Ethical & Professional Standards in Career Counseling Flashcards
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A career counselor learns that a client plans to falsify credentials on a job application. What is the most ethically appropriate first step?
Answer: Discuss the ethical and legal consequences with the client
Counselors first explore the issue with the client, as confidentiality limits apply mainly to serious foreseeable harm, not job misrepresentation.
Under the NCDA Code of Ethics, which section primarily addresses the use of technology, distance counseling, and social media?
Answer: Section H
Section H of the NCDA Code of Ethics covers technology, distance counseling, and social media.
A counselor providing online career services to a client in another state should first verify what?
Answer: Laws and regulations governing practice in the client's jurisdiction
Distance counselors must understand and comply with laws in both their own and the client's jurisdictions.
Which practice best demonstrates informed consent at the start of career counseling?
Answer: Explaining fees, confidentiality limits, services, and client rights
Informed consent requires clients to understand the nature, limits, costs, and rights involved in services.
A career counselor is asked to interpret a personality inventory she has never been trained to use. What should she do?
Answer: Decline or obtain appropriate training and supervision first
Counselors use only assessments for which they have appropriate training and competence.
Which situation represents a potentially harmful dual relationship for a career counselor?
Answer: Hiring a current client to work in the counselor's private business
Employing a current client creates a conflicting role with power imbalance and risk of exploitation.
When a career counselor's personal values conflict with a client's career goals, the counselor should:
Answer: Refrain from imposing personal values and seek consultation if needed
Counselors avoid imposing their values and seek consultation or training when values conflicts arise.