Practice trends, social justice and ethics

The purpose of this chapter is to examine career counselling in relation to ethics and social justice. It is argued that career practitioners should focus on ethical and moral obligations to marginalised and oppressed people. This may result in there being less emphasis on a U.S.-centric career psychology and greater importance placed on cultural diversity and community through an inclusive approach to work. Discussions of the role of ethics codes and the use of training models in social justice are provided. It is concluded that as career psychology is a cultural enterprise, its attention should focus on multi-contextual and community frameworks, rather than primarily on individualistic and positivistic practice and research agendas, to further a social justice agenda among all people. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.