Culturally Responsive Ethical Decision-Making

Presented by: Priscila Llamosa, RYT, MSW, DSW, LCSW

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Description:

Standard ethical training often focuses strictly on risk management, leaving providers ill-equipped when professional codes clash with the cultural realities of their clients. This interactive 3-hour training moves beyond “what to do when you have a dilemma” by examining ethics as a proactive, culturally grounded practice. 

Drawing from current literature on transcultural ethical decision-making, this session will assist providers in deconstructing standard Western ethical assumptions (e.g. rigid boundaries, hyper-individualism) and evaluating how these assumptions can inadvertently harm Latine clients. Participants will explore common ethical friction points—such as dual relationships and confidentiality—through the lens of core Latine values like personalismo, familismo, and respeto. Finally, attendees will learn and apply a structured, transcultural decision-making matrix to complex case scenarios, ensuring their ethical choices are both professionally sound and culturally affirming.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: 

1. Deconstruct Western ethical assumptions embedded in the core ethical principles (the “Big Four”) and identify how they can inadvertently harm Latine clients. 
2. Evaluate common ethical dilemmas (such as boundaries, dual relationships, and confidentiality) using a culturally responsive, epistemic justice lens to accurately differentiate between ethical violations and cultural self-preservation. 
3. Apply a structured, culturally inclusive ethical decision-making model to complex clinical scenarios, integrating Latine values (personalismo, familismo, respeto) into everyday choices. 

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