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Unit 3AS: Ethics Principles Assignment
Instructions: Students will read each scenario, identify which ethical principle and the standard(s) that apply to the scenario. Explain the principle and standard in your own words. Next the students will indicate whether the scenario is ethical and based on the principle and standards explain why or why not. Attach as a word document.
1. A counseling psychologist tells parents that their college age son expressed suicidal tendencies during a confidential communication. Is it ethical for the counselor to disclose this information? (25 points)
2. A client does not have enough money to pay his therapist so he asks if payment can be in the form of carpentry work for the therapist. Would it be ethical for the therapist to agree to this form of payment? (25 points)
3. The school psychologist conducted an assessment of a child without the child’s parents’/guardian’s consent. Is it ethical for the school psychologist to do this? (25 points)
4. The client was so difficult and disgusting, the therapist refused to continue therapy. Is it ethical for a therapist to terminate therapy under these conditions? (25 points)