ETHICS ACROSS THE PROFESSIONS FINAL
PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Ethics
Answer: Represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by
professional associations
Moral principles adopted by an individual or group to provide rules for
right conduct
●● Regulation
Answer: Regulation of practice occurs in all 50 states
State licensing laws establish the scope of practice of professionals and
how the laws will be enforced
●● Major Duties of Regulating Boards
Answer: Determine standards for admission into profession
Screen applicants applying for certification or licensure
Regulate the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
Conduct disciplinary proceedings involving violations of standards of
professional conduct as defined by law
●● Values
,Answer: Beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living
●● Morality
Answer: Our perspective of right and proper conduct
Actions are evaluated on the basis of some broader cultural context or
religious standard
●● Community Standards
Answer: Define what is considered reasonable behavior when a case
involving malpractice is litigated
Vary on interdisciplinary, theoretical, and geographical bases
●● Reasonableness
Answer: The care that is ordinarily exercised by others practicing within
that specialty in the professional community
●● Professionalism
Answer: Has some relationship to ethical behavior, yet it is possible to
act unprofessionally and still not act unethically
●● Autonomy
Answer: To promote self-determination
,●● Nonmaleficence
Answer: To avoid doing harm
●● Beneficence
Answer: To do good for others and promote the well-being of clients
●● Justice
Answer: To be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly
●● Fidelity
Answer: To make realistic commitments and keep these promises
●● Veracity
Answer: To be truthful and deal honestly with clients
●● The Feminist Model (Ethical Decision Making)
Answer: Calls for maximum involvement of the client at every stage of
the process
Based on feminist principle that power should be equalized in the
therapeutic relationship
●● The Transcultural Integrative Model (Ethical Decision Making)
, Answer: Addresses need for including cultural factors in the process of
resolving ethical dilemmas
●● The Social Constructionist Model (Ethical Decision Making)
Answer: Focuses primarily on the social aspects of decision making in
counseling
Redefines the ethical decision-making process as an interactive rather
than an individual or intra-psychic process and places the decision in the
social context itself
●● Steps in Ethical Decision Making
Answer: 1. Identify the problem or dilemma
2. Identify the potential issues involved
3. Review the relevant ethics codes
4. Know the applicable laws and regulations
5. Obtain consultation
6. Consider possible and probable courses of action
7. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
8. Choose what appears to be the best course of action
●● Professional Organizations and Codes of Ethics
Answer: ACA: American Counseling Association
NBCC: National Board for Certified Counselors
PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Ethics
Answer: Represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by
professional associations
Moral principles adopted by an individual or group to provide rules for
right conduct
●● Regulation
Answer: Regulation of practice occurs in all 50 states
State licensing laws establish the scope of practice of professionals and
how the laws will be enforced
●● Major Duties of Regulating Boards
Answer: Determine standards for admission into profession
Screen applicants applying for certification or licensure
Regulate the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
Conduct disciplinary proceedings involving violations of standards of
professional conduct as defined by law
●● Values
,Answer: Beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living
●● Morality
Answer: Our perspective of right and proper conduct
Actions are evaluated on the basis of some broader cultural context or
religious standard
●● Community Standards
Answer: Define what is considered reasonable behavior when a case
involving malpractice is litigated
Vary on interdisciplinary, theoretical, and geographical bases
●● Reasonableness
Answer: The care that is ordinarily exercised by others practicing within
that specialty in the professional community
●● Professionalism
Answer: Has some relationship to ethical behavior, yet it is possible to
act unprofessionally and still not act unethically
●● Autonomy
Answer: To promote self-determination
,●● Nonmaleficence
Answer: To avoid doing harm
●● Beneficence
Answer: To do good for others and promote the well-being of clients
●● Justice
Answer: To be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly
●● Fidelity
Answer: To make realistic commitments and keep these promises
●● Veracity
Answer: To be truthful and deal honestly with clients
●● The Feminist Model (Ethical Decision Making)
Answer: Calls for maximum involvement of the client at every stage of
the process
Based on feminist principle that power should be equalized in the
therapeutic relationship
●● The Transcultural Integrative Model (Ethical Decision Making)
, Answer: Addresses need for including cultural factors in the process of
resolving ethical dilemmas
●● The Social Constructionist Model (Ethical Decision Making)
Answer: Focuses primarily on the social aspects of decision making in
counseling
Redefines the ethical decision-making process as an interactive rather
than an individual or intra-psychic process and places the decision in the
social context itself
●● Steps in Ethical Decision Making
Answer: 1. Identify the problem or dilemma
2. Identify the potential issues involved
3. Review the relevant ethics codes
4. Know the applicable laws and regulations
5. Obtain consultation
6. Consider possible and probable courses of action
7. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
8. Choose what appears to be the best course of action
●● Professional Organizations and Codes of Ethics
Answer: ACA: American Counseling Association
NBCC: National Board for Certified Counselors
