- If a human service professional is cautious and practice the values of confidentiality, acceptance, individualism, self-determination, and tolerance, he or she can avoid having to deal with ethical dilemmas. TRUE or FALSE (1 point)
- Which of the following would NOT be considered ethical dilemma: (2 points)
- A third-party requests information about a client
- You observe a colleague joking a out a client in the break room at work
- You run into a client at the grocery store with their spouse who you have never met
- You have terminated your relationship with a now former client and you receive a thank you note in the mail from her
- The foundation of ethical behavior is based on: (2 points)
- Common sense that most people in society agree on
- Principles that are shared by members of the profession including autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice
- Rules of conduct that are established las with the intent of protecting clients
- A set of guidelines developed by experts in the field
- Typically, a code of ethics includes items that do all of the following except: (2 points)
- State the goals or aims of the profession
- Articulate what sanctions will be assessed against a professional who violates the code of ethics
- Protect the client
- Provide guidance to professional behavior
- Ethics codes are comprehensive enough provide enough guidance that the human service professional won’t need to develop much of their own ethical reasoning skills. TRUE or FALSE (1 point)
- Codes of ethics are only binding on members who adopt it. TURE or FALSE (1point)
- Competence is defined by a set of stands for practice within the profession. Most codes of ethics in helping professions include statements about how practitioners must meet these standards. Below is a list of standards, one of which is NOT part of this list of expected competencies. (2 ponts0
- Academic training
- Supervised experience
- Personal life experience
- Areas of specialization
- Obligation to improve services and skills; continuous improvement
- Human services professionals are acting in an unethical manner if they work with people from a culture other than their own without an adequate culture specific awareness about that culture. TRUE or FALSE (1point)
- Which of the following statemens is NOT true about confidentiality. (2 points)
- Confidentiality is the helper’s assurance that information the client divulges will remain between the two of them
- If the information is shared, it will be shared only with those designated by the client
- In some situations, laws require that confidentiality be breached
- Except in a crisis situation, parent’s do not have the right to know what is happening between a human service worker and their minor child
- A human service worker is obligated to breach confidentiality in all of the following situations except. (2 points)
- When the client is dangerous to self or others
- When a person with serious mental illness has gone off their medications and may relapse as a result
- When there is suspicion of abuse of neglect
- When the client brings charges against the counselor
- When the client has already introduced privileged material into litigation
- Informed consent: (2 points)
- Authorizes a professional to bill for their services
- Is the clients right to know about the qualifications of the helper, treatment procedures, costs of services, confidentiality, and access to records.
- Is what allows a professional to release the records to another professional
- Only applies to clients who are under age 18
- A good ethical decision-making model includes all of the following except: (2 Points)
- Identify the problems and state the dilemma clearly
- Consult with current and former clients
- Identify and explore options
- Choose a course of action and act
