Ethics & Boundaries series When Culture Impacts Decision Making

This course examines how one’s culture impacts decision making in various treatment settings. Providers are constantly faced with ethical choices resulting in ambiguous outcomes and difficult decisions that may be morally confusing. Understanding cultural concepts enables providers to bridge the difference between themselves and diverse populations. Participants will acquire a better understanding of the ethical decision-making process when cross-cultural conflicts occur while addressing implications of unconscious biases.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine personal attitudes, values, beliefs and culture. 
• Recognize and respond appropriately to cultural differences to be linguistically competent and culturally sensitive in interventions with clients and our colleagues. 
• Identify professional and ethical obligations within social work, clinical and human services settings. 
• Utilize and incorporate James Rest’s Four Components Model in ethical decision-making.

Continuing education credits available: Nursing Home Administrator and Social Worker

Presenter: Sheng Lee Yang, CEO, Us 2 Behavioral Health Care

Presented: September 3, 2026