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Ethics, Diversity & Professional Standards in Career Services Flashcards

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  1. A career counselor is approached by a journalist to discuss a client's remarkable job placement story. With the client's written consent, the counselor may:

    Answer: Share only the information explicitly authorized by the client's consent

    Written consent authorizes disclosure of only the specific information agreed to — not the entire client record.

  2. The CSP credential's continuing education requirement primarily serves which professional purpose?

    Answer: Ensuring practitioners remain current with evolving labor market trends, ethical standards, and best practices

    Continuing education ensures that certified professionals maintain and expand competency as the career services field evolves.

  3. When a career counselor uses psychometric assessments such as the MBTI or Strong Interest Inventory, ethical practice requires:

    Answer: Interpreting results directly to the client with adequate explanation of limitations and appropriate use

    Ethical assessment use includes explaining results and their limitations to clients and ensuring assessments are not used beyond their valid scope.

  4. A career services provider working with formerly incarcerated clients must understand that, under the Fair Chance Act, many employers are required to:

    Answer: Delay criminal background inquiries until after a conditional job offer

    Ban-the-box laws and the Fair Chance Act prohibit many employers from asking about criminal records until after a conditional offer is made.

  5. Which situation represents an ethical violation related to advertising career services?

    Answer: Guaranteeing specific salary outcomes in promotional materials

    Guaranteeing specific outcomes such as salary levels is unethical because career results depend on many variables outside the counselor's control.

  6. A career counselor's personal religious beliefs lead them to feel uncomfortable assisting an LGBTQ+ client in applying to same-sex partner benefit programs. The most ethical course of action is to:

    Answer: Provide the service professionally or arrange a referral to ensure the client receives equitable assistance

    Professional ethics require counselors to either set aside personal values to serve clients equitably or arrange competent referrals, never to withhold services based on identity.

  7. According to professional standards, if a CSP learns that a colleague is practicing outside their area of competence and clients are being harmed, the CSP should FIRST:

    Answer: Raise the concern with the colleague directly or through appropriate supervisory or ethics reporting channels

    Ethical obligations to address colleague misconduct begin with direct conversation or formal reporting through proper channels, not public exposure.