Deck 2: Ethics for Career Professionals

Question 1

Which of the following is not true regarding career professionals using assessment tools with clients?

A)Professionals must have a thorough understanding of psychometrics and guidelines for assessment use.
B)Professionals do not release results with identifying information without the client's consent.
C)Professionals recognize the potential of historical trauma of assessment with some cultural groups.
D)Professionals should avoid explaining the nature and purpose of assessment tools to clients, as this will impact how clients respond to the items.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is required of career professionals who are helping graduate students train to become career professionals themselves?

A)to ensure on-site supervisors are qualified to provide instruction
B)to ensure that the students will begin working with clients immediately
C)to engage in self-disclosure
D)to expect students to engage in self-disclosure

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The NCDA guidelines describe a number of factors to consider when using career assessment instruments.What considerations are especially important when employing career assessment with culturally diverse clients?

Answer 3

Career professionals must understand factors related to historical trauma of assessment with some cultural groups and take steps to avoid perpetuating prejudices.Career professionals are cautious in using assessment techniques normed on populations other than that of the client, recognizing that dimensions of diversity may affect assessment results.When interpreting assessment results, career professionals should consider the client's culture, and the degree to which the client can understand results.

Question 4

Step 6 of Welfel's model of ethical decision-making involves considering five principles of moral behavior discussed in the ethical codes of the ACA, the NCDA, and the APA.In the following ethical dilemma, list the five principles and identify how each applies to this situation, including how they might guide the counselor's decision-making.Tiyanna is a career services professional working with students at a small university.During a morning staff meeting, Tiyanna's supervisor, the Dean of Students, emphasizes the need to improve retention of undergraduate students, given an accreditation audit is scheduled for the next year.If the university does not improve its retention rate and prevent students from dropping out or transferring, the university could lose its accreditation.Later that afternoon, Tiyanna meets with a student who is considering transferring to a different institution that offers a degree program more in line with her career goals.Tiyanna remembers the Dean's concerns about keeping students at their university in order to improve the retention rate.Tiyanna feels pulled by the competing interests of her employer and her student client.

Question 5

When providing career services online, counselors ______.

A)spend less time on informed consent
B)explain that online services operate just like face-to-face services
C)take extra steps to verify the client's identity
D)maintain a single combined professional and personal social media profile

Question 6

Leo's clients are sometimes referred by agencies that require people to obtain employment as a part of their probation agreement.Because these clients have been mandated for career counseling services, Leo needs to ______.

A)include an agency representative in the first session
B)explain what information will be shared with the agency about the outcome of his services
C)refuse to tell the referral agency any details of their sessions
D)collect payment before the session

Question 7

Which career counseling responsibility is important for counselors who provide group services?

A)promising that all group members will maintain confidentiality
B)screening clients to ensure their needs align with the level of service provided in the group
C)making sure that all group activities are equally relevant to all participants
D)including people of different age levels in the group, so members will learn from one another

Question 8

Jamie, a college career counselor, has been working with Forrest, a highly distressed fifth-year senior.He came in for career counseling stating that "I don't know what I want to do.My classes are stupid and I know more than my professors, so I stop going and then they flunk me.I don't need to go to class!" Since career counseling began, Jamie has discovered that Forrest has several likely mental health issues, including a gambling problem and signs of a personality disorder.Ethically, as a career counselor, Jamie should ______.

A)terminate her work with Forrest immediately because treating him is not in her area of expertise
B)terminate her work but refer him elsewhere
C)continue her work but refer him elsewhere
D)continue her work but refer him elsewhere and communicate with him and his counselor about the limits of their work

Question 9

Danielle is a counselor whose client has asked to see her own counseling records.What should Danielle do?

A)advise the client that records belong to the counselor and cannot be released to the client
B)provide access to the records, including assistance in understanding them
C)assure the client she will e-mail the records within 24 hr
D)provide the client with test scores only

Question 10

Jerome is a career counselor who works with high school students.When he meets clients for the first time, he emphasizes that his job is not to steer clients in a particular career direction, but rather to help clients figure out the best direction for them as individuals.Jerome is letting clients know he is guided by what value?

A)autonomy
B)nonmaleficence
C)beneficence
D)justice

Question 11

The ethical principle of ______ urges career counselors to prevent harm, while the ethical principle of ______ encourages them to work for good.

A)autonomy; nonmaleficence
B)nonmaleficence; fidelity
C)nonmaleficence; beneficence
D)beneficence; nonmaleficence

Question 12

After completing his master's degree, Mohammad Abidi opens a private practice offering resume and interviewing services for career changers.The local newspaper has scheduled an appointment to interview Mohammad for a story about how people adjust to economic changes.Mohammad hears his receptionist welcome the reporter who states she has a meeting with Dr.Abidi.What should Mohammad do when he meets the reporter?

A)emphasize that he is meeting with her for an interview, not for a counseling session
B)demonstrate the techniques he uses with clients, so she can write an accurate story about him
C)expand his network by asking the reporter whether she has contacts who could benefit from his services
D)clarify that he does not have a doctoral degree

Question 13

When counselors are ordered by a court to release confidential information, what should they do?

A)refuse to release information without a client's signed consent
B)try to limit, to the degree possible, the amount of information disclosed
C)turn over all records to the court
D)ask office staff to release information, as only the professional counselor has an ethical duty in this case

Question 14

Counselors who practice within the boundaries of their competence ______.

A)teach workshops on how to administer the latest assessment instruments
B)make their services available to people who do not have the means to pay
C)accept only work positions for which they are qualified
D)assure that clients under age 18 can provide consent

Question 15

Welfel's 10-Step Model is designed to help career counselors with ______.

A)moral decision-making
B)assessment selection
C)dealing with difficult clients
D)ethical decision-making

Question 16

Which of the following is not usually part of informed consent?

A)the right of the client to have enough information to choose whether to engage in career counseling
B)length of sessions
C)the counselor's home phone number in case there is an emergency
D)What might happen if the counselor were to be incapacitated?

Question 17

In an effort to monitor her effectiveness, Dale asks clients to complete satisfaction surveys after their last counseling session.Dale selects positive client testimonials to include in her advertising materials.Which is true?

A)Career professionals should never use client testimonials to advertise their work.
B)Dale should not do this, because she cannot prove the comments are accurate.
C)Dale should include negative comments as well as positive ones.
D)Dale should only use testimonials from clients who give permission.