Assignment: Discus ethical dilemma

1.Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?

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2.To what extent, if any, should Dr. Vaji consider Leo’s ethnicity in his deliberations? Would the dilemma be addressed differently if Leo self-identified as non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, on non-Hispanic Black?

3.How are APA Ethical Standards 1.08, 3.04, 3.05, 3.09, 7.04, and 7.05 relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?

4.What are Dr. Vaji’s ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principle and enforceable standard, as well as legal standards and obligations to stakeholders?

5.What steps should Dr. Vaji take to ethically implement his decision and monitor its effects?

Ethical dilemmas can be solved in various ways, for example by showing that the claimed situation is only apparent and does not really exist (thus is not a logically), or that the solution to the ethical dilemma involves choosing the greater good and lesser evil (as discussed in ), or that the whole of the problem omits creative alternatives (such as ), or (more recently) that or must apply because the case cannot be removed from context and still be understood. See also on this process. An alternative to situational ethics is .

A popular ethical conflict is that between an or not to steal and one to care for a family that you cannot afford to feed without stolen money. Debates on this often revolve around the availability of alternate means of income or support such as a , , etc. The debate is in its starkest form when framed as stealing food. Under an ethical system in which stealing is always wrong and letting one’s family die from starvation is always wrong, a person in such a situation would be forced to commit one wrong to avoid committing another, and be in constant conflict with those whose view of the acts varied.