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    Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations: Resource for Counselors, Pastors, Deacons and Helping Professionals in the Christian Faith
    Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations: Resource for Counselors, Pastors, Deacons and Helping Professionals in the Christian Faith
    Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations: Resource for Counselors, Pastors, Deacons and Helping Professionals in the Christian Faith
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    Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations: Resource for Counselors, Pastors, Deacons and Helping Professionals in the Christian Faith

    By Rev Joseph Adebayo Awoyemi

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    The Ethical code is a toolkit to Edify the body of Christ; a Pastoral tool that helps shape the
    helpers character as he/she confers with help-seekers in their Life destiny with Christ Jesusthe
    living Head of the Church.
    This Ethical Code is for professional people helpers like Counselors, Guidance counselors,
    Christian School psychologists, Pastoral Counselors, Care givers, Nurses, Pastors, youth
    pastors, Deacons, who interact/ intervene In other peoples lives.
    The book addresses issues of confi dentiality, welfare of helpseekers and counselees, justice,
    benevolence, non Malefi scence, competency, integrity, respect for rights and dignity of help
    seekers, boundaries of relationships, truthfulness and candor, professional responsibility,
    social responsibility, termination and referral, multicultural diversity counseling, records
    handling, professional qualifi cations et cetera.
    This book is neither a theological Treatise nor an academic exposition but a tool to unleash
    human potentials- a resource for dealing with life hurts, and as a Channel of Gods healing
    through Jesus Christ. In This Wise, the book enlists the New Testament calls for the highest
    standard of Reputation, Conduct, Study,
    Ethics, Training -If we will be the true
    Channels Of healing to the population
    wherein we live and serve.
    Rev. Joseph Adebayo Awoyemi
    Copyright 2010 Joseph Awoyemi.
    All Rights Reserved.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateOct 20, 2010
    ISBN9781453535851
    Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations: Resource for Counselors, Pastors, Deacons and Helping Professionals in the Christian Faith

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      Ethical Code for Church and Para Church Organizations - Rev Joseph Adebayo Awoyemi

      C  O  N  T  E  N  T  S

      DEDICATION

      APPRECIATION

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

      FORWARD

      SECTION ONE: GENERAL BACKGROUNDS

      INTRODUCTION

      THE VISION

      THE CONCERN

      FOUNDATIONS OF THE CODE

      WHAT IS ETHICS?

      BRANCHES OF ETHICS:

      Meta ethics; Normative ethics; Applied ethics; Moral psychology; Descriptive ethics; Biblical /Christian ethics-25

      META-ETHICS

      NORMATIVE ETHICS

      Hippocrates

      Socrates

      Aristotle

      Hedonism

      Modern Ethics

      Consequencialism

      Deontology

      Postmodern Ethics

      APPLIED ETHICS

      Particular Fields of Applied Ethics

      Bioethics

      Relational Ethics

      Military Ethics

      MORAL PSYCHOLOGY

      Evolutionary Ethics

      Social Darwinism

      Altruism

      DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS

      BIBLICAL/CHRISTIAN ETHICS

      The Ten Commandments

      Prophet Jeremiah

      Prophet Amos

      The Golden Rule

      The Greatest Law

      Sermon On The Mount

      SUMMARY OF SOME THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO ETHICS

      SECTION TWO: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ETHICS CODE

      PRINCIPLE A: COMPETENCE

      PRINCIPLE B: INTEGRITY

      PRINCIPLE C: RESPECT FOR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY

      PRINCIPLE D: RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF

      PRINCIPLE E: SELF-RESPECT

      PRINCIPLE F: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

      PRINCIPLE G: RESPONSIBILITY TO COLLEAGUES

      PRINCIPLE H: RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS

      PRINCIPLE I: RESPONSIBILITY TO HELPSEEKERS AND STUDENTS

      PRINCIPLE J: RESPONSIBILITY TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF COUNSELLEES

      PRINCIPLE K: RESPONSIBILITY TO PARISH/INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY

      PRINCIPLE L: BENEFICENCE

      PRINCIPLE M: NON-MALEFICENCE

      PRINCIPLE N: NON NEPOTISM

      PRINCIPLE O: AVOIDANCE OF WALKING ON HELPSEEKERS:

      PRINCIPLE P: WELFARE OF OTHERS

      PRINCIPLE Q: FIDELITY

      PRINCIPLE R: AUTONOMY

      PRINCIPLE S: JUSTICE:

      PRINCIPLE T: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

      PRINCIPLE U: CONFIDENTIALITY

      PRINCIPLE V: NON OMNIPOTENCE, AND FALLIBILITY.

