CNET Ethical Standards & Professional Practice 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A CNET teacher is facilitating an Enneagram panel when a panelist unexpectedly discloses a traumatic personal history. What is the most ethical immediate response?
- Continue the panel and address the disclosure at the end
- Redirect the conversation sensitively and check privately with the panelist after (Correct answer)
- Stop the panel and refer the panelist to a therapist immediately
- Encourage the audience to respond with their own similar experiences
Correct answer: Redirect the conversation sensitively and check privately with the panelist after
The ethical response is to redirect gently in the moment to protect the panelist and follow up privately to ensure their wellbeing.
Question 2: Which practice best reflects the Narrative Enneagram's commitment to 'first-person authority'?
- The teacher interprets a participant's behavior and assigns their type
- Teachers tell participants which type fits them based on observation
- Participants are encouraged to self-identify their type through self-reflection (Correct answer)
- The teacher confirms the type after a standardized assessment is completed
Correct answer: Participants are encouraged to self-identify their type through self-reflection
First-person authority means individuals are the ultimate authority on their own inner experience and self-identify their type.
Question 3: A CNET teacher is approached by an HR director who wants Enneagram typing used to filter job candidates. The most ethical response is to:
- Accept if the company signs a liability waiver
- Decline and explain that using the Enneagram for hiring decisions is an inappropriate application (Correct answer)
- Offer a modified version of the assessment for screening purposes
- Agree only if participants give informed consent
Correct answer: Decline and explain that using the Enneagram for hiring decisions is an inappropriate application
Using the Enneagram as a hiring filter violates ethical standards because it pathologizes personality and misuses a developmental tool.
Question 4: What does 'scope of practice' mean for a Certified Narrative Enneagram Teacher?
- Teachers may only work with clients who have completed a full Enneagram certification
- Teachers limit their work to teaching Enneagram content and do not provide therapy or psychological diagnosis (Correct answer)
- Teachers must co-facilitate every workshop with a licensed psychologist
- Teachers are restricted to online instruction only
Correct answer: Teachers limit their work to teaching Enneagram content and do not provide therapy or psychological diagnosis
Scope of practice for CNETs means teaching Enneagram frameworks without crossing into clinical therapy or psychological diagnosis.
Question 5: When obtaining informed consent for Enneagram workshops, which element is most critical to include?
- A guarantee that participants will identify their type by the end
- An explanation that self-disclosure is voluntary and participants may decline to share (Correct answer)
- A requirement that all participants take a validated personality assessment first
- A commitment that the teacher will determine each participant's type
Correct answer: An explanation that self-disclosure is voluntary and participants may decline to share
Informed consent must make clear that self-disclosure is voluntary, protecting participant autonomy and psychological safety.
Question 6: A CNET teacher notices a romantic attraction developing toward a workshop participant. The ethical course of action is to:
- Disclose the attraction to the participant in a private conversation
- Continue teaching without acknowledgment, as feelings are personal
- Consult with a supervisor or colleague and take steps to manage the boundary professionally (Correct answer)
- Immediately end the professional relationship and pursue the relationship
Correct answer: Consult with a supervisor or colleague and take steps to manage the boundary professionally
Consulting supervision and proactively managing boundaries prevents exploitation of the inherent power differential in the teaching relationship.
Question 7: Which situation represents a dual relationship that a CNET teacher must navigate most carefully?
- Teaching an Enneagram workshop at a corporate retreat for a company where a close friend works (Correct answer)
- Facilitating a panel discussion with volunteers from the local community
- Using an online platform to reach international participants
- Collaborating with another certified teacher to co-facilitate a retreat
Correct answer: Teaching an Enneagram workshop at a corporate retreat for a company where a close friend works
Teaching in a setting where a close personal friend is a participant creates a dual relationship that can compromise objectivity and fairness.
CNET Ethical Standards & Professional Practice 2
A CNET teacher is facilitating an Enneagram panel when a panelist unexpectedly discloses a traumatic personal history.
What is the most ethical immediate response?