Introduction to Ethics Chapter 9- Professional Ethics Review Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Traditional professions - Answers law, medicine, divinity
professionalization - Answers the process of a organizing and regulating persons with a similar job so
that it becomes more like a true profession
Hippocrates (460-377 BC) - Answers Greek physician; "father of medicine"
Hippocratic Oath - Answers A traditional set of promises about patient care that new doctors make
when they start practicing medicine
competence - Answers The professional ethical responsibility to acquire and maintain the expertise
needed to properly serve one's clients and patients
beneficence - Answers To do good. The professional ethical principle that the purpose of your work is to
decrease suffering and increase the well-being of your clients or patients
nonmalfeasance - Answers The professional ethical principle to first do no harm
precautionary principle - Answers The ethical idea that one should not undertake a new action that
might expose people or the environment to unacceptable risk
autonomy - Answers The professional ethical principle of protecting the free will and choice of people
who may be affected by decisions, treatments, or policies. Avoiding coercive persuasion and gaining
informed consent of clients.
confidentiality - Answers Maintaining client privacy and only sharing information with other authorized
persons when required for the sake of better serving the client or patient
referral - Answers The professional ethical principle to stay within one's scope of practice and send
clients or patients to others who have specialized training and knowledge if needed
conflict of interest - Answers Having more than one relationship with a client, patient, or other
professional contact that may actually or may appear to influence one's professional judgment
justice - Answers The professional ethical principle to ensure the common or the public good, especially
to work toward better outcomes for those who are poor and marginalized in society
veracity - Answers The professional ethical principle to be personally honest, following all legal and
ethical requirements of the profession
professional autonomy - Answers The professional ethical principle that allows one to withdraw from a
patient or client if the relationship is not benefitting the client, and refer him or her to someone else
Traditional professions - Answers law, medicine, divinity
professionalization - Answers the process of a organizing and regulating persons with a similar job so
that it becomes more like a true profession
Hippocrates (460-377 BC) - Answers Greek physician; "father of medicine"
Hippocratic Oath - Answers A traditional set of promises about patient care that new doctors make
when they start practicing medicine
competence - Answers The professional ethical responsibility to acquire and maintain the expertise
needed to properly serve one's clients and patients
beneficence - Answers To do good. The professional ethical principle that the purpose of your work is to
decrease suffering and increase the well-being of your clients or patients
nonmalfeasance - Answers The professional ethical principle to first do no harm
precautionary principle - Answers The ethical idea that one should not undertake a new action that
might expose people or the environment to unacceptable risk
autonomy - Answers The professional ethical principle of protecting the free will and choice of people
who may be affected by decisions, treatments, or policies. Avoiding coercive persuasion and gaining
informed consent of clients.
confidentiality - Answers Maintaining client privacy and only sharing information with other authorized
persons when required for the sake of better serving the client or patient
referral - Answers The professional ethical principle to stay within one's scope of practice and send
clients or patients to others who have specialized training and knowledge if needed
conflict of interest - Answers Having more than one relationship with a client, patient, or other
professional contact that may actually or may appear to influence one's professional judgment
justice - Answers The professional ethical principle to ensure the common or the public good, especially
to work toward better outcomes for those who are poor and marginalized in society
veracity - Answers The professional ethical principle to be personally honest, following all legal and
ethical requirements of the profession
professional autonomy - Answers The professional ethical principle that allows one to withdraw from a
patient or client if the relationship is not benefitting the client, and refer him or her to someone else
