
was a traditional Catholic, who felt that this
type of feeling was immoral and wrong. He informed her that
she should avoid thinking about this and pray
for forgiveness. He also told her that he felt uncomfortable
talking about the issue any further. Jill continued
to talk to Joe about dealing with her family issues.
Joe had recently read about a new technique and immediately
became excited about trying it. He explained

4. to her that he had read an article in a magazine about a new
technique called rebirthing. The new technique
was being used in Europe to help people change their views
about their relationships with their family. Joe
said, "It is supposed to be really effective in almost wiping out
your memory of your family; it is like
hypnosis." "I would really like to try it on you today, what do
you think?" Jill declined his offer and continued
to talk about her family. Joe thought to himself that even though
Jill said no, he was still going to try to
hypnotize her as they talked because he thought she could
benefit from the technique.
Jill disclosed that she was raised in a traditional Asian
American home with many cultural influences and
culture-specific rules and behavior. Jill was struggling with
balancing her individualism and her cultural
heritage. Joe explained to her that because he was living and
working in a rural community, mostly
consisting of people of East European descent, he could not
relate to Jill’s culture and the issues with which
she was struggling. He apologized and explained that he was not
required to study these cultural issues
because of his geographical location.

5. Jill moved on to talk about her depression. She began talking
about feeling lonely and how it contributed to
her depression. During a counseling session several months
later, she revealed that she was attracted to
Joe and would like a closer, intimate relationship with him. Joe,
aware that he was also attracted to Jill,
talked about his feelings toward her but explained that engaging
in a relationship outside the established
counseling relationship was unethical. He informed her that
because of the mutual feelings of attraction, the
counseling relationship would be ineffective and that he would
refer her to another counselor for continued
services. Jill agreed, and they terminated the counseling
relationship. Later, she contacted him to continue
counseling and to discuss the referral. Joe agreed to meet her
that evening at a restaurant and bring her
the referral information. That night they began an intimate
sexual relationship.
Joe never got around to providing the referral for Jill even
though he was aware of her ongoing state of
depression and anxiety. Joe stopped seeing Jill after a month of
intimate sexual encounters. Joe enjoyed

6. the relationship but felt guilty due to the unethical nature of the
relationship. Because of his continued
concern about Jill's depression, Joe considered going to his
current clinical supervisor to discuss the case
but decided against it. This was because he and his supervisor
were good friends and he suspected his
supervisor would be hurt by knowing the real reason he had
been cancelling get-togethers.
Joe decided to call Jill's boss at the bank to check on her and
see how she was doing. He called her boss
and explained that he had been counseling her for anxiety and
depression and wanted to check if she was
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feeling fine. Her boss informed Joe that Jill had quit her job and
was in the county hospital undergoing

7. treatment for severe depression. Joe quickly hung up and
decided not to call or visit the bank again. After
thinking it over, Joe decided that general counseling might not
be for him. He decided to begin marriage
and family therapy. He ordered some business cards and
advertised in the yellow pages. He thought, “After
all, I am a mental health counselor, and it can’t be hard to
counsel a couple. You don't need anything
special. I already have one degree, and that's enough!”