Ethics and Legal Issues Flashcards
True or False? The ethical decision-making models consists of the following:
- Recognize that there’s an event to which to act
- Define the event as having an ethical dimension
- Decide that the ethical dimension is sufficient to merit an ethics-guided response
- Take responsibility for generating an ethical solution
- Figure out what abstract ethical rules might apply
- Decide how these abstract ethical rules actually apply so as to suggest a concrete solution
- Prepare for possible repercussions of having acted in what one considers an ethical manner
- React
False
What APA (2017) Ethical Principle applies to school neuropsychologists striving to benefit those with whom they work and “to take care to do no harm, safeguard the welfare and rights of those whom they interact professionally, the welfare of animal subjects in research, and when conflicts occur among school neuropsychologists’ obligations or concerns”?
A. Principle A, Beneficence and Nonmaleficence
B. Principle C, Integrity
C. Principle E, Dignity and Respect
D. None of these
A. Principle A, Beneficence and Nonmaleficence
Broad themes from NASP 202 Ethics focus on the following:
A. Respecting the dignity and rights of all persons
B. Professional competence, responsibility, honesty, and integrity
C. Responsibility to schools and society
D. A and B
D. A and B
True or False? NASP Code of Ethical Conduct (2020) Standard IV.2.2 Intersection of Law and Ethics states School psychologists respect the law and the civil and legal rights of students and other students. The Principles for Professional Ethics may require a less stringent standard of conduct than law, and those situations school psychologists are expected to adhere to the Principles.
False
Protecting yourself with strategies for liability prevention to utilize when lawyers are involved, especially in areas of inquiry, include all of the following except:
A. Qualifications, knowledge used to arrive at conclusions, and degree of uncertainty
B. Bias, financial gain, and advertising
C. Tell the truth
D. Pose hypothetical questions (e.g., do not answer them)
A. Qualifications, knowledge used to arrive at conclusions, and degree of uncertainty
In the middle of testing, the student refused to participate in any further testing. What is the proper legal/ethical thing to do?
A. Discuss the importance of the evaluation with the student first, but if the student still refuses to participate, respect the rights of the student and do not continue testing
B. Continue testing the best you can because completing the valuation will be beneficial to the interests of the student
C. Call the student’s parents and try to get them to convince the student to participate
D. Offer the student a reinforcer to continue testing
A. Discuss the importance of the evaluation with the student first, but if the student still refuses to participate, respect the rights of the student and do not continue testing
If a school neuropsychologist becomes board certified from the American Board of School Neuropsychology, what is the proper title that can be used in practice?
A. The practitioner should refer to themselves as a neuropsychologist
B. The practitioner should let their state certification and/or licensure lapse because they now have the Diplomate in School Neuropsychology credential to use for practice
C. The practitioner should continue to use the appropriate title related to their state certification and/or licensure but may also indicate that they are, or have, a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology
D. The practitioner should refer to themselves as a school neuropsychologist
C. The practitioner should continue to use the appropriate title related to their state certification and/or licensure but may also indicate that they are, or have, a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology
You walk into the teacher’s lounge at a school where you provide services. You recognize a teacher of a child you are evaluating. In front of several of her colleagues, she asks you how the testing is coming along and if you can share any preliminary findings. What would be the best response?
A. Tell her you will be happy to sit down with her in private to discuss the results
B. Tell her how the testing has gone and share some preliminary results
C. Tell her you do not discuss your business outside of work
D. Tell her you do not discuss any student in a public place or gathering
D. Tell her you do not discuss any student in a public place or gathering
You suspect a colleague of an ethical violation. What is your fist course of action?
A. Call the state credentialing (certification or licensure) to file a formal ethical compliant
B. File an ethical complaint with the ethics committee of the person’s national organization to which they belong
C. Bring the matter to the attention of your colleague’s supervisor
D. Talk directly to the colleague first to discuss your concerns and try to resolve the issue at that level first
D. Talk directly to the colleague first to discuss your concerns and try to resolve the issue at that level first
A parent of a child that you have just completed an evaluation on sends you box seats to the symphony as an added thank you for working with her child. What would be the best course of action to take?
A. Call the parent and thank her for the tickets but tell her our code of ethics prevents us from accepting such gifts
B. Call your spouse and tell them you are both going to the symphony
C. Keep the tickets but give them to someone else to use
D. Refuse delivery of the tickets
A. Call the parent and thank her for the tickets but tell her our code of ethics prevents us from accepting such gifts
