Ethics in Prevention: A Guide for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners

As a substance misuse prevention professional, we regularly face situations that require us to make ethical decisions. Often it is clear how to act ethically; sometimes it is not.

This course explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics, brought to life with realistic examples designed to enhance participant understanding. The course also introduces a decision-making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas.

Learning Objectives:

• Define ethics and related terms
• Apply the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics to their work in prevention
• Use a four-step decision-making process to resolve ethical dilemmas