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
-Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the friendship model of the professional-client relationship?
A) The parties have a close relationship of mutual trust and cooperation.
B) The relationship resembles that of prostitution.
C) It describes only a one-way friendship between the parties.
D) It involves a fee, not affection.

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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
-Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the friendship model of the professional-client relationship?
A) The parties have a close relationship of mutual trust and cooperation.
B) The relationship resembles that of prostitution.
C) It describes only a one-way friendship between the parties.
D) It involves a fee, not affection.

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The friendship model is criticized for resembling a one-way relationship and involving fees rather than genuine affection, but not for having mutual trust and cooperation, which is actually a positive aspect.

Michael D. Bayles | the Professional-Client Relationship