Values & Statements
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IE
IF
Core Professional Values
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The ACA Code of Ethics Preamble outlines five core professional values of the counseling
profession that all licensed counselors have trained under and agreed to:
1. Enhancing human development throughout the life span;
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2. Honoring diversity and embracing a multicultural approach in support of the worth,
dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people with their social and cultural contexts;
3. Promoting social justice;
4. Safeguarding the integrity of the counselors-client relationship; and
5. Practicing in a competent and ethical manner
The ACA Code of Ethics symbolizes and guides the ethical values of the counseling
profession throughout the U.S. and around the world; reflects the core values of the
profession; and embodies a belief system that undergirds the bedrock principles of
autonomy, justice, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and fidelity. This belief system is
essential to living a life free of discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, and intolerance.
D
IE
IF
Core Professional Values
R
The ACA Code of Ethics Preamble outlines five core professional values of the counseling
profession that all licensed counselors have trained under and agreed to:
1. Enhancing human development throughout the life span;
VE
2. Honoring diversity and embracing a multicultural approach in support of the worth,
dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people with their social and cultural contexts;
3. Promoting social justice;
4. Safeguarding the integrity of the counselors-client relationship; and
5. Practicing in a competent and ethical manner
The ACA Code of Ethics symbolizes and guides the ethical values of the counseling
profession throughout the U.S. and around the world; reflects the core values of the
profession; and embodies a belief system that undergirds the bedrock principles of
autonomy, justice, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and fidelity. This belief system is
essential to living a life free of discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, and intolerance.
