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The ACA Code of Ethics serves six main purposes: The Code sets forth the ethical obligations of ACA members and provides guidance intended to inform the ethical practice of professional counselors. The Code identifes ethical considerations relevant to professional counselors and counselors-in-training.
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The ACA Code of Ethics Preamble outlines five core...
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Ethical & Professional Standards. The American Counseling...
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- The Counseling Relationship
- Confidentiality and Privacy
- Professional Responsibility
- Relationships with Colleagues, Employees, and Employers
- Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation
- Supervision, Training, and Teaching
- Research and Publication
- Distance Counseling, Technology, and Social Media
- Resolving Ethical Issues
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The purpose of Section A is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on the counseling relationship such as client welfare, informed consent, and managing multiple relationships. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section B is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on the importance of trust, boundaries, and confidential interactions. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section C is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on respecting the practice of counseling. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section D is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on developing working relationships with those within and outside of the counseling field. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section E is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on how to ethically use formal and informal assessments to guide treatment plans and intervention selection. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section F is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on how to develop relationships with supervisees, students, and trainees in ways that support ethical boundaries in a learning environment. Counseling supervisors must: Counselor educators must: Counseling students must:
The purpose of Section G is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on how to ethically conduct human subjects research and publish and/or present results. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section H is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on how to ethically use technology and social media within the field of counseling. Counselors must:
The purpose of Section I is to provide ethical guidelines that focus on how to address and resolve ethical issues with other counselors. Counselors must: This summary of the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics is meant to introduce and review the main points of the code. Counselors are responsible for reading the entire document and understanding how to implem...
Learn the purpose, sections, and major guidelines of the American Counseling Association (ACA) code of ethics for counselors. The code of ethics helps counselors protect clients' dignity and well-being and informs them of their professional obligations and responsibilities.
This NBCC Code of Ethics establishes the minimum ethical behaviors for professional certified counselors and candidates and provides an expectation of and assurance for ethical practice for all who use the professional services of persons credentialed by NBCC.
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The National Board for Certified Counselors is excited to announce that the updated NBCC Code of Ethics officially launched on May 15, 2023. Previously updated in 2016, the NBCC Code of Ethics serves to establish, and set expectations for, the minimum ethical behaviors for professional certified counselors, candidates, and all those who utilize ...
Mar 10, 2015 · The fundamental principles of professional ethical behavior are • autonomy, or fostering the right to control the direction of one’s life; • nonmaleficence, or avoiding actions that cause harm; • beneficence, or working for the good of the individual and society by promoting mental health and well-being; • justice, or treating individuals eq...
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