Course Category : Ethics & Cultural Competency
Ethical Challenges Facing Fiduciaries
We have a unique profession in that we do not provide a one-time service but instead provide multiple services and care across the person’s lifetime. Our practice is enhanced when we have greater insight into and respect for the person’s culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. Attendees will learn how to do an ethnographic […]
Don’t Get Bit by the Ethics Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes are known to strike quickly, without warning, and cause fatal and near fatal injuries. For the unwary fiduciary, ethical mistakes can happen without warning and be fatal to their career. Using the California Fiduciary Code and the Best Standards for Pooled Trusts, this interactive presentation will look at the ways that a fiduciary can […]
Cultural Diversity And Ethics
We have a unique profession in that we do not provide a one-time service but instead provide multiple services and care across the person’s lifetime. Our practice is enhanced when we have greater insight into and respect for the person’s culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. Attendees will learn how to do an ethnographic […]
A Case Study and Conversation About Medical and Fiduciary Ethics
A presentation and conversation about a very difficult case that brings in every difficult aspect that conservators will ever have to deal with. This presentation will discuss a conservatorship of a young man who has severe medical and behavioral problems, his family who was not allowed to be his conservator but, insist they are the […]
Know Your Client: Recognizing Risks Before it is Too Late
The presentation will focus on the professional fiduciaries’ risks in representing clients who have diminished capacity, mental and/or physical limitations, or limited English-speaking skills in understanding what a “fiduciary duty” means in high-stress situations. This program will present illustrations of typical problems encountered by professional fiduciaries and provide risk management suggestions to avoid ethics complaints […]