Exam 1: Introduction to Professional Ethics

The first essential step towards ethical decision making is:

Which of the following statements is true with regard to ethical codes?

______________________is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard.

Ethics codes are for exercising ethical responsibility.

When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands and goals, they must use:

Which of the following focuses NOT ONLY on how professionals can harm clients, but also on how therapists can do better at helping clients?

The counselor who asks the questions "Am I doing what is best for my client?" rather than "Is this situation unethical?" is functioning from which of the following ethical perspectives?

Each major mental health professional organization has its own code of ethics; however, most of these codes are:

James and Mary were in counseling for marital problems. The counselor decided to meet each partner in an individual session before meeting them as a couple. James confided that he was HIV-positive and was not going to tell his spouse because she would know that he had been unfaithful. The counselor decided to break confidentially after attempts to encourage James to inform his wife of his condition were unsuccessful. The counselor's action:

Ethics codes tend to be:

The basic purpose of professional codes of ethics is to:

Autonomy refers to:

When practitioners devote a portion of their professional time and skills to services for which there is no expectation of significant financial return, they are:

A formal complaint was filed against Harry for sexually harassing a female client. A repeat offender, he was previously warned that a major sanction would be imposed if he continued his unethical actions. The ethics committee of the professional association to which he belongs most likely recommended that Harry:

Which of the following models of ethical decision making focuses primarily on the social aspects of decision making and redefines the process as being interactive rather than intrapsychic?

When a complaint is lodged against a member of a professional organization, the ethics committee:

Richard is counseling a male Asian client and is encouraging him to go to college even though he is expected to take care of his aging parents. Richard is violating the following basic moral principle in making ethical decisions:

Reporting requirements in codes:

The highest standards of thinking and a professional's willingness to reflect on the effects their interventions may have on the welfare of their clients describes what kind of ethics?

Elizabeth, a beginning practitioner, counsels in a manner in which she merely acts in compliance with the law and follows minimal ethical standards. She is at the first level of ethical functioning, which is: