CPM Ethics & Professional Standards in Mentoring 3

Question 1

A mentor is offered a significant gift by a grateful mentee after a promotion. According to professional standards, the mentor should:

Accepted Answer

Decline the gift and explain the professional boundary it would cross

Answer

Accepting gifts can create obligations and compromise objectivity, so professional standards generally require declining them.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of a CPM's code of ethics?

Accepted Answer

To establish consistent standards that protect mentees and uphold professional integrity

Answer

A code of ethics sets standards that safeguard mentees and ensure mentors practice with integrity and accountability.

Question 3

A mentee asks their mentor to write a glowing performance review that exaggerates their achievements. The ethical mentor should:

Accepted Answer

Decline and explain that honest, accurate assessments are a professional obligation

Answer

Integrity requires mentors to provide honest assessments; falsifying documents violates professional and ethical standards.

Question 4

In which scenario is it ethically appropriate for a mentor to break confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

When the mentor suspects the mentee is involved in illegal activity that harms others

Answer

Confidentiality may be broken when there is imminent risk of harm or illegal activity affecting others, consistent with duty-to-warn principles.

Question 5

Professional self-disclosure in mentoring means that a mentor:

Accepted Answer

Strategically shares relevant personal experience only when it serves the mentee's growth

Answer

Purposeful self-disclosure is used intentionally and sparingly, only when it directly benefits the mentee.

(CPM) Certified Professional Mentor Practice Test