CMA Ethical Standards & Professional Applications 2

Question 1

A CMA practitioner discovers that a colleague has been misrepresenting their Laban Movement Analysis credentials to clients. What is the most ethically appropriate first step?

Accepted Answer

Confront the colleague privately and encourage them to correct the misrepresentation

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Ignore it to avoid conflict with the colleague

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Immediately report the colleague to all their clients

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Post about the issue on social media

Question 2

When using Effort qualities in movement observation for clinical or therapeutic purposes, a CMA must ensure that:

Accepted Answer

Clients provide informed consent before movement analysis is used in treatment planning

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Observations are kept entirely subjective and untranscribed

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Movement profiles are shared freely among all staff without consent

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Only the Space effort quality is assessed to avoid bias

Question 3

A CMA working in a corporate wellness setting is asked by management to provide individual employee movement profiles without the employees' knowledge. The ethical response is to:

Accepted Answer

Refuse, as conducting covert assessments violates professional ethics

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Comply because management has authority over the workplace

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Provide anonymized group data instead without disclosing the limitation

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Complete the assessment but charge double the fee as compensation

Question 4

In Bartenieff Fundamentals practice, maintaining professional boundaries with clients most critically involves:

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Ensuring physical touch is only used with explicit client consent and clear therapeutic purpose

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Avoiding all discussion of emotional responses to movement work

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Limiting sessions to 30 minutes to reduce intimacy

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Requiring clients to wear specific clothing to depersonalize the session

Question 5

A CMA is hired to analyze the movement style of a public figure using only publicly available video footage. Which ethical consideration is MOST relevant?

Accepted Answer

The practitioner should consider whether the analysis could harm the individual's reputation

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The analysis should only focus on Space effort to remain neutral

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Public figures have no expectation of professional ethical consideration

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The practitioner must obtain a government permit before proceeding

Question 6

According to professional ethics for CMAs, when publishing movement analysis research, the practitioner should:

Accepted Answer

Obtain appropriate consent, anonymize identifiable information, and accurately represent methodological limitations

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Attribute all movement observations solely to the Laban framework without acknowledging subjects

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Publish raw data without interpretation to avoid bias

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Only publish in non-peer-reviewed outlets to avoid academic scrutiny

Question 7

A CMA practitioner feels strong personal discomfort with a client's cultural movement patterns that differ from Western norms. The ethical obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

Engage in cultural humility, seek supervision if needed, and avoid imposing cultural bias in observations

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Discontinue working with the client immediately

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Impose Western movement standards as the professional baseline

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Document the discomfort as a diagnostic sign in the client's record