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Professional Ethics & Governance Flashcards

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  1. Which of the following is an example of a program leader exercising professional boundaries?

    Answer: Maintaining separate personal and professional social media accounts

    Keeping personal and professional identities separate helps maintain appropriate boundaries and protects both leaders and participants.

  2. The principle of informed consent in recreation and leisure programming primarily means:

    Answer: Participants receive full information about activities and voluntarily agree to participate

    Informed consent requires that participants understand what they are agreeing to and make that agreement freely without coercion.

  3. When a CPL program leader identifies a safety hazard during a program activity, the FIRST action should be:

    Answer: Immediately address or eliminate the hazard to prevent harm

    Immediate action to address a known safety hazard is required by duty of care to prevent foreseeable harm.

  4. Which of the following behaviors would be considered a breach of professional ethics for a CPL credential holder?

    Answer: Misrepresenting qualifications on a job application

    Misrepresenting qualifications is dishonest and violates the ethical standards of integrity that CPL professionals are required to uphold.

  5. Organizational transparency in program governance is BEST demonstrated by:

    Answer: Publicly reporting program outcomes, budgets, and decision rationales

    Transparency involves openly sharing information about decisions, finances, and results with relevant stakeholders.

  6. A program leader learns that a participant disclosed a child abuse situation during a program activity. Under mandatory reporting laws, the leader must:

    Answer: Report the disclosure to the appropriate child protective authority

    Mandatory reporting laws require professionals to report suspected child abuse to authorities, superseding confidentiality obligations.

  7. Ethical decision-making frameworks in recreation leadership typically involve all of the following steps EXCEPT:

    Answer: Choosing the option that benefits the leader most

    Ethical frameworks prioritize the well-being of participants and communities, not the personal benefit of the decision-maker.