Ethics, Diversity & Professional Standards in Career Services Flashcards
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A career counselor discovers that a client's resume contains a falsified degree from a university the client never attended. What is the most ethical course of action?
Answer: Confront the client privately and refuse to submit the resume with false information
Career service professionals must not knowingly assist clients in misrepresenting credentials, and should address the issue directly with the client.
Which principle from the NCDA Code of Ethics specifically addresses a career counselor's duty to avoid imposing personal values on clients during the job search process?
Answer: Autonomy
Autonomy respects clients' rights to make their own career decisions without the counselor's personal values interfering.
A career center at a university partners with a staffing agency where the director has a financial stake. What must the director do according to professional ethics?
Answer: Disclose the conflict of interest to supervisors and clients
Professionals must transparently disclose conflicts of interest so that clients and institutions can make informed decisions.
When working with a client who is a recent immigrant with limited English proficiency, a CSP should FIRST:
Answer: Assess what language accommodations or interpreter services are available
Culturally competent practice requires assessing and arranging appropriate language support before proceeding with services.
Under what circumstance is it ethically permissible for a career counselor to break client confidentiality without consent?
Answer: When there is a clear and imminent danger to the client or others
Confidentiality may be breached only when there is a serious, credible threat of harm to the client or identifiable others.
A client discloses that they plan to withhold a recent termination for cause from potential employers. The CSP should:
Answer: Explore with the client ethical ways to frame the experience and the risks of omission
The counselor's role is to educate the client about ethical risks and explore honest framing strategies, not to facilitate deception.
The concept of 'cultural humility' in career services differs from 'cultural competence' primarily because it:
Answer: Emphasizes an ongoing, self-reflective process rather than a fixed endpoint of knowledge
Cultural humility is an ongoing commitment to self-evaluation and learning, recognizing that cultural understanding is never complete.