Ethics & law test Flashcards
When there is potential conflict between a counselor’s employer and a counselor’s client, the counselor should
- first serve the interest of the employer
- first protect the client
- immediately quit his or her job
- seek help from a colleague to resolve the matter
first protect the client
Privileged communication is a legal concept that means
- a communication from a member of a socially advantaged group
- a counselor is protected from disclosing information in court
- a client is protected from disclosing information in court
- a breach of confidentiality to prevent harm to a client
a counselor is protected from disclosing information in court
In making ethical decisions counselors should abide by by all of these principles EXCEPT
- justice and fidelity
- personal gain
- common sense and autonomy
- beneficence and nonmaleficence
personal gain
Which of the following reasons for screening members of a counseling group is ethically required?
- To ensure that group members are alike
- to protect group members from exposure to more confrontational counseling methods
- to ensure a good cultural mix in the group
- to ensure that all group members will benefit from the group process.
to ensure that all group members will benefit from the group process.
Most ethical codes state that dual relationships
- are impossible to avoid
- always result in serious harm to the client
- are grounds for revocation of one’s license
- should be avoided as far as possible
should be avoided as far as possible
In a litigious society counselors are advised to
- create a close relationship with a lawyer or a judge
- learn more about the legal system
- become knowledgeable about those elements that are common to both mental health and the law
- all of the above
become knowledgeable about those elements that are common to both mental health and the law
Which of the following situations is NOT ethical grounds for a counselor to pass on confidential information from a client?
- When the client says it is OK to pass information on
- When the client tells the counselor about an intention to harm someone else
- When the counselor is subpoenaed to testify in court
- When the client tells the counselor that she/he has committed a felony
When the client tells the counselor that she/he has committed a felony
Feminist therapists and postmodern therapists share a concern about diagnosis. Which is it?
- sound diagnosis is essential to good counseling
- diagnosis is especially important for women clients in order to prevent gender abuse
- diagnosis should be restricted to counselors who work in medical contexts
- diagnosis is usually an oppressive practice that ignores too many social context issues
diagnosis is usually an oppressive practice that ignores too many social context issues
In group work
- Confidentiality ethics are extended to apply to group members as well as counselors.
- Counselors are expected to ensure that all group members keep other members’ disclosures private.
- Confidences that are shared with the group leader should not be kept from the group.
- Counselors should inform group members that confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.
Counselors should inform group members that confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.
All of the following EXCEPT one are examples of common forms of unethical behavior. Which one?
- creating dependency
- violations of confidentiality
- avoiding interaction with clients on a social level
- imposing one’s values on a client
avoiding interaction with clients on a social level
Counselors are expected to devote a proportion of their services pro bono. This means…
-That the counselor works without expecting to be
paid
-That the counselor works expecting to be paid in
goods rather than in money
-That the counselor works for those living in poverty
-That the counselor offers a restricted level of
service
That the counselor works without expecting to be paid
If a counselor has sex with a client the basis for calling this
- ethical misconduct is
- moral laxness
- the abuse of power
- lack of informed consent
- lack of positive regard
the abuse of power
Giving clients adequate informed consent means
-convincing clients that counselors know what they
are doing
-Striking a balance between telling clients too little
and too much
-getting clients to read the ethical codes of the
profession
-teaching clients about the laws that protect
confidentiality
Striking a balance between telling clients too little and too much
Whom should a counselor not accept as a client?
- spouses of existing clients
- relatives of the counselor
- clients with personality disorders
- other counselors
relatives of the counselor
If a counselor has a Masters degree in teaching and a credential only in counseling and advertises that he/she is a Master level trained counselor, he/she could be found guilty of
- credential inflation
- credential misrepresentation.
- credential bartering
- credential discrimination
credential misrepresentation.
