50. It includes provision for or prohibition of such relationship variables as client freedom of choice; client accessibility regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, disability and socio-economic group.
55. It is a process to ensure that the services provided by the counselors are available to all clients regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, disability and socio-economic group.
65. It does not appear in either set of ethical standards but is inferred based upon the nature of documents. It has a direct relationship to client freedom of choice.
80. It this process “a state agency periodically examines the activities of a profession’s practitioners to ascertain whether they are practicing the profession in a fashion consistent with the public safety, health and welfare.
90. It is a professional, statutory or nonstatutory process “by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual for having met certain predetermined professional qualifications.
95. The statutory process by which an agency of government, usually a state, grants permission to a person meeting predetermined qualifications to engage in a given occupation and/or use a particular title and to perform specified function”.
100. The ethical duty to fulfill a contract or promise to clients that the information revealed during therapy will be protected from unauthorized disclosure.
119. This naïve orientation is based on the idea that if you merely study the ethical codes you will be well prepared to handle anything that comes up.
130. Making sound ethical decisions is certainly based on contextual circumstances, but never to the point where a client’s rights or safety are compromised.
135. The client is entitled to receive accurate and clear information regarding the therapeutic process, expected roles, risks and benefits of treatment, cost and contractual arrangements, right to access his or her files, implications of diagnostic labeling, alternative treatment options available, and qualifications and training of the counselor.
140. This involves helping the client to understand the meaning of confidentiality and privileged communications, as well as the circumstances under which they may be breached. It also means keeping records secure and protecting the content of counseling sessions.
150. A number of new laws were enacted to protect people from being subjected to “chemical straightjackets,” especially with regard to being medicated and “medically managed” to the point where they lost their free will.