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Limit that promotes integrity and serves to protect the welfare of the client.
Boundaries
100
Influenced by culture and is the source of that person’s values, beliefs, opinions, and assumptions
World View
100
Represent the minimum behavior society will tolerate of a profession.
Legal standards
100
One party has control over the other.
Power differential
100
Technique where counselor shares personal information; used only for the client’s benefit within the therapeutic process.
Self-Disclosure
200
A set of standards and principles that organizations create to provide guidelines for their members to follow in working with the public, which are constantly evolving. It is important to remember that Codes of Ethics do not address all possible situations.
Code of Ethics
200
A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
Reciprocity
200
Area of tort law that holds professionals accountable for any harm they might cause.
Malpractice
200
Departing from “standard of care” or not providing acceptable practice; civil wrong as in breach of duty owed.
Negligence
200
The very best a counselor could be expected to do.
Best Practice
300
Least restrictive environment
LRE
300
In the position or place of a parent.
In loco parentis
300
Newly created crime: parent who knowingly takes a child contrary to an existing court order; cannot be reached under existing kidnapping laws.
Custodial Interference
300
Principle that individuals will be held accountable for any harm they cause to other members of society.
Tort Law
300
Tradition of the state to take responsibility for those who are unable to care for themselves; may appoint a legal guardian.
Parens Patriae
400
Child is no longer named a dependent of parents income taxes.
Emancipation
400
Focus is on the character traits of the counselor and nonobligatory ideals to which professionals aspire rather than on solving specific ethical dilemmas.
Virtue ethics
400
Truthfulness addressing the counselor’s obligation to deal honestly with counselee.
Veracity
400
Revealing relevant details within a professional setting to improve the level of services for a client.
Qualified Privilege
400
A legal system where the court or a part of the court is actively involved in determining the facts of the case.
Inquisitorial system
500
A command to a witness to produce documents; literally, “Come and bring the papers!”
Subpoena Duces Tecum
500
Individuals who have control and authority over others will be held accountable for their negligence; Respondent Superior = Latin term for “Let the master answer”.
Vicarious liability
500
Counselors are held to a common law duty of reasonable care to prevent suicides when they have evidence of a suicidal intent.
Eisel vs Board of Education
500
Protects children attending public schools against federally funded invasion of privacy (i.e. illicit psychological testing).
Grassley Amendment
500
Anyone who makes a report pursuant to [the reporting law], cooperates with the county department of social services in a protective services inquiry or investigation, testifies in any judicial proceeding resulting from a protective services report or investigation, or otherwise participates in the program authorized by [the law that provides the reports, investigations, and the provision of protective services], is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for that action provided that the person was acting in good faith.
NC G.S. 7B-309- Immunity
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