Michael D. Bayles | the Professional-Client Relationship

Michael D. Bayles | The Professional-Client Relationship
Bayles presents a number of ethical models relevant to the professional-client relationship, based on the proportion of authority and responsibility expected from each: agency, contract, friendship, paternalism, and fiduciary. He concludes with support for a model that gives the most freedom and authority to clients, given their knowledge of the situation, a contract between equals whenever possible, and a paternalistic model only for cases in which a client may be incompetent
-According to Bayles, the central issue in the professional-client relationship is the question of

A) who pays for the services.
B) who makes what decisions.
C) who provides the expert knowledge.
D) how the client found the professional.