WorksheetsChapter 1: Intro to Professional Ethics
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A counseling code of ethics is generally created by a
counselor based on their clinical experience
counseling agency or school district
state or county government
mental health professional organization
Codes of ethics can
offer resources to help you understand the issues underlying the ethical decisions in your profession
provide a blueprint to deal with all of the ethical challenges you will encounter
serve as "cookbooks" for responsible professional behavior, with "recipes" for ethical decisions
be a handy shortcut in place of an active, deliberative, and creative ethical decision-making approach
The primary purpose of all codes of ethics is
to prevent legal action against a counselor
to safeguard the welfare of clients
to provide job security to university ethics professors
to harmonize the needs of professionals with those of their clients
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
standards that govern the conduct of a profession's members
law
ethics
peanut butter
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
rules that govern the affairs of people within a community, state, or country
law
ethics
peanut butter
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
define the minimum standards society will tolerate
law
ethics
peanut butter
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
essential item if marooned alone on desert island or hungry any time of day or night (Bennie, 2022)
law
ethics
peanut butter
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
generally overrules the other(s)
law
ethics
peanut butter
Law, ethics, or peanut butter?
Ideally, a counselor brings a concern-based attitude more than a fear-based one to this.
law
ethics
peanut butter
beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living
ethics
values
morality
community standards (or mores)
professionalism
involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard
ethics
values
morality
community standards (or mores)
professionalism
aspirational goals, or the maximum or ideal standards set by the profession, practiced through your professional behavior and interactions
ethics
values
morality
community standards (or mores)
professionalism
