Question 1

The helping practitioner will

Accepted Answer

A)  Not include organizational obligations during informed consent 
B)  Share organizational obligations with the client 
C)  Concentrate on client needs and not be concerned with organizational needs 
D)  Not be concerned with the organization's mission, objectives, or values 
A)  Not include organizational obligations during informed consent 
B)  Share organizational obligations with the client 
C)  Concentrate on client needs and not be concerned with organizational needs 
D)  Not be concerned with the organization's mission, objectives, or values B

Question 2

Managed care may challenge the practitioner's ability to provide ethical practice by

Accepted Answer

A)  Determining less interventions are needed than the practitioner recommends 
B)  Restricting referrals 
C)  Not allowing for sufficient follow-up sessions 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Determining less interventions are needed than the practitioner recommends 
B)  Restricting referrals 
C)  Not allowing for sufficient follow-up sessions 
D)  All of the above D

Question 3

The helping practitioner

Accepted Answer

A)  Attempts to resolve conflicts between organizational and client need 
B)  Does not attempt to resolve conflict between organizational need and client need 
C)  Keeps the focus on helping the client without involving the organization 
D)  Will never break confidentiality due to organizational policies 
A)  Attempts to resolve conflicts between organizational and client need 
B)  Does not attempt to resolve conflict between organizational need and client need 
C)  Keeps the focus on helping the client without involving the organization 
D)  Will never break confidentiality due to organizational policies A

Question 4

If insurance only allows for a set number of counseling sessions, and at the end of those sessions the client still requires service, the ethical practitioner

Accepted Answer

A)  Terminates the helping relationship 
B)  Gives the client ideas for continuing on without the practitioner 
C)  Does not abandon the client 
D)  Praises the client for a great work so far 
A)  Terminates the helping relationship 
B)  Gives the client ideas for continuing on without the practitioner 
C)  Does not abandon the client 
D)  Praises the client for a great work so far

Question 5

When working within a system, the helping practitioner needs to consider what from the perspective of the system

Accepted Answer

A)  Roles 
B)  Obligations 
C)  Values 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Roles 
B)  Obligations 
C)  Values 
D)  All of the above

Question 6

The cultural values of a system or organization

Accepted Answer

A)  Are nice to know, but rarely useful 
B)  Can only be found in the policy manuals 
C)  Can impact decision-making 
D)  Are always obvious 
A)  Are nice to know, but rarely useful 
B)  Can only be found in the policy manuals 
C)  Can impact decision-making 
D)  Are always obvious

Question 7

Acceptance of employment within a system or organization

Accepted Answer

A)  Indicates the practitioner will not question system policy 
B)  Is essentially an agreement with the principles and policies of the system 
C)  Is essentially an agreement that the practitioner will consider the system as the primary concern 
D)  Indicates no adjustment to contracts 
A)  Indicates the practitioner will not question system policy 
B)  Is essentially an agreement with the principles and policies of the system 
C)  Is essentially an agreement that the practitioner will consider the system as the primary concern 
D)  Indicates no adjustment to contracts

Question 8

In some cases, what is best for the client may not fit with the organization's policies. If this occurs

Accepted Answer

A)  Always follow the policies of the organization 
B)  Take steps to resolve the conflict using the ethical code 
C)  Break confidentiality and let supervisors know about the issue 
D)  Prepare the client for termination 
A)  Always follow the policies of the organization 
B)  Take steps to resolve the conflict using the ethical code 
C)  Break confidentiality and let supervisors know about the issue 
D)  Prepare the client for termination

Question 9

Managed care

Accepted Answer

A)  May result in a third party determining the volume of services to be provided 
B)  Is never in conflict with the practitioner's recommendations 
C)  Focuses on what is best for the client, no matter the cost 
D)  Always allows for the practitioner to provide service in the most ethical way 
A)  May result in a third party determining the volume of services to be provided 
B)  Is never in conflict with the practitioner's recommendations 
C)  Focuses on what is best for the client, no matter the cost 
D)  Always allows for the practitioner to provide service in the most ethical way

Question 10

Practitioners working within a system

Accepted Answer

A)  Should allow the policies of the system to dictate their helping relationship 
B)  Should do what they feel is ethically correct without thinking about the system at all 
C)  Should not allow the system's policies or administrative orders to interfere with their ethical practice 
D)  Should be beginning practitioners so that they are not burned out 
A)  Should allow the policies of the system to dictate their helping relationship 
B)  Should do what they feel is ethically correct without thinking about the system at all 
C)  Should not allow the system's policies or administrative orders to interfere with their ethical practice 
D)  Should be beginning practitioners so that they are not burned out

Question 11

Restrictions of interventions and duration of treatment from managed care may

Accepted Answer

A)  Erode the practitioner's personal and professional values 
B)  Help structure the practitioner's time 
C)  Make the practitioner's service more consistent 
D)  All the above 
A)  Erode the practitioner's personal and professional values 
B)  Help structure the practitioner's time 
C)  Make the practitioner's service more consistent 
D)  All the above

Question 12

When there is conflict between the system and practitioner

Accepted Answer

A)  The practitioner needs to resign 
B)  The practitioner needs to clarify the conflict 
C)  The practitioner has to decide whose needs to address 
D)  The practitioner refers out to another helping professional 
A)  The practitioner needs to resign 
B)  The practitioner needs to clarify the conflict 
C)  The practitioner has to decide whose needs to address 
D)  The practitioner refers out to another helping professional

The helping practitioner will

Managed care may challenge the practitioner's ability to provide ethical practice by

The helping practitioner

If insurance only allows for a set number of counseling sessions, and at the end of those sessions the client still requires service, the ethical practitioner

When working within a system, the helping practitioner needs to consider what from the perspective of the system

The cultural values of a system or organization

Acceptance of employment within a system or organization

In some cases, what is best for the client may not fit with the organization's policies. If this occurs

Managed care

Practitioners working within a system

Restrictions of interventions and duration of treatment from managed care may

When there is conflict between the system and practitioner

Ethics: Core to Professional Helping

Helper Variables: What the Helper Brings to the Helping Relationship

Ethical Standards: Guidelines for Helping Others

Ethical Practice in an Increasingly Diverse World

Ethics and the Law

Ethical Decision-Making

Informed Consent

Confidentiality

Boundaries and the Ethical Use of Power

Efficacy of Treatment

Evaluation and Accountability

Ethical Challenges Working With Groups, Couples, and Families

Competence and the Ethics of Self-Care

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Exam 6: Conflict: The Reality of Being Ethical Within the Real World

The helping practitioner will

Managed care may challenge the practitioner's ability to provide ethical practice by

The helping practitioner

If insurance only allows for a set number of counseling sessions, and at the end of those sessions the client still requires service, the ethical practitioner

When working within a system, the helping practitioner needs to consider what from the perspective of the system

The cultural values of a system or organization

Acceptance of employment within a system or organization

In some cases, what is best for the client may not fit with the organization's policies. If this occurs

Managed care

Practitioners working within a system

Restrictions of interventions and duration of treatment from managed care may

When there is conflict between the system and practitioner

Ethics: Core to Professional Helping

Helper Variables: What the Helper Brings to the Helping Relationship

Ethical Standards: Guidelines for Helping Others

Ethical Practice in an Increasingly Diverse World

Ethics and the Law

Ethical Decision-Making

Informed Consent

Confidentiality

Boundaries and the Ethical Use of Power

Efficacy of Treatment

Evaluation and Accountability

Ethical Challenges Working With Groups, Couples, and Families

Competence and the Ethics of Self-Care

Filters