Some ethical issues are brought into the public eye when a scandal erupts, as occurred within the last few years over the issue of child labor in sweatshop conditions. It was reported in the news that Kathie Lee Gifford's line of clothing had been manufactured under such conditions (Razzi, 1995, 46)
Many companies in the apparel and retail business have responded by developing codes and policies regarding their own and suppliers' treatment of employees following media attention to overseas sweatshops (Miller, 1997, 1). A recent study shows that media attention directed toward a company's ethical failings will often have the result of prompting the company to engage in broader and more direct ethics management (Weaver, Trevi & Cochran, 1999, 41-57)
Empirical research demands an outcome-based focus, and current research in the field, as it is evolving, is heading in this direction. Sexton states that above all, counselors cannot afford to stick their heads in the sand regarding current trends: "It seems clear that evidence-based counseling practice is the future of both the preparation of counselors and the practice of professional counseling" (Sexton 1999)
One of the main problems afflicting rural mental health service delivery is that patients may be less apt to seek treatment and less apt to see their conditions as serious, based upon cultural factors that impact their willingness to receive care. One measure of this cultural concept is descriptive in nature, as manifested "in a large study conducted in the rural South, Fox and her associates" which "found that only 13% of those who had been diagnosed with a mental health condition and received an educational intervention about the condition and how to obtain help actually sought help for that condition" (Hauenstein 2008: 147)
Issues relating to equality, diversity, training, and orientation appear to capture the author's attention. The aspect of codes of conduct includes variation of ethical principles and values that relate to human rights, professional integrity and social justice together with practice principles (DuBois & Miley, 2014)
This is something that maybe people are born with, but need to identify in terms of how it applies in daily lives. Ethics is not just something that arises when there is an ethical crisis -- you have to know before a crisis manifests just what your ethical stance is, and ensure that you uphold the highest ethical standards daily (Callister & Robinson, 2011)