      SECTION THREE: ARTICLES OF THE CODE OF ETHICS

      1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

      2. PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT

      3. WELFARE OF COUNSELLEES AND HELPSEEKERS

      4. TERMINATION AND REFERRALS

      5. COMPETENCY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY

      6. TRUTHFULNESS AND CANDOR.

      7. ADVERTISING, PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS.

      8. RESEARCH

      9. ASSESSMENT EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSIS

      10. CONFIDENTIALITY.

      11. RECORDS

      12. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

      13. RELATIONSHIPS IN COUNSELLING

      14. RESOLVING ETHICAL ISSUES

      SUMMARY

      CHALLENGE

      CONCLUSION

      REFERENCES

      GLOSSARY OF TERMS

      DEDICATION

      This Book is dedicated to the Glory of My Savior

      Christ Jesus-The Author and Perfector of My Faith

      Who By Divine Agenda Has Made the Publication of This Book Possible.

      And To the Word of God

      3 holy bible.jpg

      These have contributed in many ways to the philosophical foundation for many principles of morality, conduct and ethics in the care and nurture of the human race-the Image of God

      APPRECIATION

      I would like to show my appreciation

      To My Dad

      Prophet Cornelius Akolapo Awoyemi

      Who’s Prophetic Counselling Ministry

      Has Informed My Insight Into Ethics.

      And To My Mum

      Comfort Adeduntan Awoyemi

      who’s Ministry to Families,

      Women and Children

      have sensitized me

      to interventive strategies.

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Rev Joseph Adebayo Awoyemi Is a Guidance Counselor by profession and a Pastor by calling. His Counseling Experience roots in schools and Church settings.

      He holds an Honors Baccalaureate Degree with Major in Guidance and Counseling and a Masters Degree in Theology with focus on Pastoral Counseling.

      He has a wide teaching experience within public and private schools including faith based schools, His Teaching portfolio includes secondary, adult, primary, special education and vocational training.

      4 author's pic.jpg

      HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

      This book is a toolkit for People Helpers: Pastors, Counselors, Deacons, Student Counselors and Professionals Working within the Body of Christ-The Church-and Church Related Institutions like Charities, Schools, Homes, Clinics and the Wider Community.

      A. For practicing counseling professionals, pastoral counselors, guidance counselors and other professionals who are in current/ongoing sessions /encounters with help seekers:

      i. Read and acquaint yourself with the principles in Section Two. Then familiarize yourself with the articles in Section Three.

      ii. You can have this book in your hand to glance through while in counseling session/ helping process.

      iii. Read the rest of the book at other convenient times.

      B. For Student Counselors, Counselors in Training, Surrogate Counselors and New Helpers.

      i. Read and familiarize yourself with section two.

      ii. Read and digest section three.

      iii. Read the rest of the book.

      C. For The General Reader- Read the entire book.

      FORWARD

      The Code of Ethics is envisioned to edify the body of Christ and is intended to be a living Pastoral tool that helps shape our character as we confer with help-seekers in their life destiny with Christ Jesus-the living Head of the Church.

      This book is for professional people helpers like Counsellors, Guidance counsellors, Christian school psychologists, Pastoral counsellors, Pastoral care givers, Nurses, Pastors, Youth pastors, Deacons, Elders and other professionals who interact with/ intervene in other people’s lives.

      The book addresses issues of:

      • Confidentiality, welfare of help seekers and counselees.

      • Justice, benevolence, non-maleficence,

      • Competency, integrity.

      • Respect for rights and dignity of help seekers.

      • Boundaries of relationships in counseling.

      • Truthfulness and candor.

      • Multicultural diversity counseling and competence.

      • Self respect, professional responsibility, social responsibility.

      • Professional commitment and professional qualifications.

      • Electronic communications and records handling.

      • Termination and referral.

      The book serves as a framework for how people make decisions and judgments and how helpers act on them to influence other people’s lives. Decision-making for the Christian helper is ethical when it is firmly grounded

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