Virtue ethics focus on the motives that guide ethical decision making and action, and as such, are critical to the competent application of the counseling profession's ethical codes. Knowledge of virtue ethics deepens understanding of moral responsibilities and ethical reasoning in professional practice. This paper is an overview of virtue ethics…

Service learning promotes social-emotional and academic development through active engagement in community activities. It empowers students to think beyond themselves and to develop a commitment to serve others. In so doing, service learning builds connections with school and community that are critically important in urban settings. This paper…

School counseling graduate students are preparing for a special relationship with the communities in which they serve, that is, to care for the personal, social, and educational well-being of children and adolescents. School counselor program faculty need to educate and instill in their students a sense of their ethical responsibilities to those…