Major: Child and Family Development
School: Western Michigan University
An understanding of the character and quality of human social conduct, and the ability to critically examine ethical questions and issues as they relate to professional practice.
Reference: National Council on Family Relations [NCFR]. Family life education content areas (2017). Retrieved fromhttps://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/fle_content_areas_2014_0.pdf
Abstract: Field Expierence, YWCA, Fall 2017: I interviewed my supervisor at YWCA to learn about professional behavior. During the interview she shared with me that it is important to understand that what may be ethical may not always be morally right; what may be morally right may not always be ethical.
FLE Content Area Reflection: In interviewing my supervisor, I wanted to know how she weighs out the pros and cons in order to achieve the right fit for the individual based off ethics and morals. For example, in late October we received an on-call about a young lady getting assaulted by her live in boyfriend. When briefed with information, we learned that there was a child present during the assault, however the child was not "biologically" hers. So the ethical dilemma we faced was arrest the dad and leave the child with the fiance (young lady) or arrest the dad and take the child into protective custody where CPS would get involved and place the child into the foster care system if no biological relative could come get him.
This ethical dilemma falls under professional ethics because on one had although the fiance is not the young boys mother, shes all he knows. On the other hand leaving him with her may put the child at risk if the assailant gets out. We ultimately chose to take the child with us and luckily a biological family member came and obtained partial custody of the child.