Deck 14: Ethical Issues in Career Development Interventions

Question 1

Where do the ethics of our profession come from? How do we know they are "right"?

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

What is the proper course of action if you disagree with an element of the ethical code? What do we do if we have a dilemma and the codes under which we operate disagree?

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

In what ways do values assumptions influence ethical standards?

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

What are the unique ethical dilemma in regards to the Internet? Cybercounseling?

Question 5

How can you increase the probability of engaging in ethical practice as a career counselor?

Question 6

What ethical concerns are associated with using the Internet in career development interventions?

Question 7

Discuss two of the most common ethical issues in career counseling?

Question 8

List and define the five guiding principles of professional practice outlined by VanHoose (1986).

Question 9

Provide an ethical case study and have the students respond.

Question 10

The 2 x 2 matrix used to classify career practitioners' actions includes behavior that is

A) right and wrong.
B) both moral and legal.
C) true and false.
D) legal and ethical.

Question 11

In terms of legal and ethical issues, consultation is

A) a valuable tool to avoid jail and lawsuits.
B) unnecessary, as counselors learn more than they need to know in their classes.
C) a strategy to avoid legal and ethical pitfalls.
D) not important if counselors can prove that they talked to somebody.

Question 12

State laws and ethical standards are congruent

A) always.
B) rarely.
C) never .
D) not always.

Question 13

According to Kidder (1995), an "ethical dilemma" involves

A) a decision between right and wrong.
B) instances when there are competing 'rights" or there is a struggle to determine the "least bad" course of action.
C) a decision that can not be boiled down to right and wrong but involves the best choice to make.
D) instances when there are competing "truths" or there is a struggle to determine the best course of action.

Question 14

Compared to ethical codes or statutes, ethical principles

A) are equally helpful.
B) are less helpful.
C) provide a more solid framework for decision making.
D) are less flexible and allow an individual to know exactly what to do in a given situation.

Question 15

Regarding medical ethics, Beauchamp and Childress (2001) address

A) veracity, privacy, and confidentiality.
B) veracity, euthanasia, and fidelity.
C) privacy, malpractice, and fidelity.
D) confidentiality, licensing, and fidelity.

Question 16

When questions pertain to proper practice all of the following principles can be used to help career professionals identify appropriate behaviors except:

A) respectfulness
B) loyalty
C) self-awareness
D) integrity

Question 17

Related to ethical codes,

A) malpractice is increased by the presence of so many sets of ethical codes.
B) malpractice is decreased by the presence of so many sets of ethical codes.
C) it would be desirable (according to the authors) to have one integrated set of ethical codes.
D) there are only two sets of codes that affect counselors.

Question 18

Underlying all questions (and answers) related to ethical and legal behavior in career development interventions are

A) legal statutes.
B) values clarifications.
C) moral opinions.
D) values assumptions.

Question 19

When a client's concerns include depressive feelings, low self-esteem, and other serious mental health issues, career counselors should

A) automatically refer the client to a competent mental health professional.
B) assess whether they can adequately deal with the problem at hand or should refer the client to another professional.
C) handle the case as they have been trained to do.
D) assess what the client wants to work on.

Question 20

Dealing with ethical issues and values, Herr and Niles (1988) stress awareness of all of the following except

A) personal values.
B) the client's values.
C) values being propagated at the national level.
D) values the client and clinician share.

Question 21

Career development programs, initiatives, and interventions typically receive funding

A) regardless of the relevant issues because educational bodies understand the importance of their pupils finding work.
B) based on their relative importance at the time.
C) based on their ability to put money back into the educational facility housing the program.
D) based on their size and strength relative to the facility housing the program.

Question 22

The authors suggest a practitioner adequately address the issue of personal competence through

A) continuous quality improvement.
B) continuing education.
C) competent referrals.
D) receiving objective consultation.

Question 23

In research settings the federally required body to protect human subjects is the

A) institutional review board.
B) judicial review board.
C) institutional subject board.
D) advisory and steering board for research.

Question 24

The Internet can be used to provide career services to clients in all of the following ways except to

A) deliver occupational information.
B) provide on-line searches of occupational databases.
C) eliminate the need for counselor support.
D) provide on-line job searches.