Ethical Standards & Professional Applications Flashcards

A CMA practitioner discovers that a colleague has been misrepresenting their Laban Movement Analysis credentials to clients. What is the most ethically appropriate first step?

Answer: Confront the colleague privately and encourage them to correct the misrepresentation

Ethical standards require addressing credential misrepresentation directly with the colleague first before escalating to formal reporting channels.

When using Effort qualities in movement observation for clinical or therapeutic purposes, a CMA must ensure that:

Answer: Clients provide informed consent before movement analysis is used in treatment planning

Informed consent is a foundational ethical requirement when using movement analysis data in clinical or therapeutic decision-making.

A CMA working in a corporate wellness setting is asked by management to provide individual employee movement profiles without the employees' knowledge. The ethical response is to:

Answer: Refuse, as conducting covert assessments violates professional ethics

Covert assessment of individuals without their consent is a fundamental violation of professional ethics in movement analysis.

In Bartenieff Fundamentals practice, maintaining professional boundaries with clients most critically involves:

Answer: Ensuring physical touch is only used with explicit client consent and clear therapeutic purpose

Because Bartenieff Fundamentals involves physical touch, obtaining explicit consent and maintaining clear therapeutic intent is essential for ethical practice.

A CMA is hired to analyze the movement style of a public figure using only publicly available video footage. Which ethical consideration is MOST relevant?

Answer: The practitioner should consider whether the analysis could harm the individual's reputation

Even when using public footage, CMAs must consider the potential harm their published analyses could cause to individuals.

According to professional ethics for CMAs, when publishing movement analysis research, the practitioner should:

Answer: Obtain appropriate consent, anonymize identifiable information, and accurately represent methodological limitations

Ethical research publication requires consent, anonymization, and honest representation of the study's scope and limitations.

A CMA practitioner feels strong personal discomfort with a client's cultural movement patterns that differ from Western norms. The ethical obligation is to:

Answer: Engage in cultural humility, seek supervision if needed, and avoid imposing cultural bias in observations

Professional ethics require CMAs to practice cultural humility and seek supervision to address personal biases that could affect objective movement analysis.