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Exploration of Positive Ethics Factors and Associations With Ethical Decision Making

O'Donnell, Daniel Patrick
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1420970900

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
There is little evidence of the effectiveness of ethics education in improving ethical outcomes in psychology graduate students. Most ethics education is conducted using remedial approaches that emphasize rules, laws, and codes. Positive ethics is as an approach to ethics instruction that uses ethical acculturation to improve ethical decision making processes and increase desired ethical outcomes. This study asked 201 doctoral psychology students to describe their ethics courses according to theoretical positive ethics factors and respond to hypothetical ethical situations. Data were analyzed to identify positive ethics factors and their relationship to ethical decision making. Analysis of the Ethics Course Experience Questionnaire revealed five positive ethics factors that may influence the ethics learning process. Positive ethics education was found to statistically significantly increase students’ resolve to follow through on the action they deemed ethical. Specific positive ethics factors and participant demographics influenced ethical sensitivity, reasoning, and resoluteness responses.
Elizabeth Welfel, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Michael Horvath, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Kathryn MacCluskie, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Julia Phillips, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sarah Toman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
214 p.
Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology; Education; Ethics; Higher Education; Psychology
ethics; positive ethics; ethics education; ethical decision making; professional ethics; psychology ethics; graduate psychology education

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  • O'Donnell, D. P. (2014). Exploration of Positive Ethics Factors and Associations With Ethical Decision Making [Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1420970900

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Donnell, Daniel. Exploration of Positive Ethics Factors and Associations With Ethical Decision Making. 2014. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1420970900.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Donnell, Daniel. "Exploration of Positive Ethics Factors and Associations With Ethical Decision Making." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1420970900

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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