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What would you do if you were providing a psychological test to a counseling client and an issue
arose in which your ethics conflicted with the established state and federal laws and codes of ethics?
Provide an example to support your response.
If I were to provide a psychological test to a client and an issue arose in which my personal ethics
were in conflict with the state laws, federal laws, or code of ethics, there would be a few things I
would do. To start, I would review the laws that my personal ethics were in conflict with to understand
why that conflict is occurring. For example, if my client’s test results showed that they were on the
verge of being unable to make decisions for themselves competently and I believed that their family
should be informed of this but the client did not believe that, I would first review the HIPAA law
associated with confidentiality in order to understand this conflict better. From there, I would review
the
ACA Code of Ethics
(2014) in order to understand which ethical codes I would be breaking.
Using the same example as before, the ethical code I would be breaking would be that section B.1.c.
for respecting a clients confidentiality. This code states that counselors need to protect a clients
confidential information and cannot disclose information without the appropriate consent (American
Counseling Association, 2014). Due to the fact that I would not have my client’s consent to disclose
the information to their family, ethically I would be unable to do so. After reviewing all the laws and
ethical codes associated with my personal ethic conflict, I would reach out to a supervisor to discuss
the issue. If after discussing the issue with my supervisor, I still feel conflicted, I would then refer the
client to a new counselor who would be better at treating them.
American Counseling Association. (2014).
2014 ACA Code of Ethics: As Approved by the ACA
Governing Council
.
American Counseling Association
. American Counseling Association. Retrieved
December 2, 2023, from
https://www.counseling.org/resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
.
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