You are to write an Ethical  Profile paper which recognizes the formative influence of your family, heroes,  and personal style on you as an ethical professional. This paper will provide a profile of  you in regards to your ethical and professional practice. You will be required  to include information on who you are as an ethical professional, how this  course has shaped your unique ethical decision making style, and the areas in  which you feel still need further development.

Include the following four sections  in your paper:

1. Ethical Autobiography.
                   First, explain how you think through  and determine what is “right” and “wrong” (personally and professionally) in  your own daily life.  Second, Identify  four examples of ethical behaviors and explain how your cultural heritage has  shaped your values.  Third, describe the  nature of the four ethical behaviors you see in yourself.
2. Professional/Ethical Hero.
                   First, identify an ethical “hero,” an  individual that has most impressed you and serves as your role model because of  their professional/ethical presence (i.e., sensitivity, appropriate boundaries,  and respect for privacy, ethical commitment and ethical courage).  Elaborate on his/her ethical  characteristics. Discuss how this person can (or does) serve as a role model  for others in the helping profession.   Second, describe how this “hero” has influenced your value system. 
3. Ethical Decision-Making Style.
                   This section will articulate your  implicit style in terms of ethical decision making. Although there are specific  models which help facilitate ethical decision making, everyone has their own  unique style. Taking into consideration the ethical decision making model  presented in this course, identify the style that reflects your early and  ongoing experiences with moral values and issues which has been influenced and  shaped by your parents, relatives, peers and valued adults in your life, such  as a teacher or coach. Use what you have written from your autobiography to  supplement this discussion.  In summary,  explain your implicit ethical decision making style, including how  this course and your cultural heritage have served as influential factors.
4. Professional and Ethical Development.
                   Ethical development is, for most, a career-long  process. In the last section of your paper, please identify at least two areas  discussed in this module/course where you feel you would benefit from more  development.  Lastly, suggest ways in  which you can acquire your further development.

Please  include information from two or more external scholarly references, using APA  formatting for all citations.

Your  paper should be approximately 6-8 pages in length, be  double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with normal one-inch  margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical  errors. It should include a title page  with a running head, an abstract and a reference page.

***Avoid "first person", place APA/ACA codes in text, avoid "passive voice".