Assignment Task:
Melissa and Brian work for a human services organization, People Helping Others (PHO), which focuses on helping individuals with intellectual disabilities. As part of their responsibilities, they help others with training programs, housing placement, and job placement and will be paid based on the number of hours they work with their clients. As a condition of employment, they both signed a confidentiality agreement not to disclose information about their clients to anyone outside the organization as long as they remained employees of PHO. Eventually, Brian resigned from his position to work for another human services organization; however, Melissa and Brian remained good friends and met for the occasional lunch to catch up on one another's personal lives. After some time, Melissa noticed that her clients were "dropping off the planet" as they were not scheduling regular time with her as they had previously. Melissa heard "through the grapevine" that Brian was "poaching" her clients so that he could help them. After some thought, she confronted Brian and spoke to him about what she perceived as his unethical behavior in taking her clients.
Based on the above scenario, answer each numbered item below:
1. Based on the stated information, what are the ethical dilemma(s) in this specific scenario? In your response, include elements that lead you to see it as an ethical dilemma. Be clear and specific about this information to support your assertion about the ethical dilemma(s). Need Assignment Help?
2. Referencing the NOHS Ethical Standards for Human Professionals, what three codes could apply to this scenario? Include code numbers and themes (do not copy/paste code language) as part of your response and share how they could apply to the scenario. (Do not use codes selected in prior case studies. Select different but applicable codes for this scenario.)
3. Imagine that you are Melissa in the above scenario. What would be your initial reaction to this situation? How do you think you would proceed in such a situation?
Share one direct quote from the ethics textbook Issues and Ethics in Helping Professions 11TH Corey Gerald for this course that could relate to the above scenario, and share why you think this direct quote relates.