This principle refers to providing equal treatment to all clients, regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, cultural background, religion, or lifestyle:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. nonmaleficence.
d. justice, or fairness.
e. fidelity.
Q. 2This principle refers to therapists making efforts at fostering maximum self-determination on the part of clients:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. nonmaleficence.
d. justice, or fairness.
e. fidelity.
Q. 3The following principle implies avoidance of doing harm, which includes refraining from actions that risk hurting clients:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. non-maleficence.
d. justice, or fairness.
e. veracity.
Q. 4Virtue ethics asks which of the following questions?
a. Is what I am doing legal?
b. Is this situation unethical?
c. Am I doing what is best for my client?
d. Is there a basic conflict between the ethical and legal course?
e. How can I best protect myself from a malpractice suit?
Q. 5Which of the following statements is/are true about principle ethics?
a. Principle ethics is a set of obligations and a method that focuses on moral issues.
b. One goal of principle ethics is to establish a framework to guide future ethical thinking and behavior.
c. Principle ethics asks the question, Am I doing what is best for my client?
d. All of the above
e. a and b only
Q. 6Community standards:
a. may serve as the legal criteria for determining whether a practitioner provided an acceptable standard of care.
b. always dictate the development of ethical codes.
c. are the only basis for making sound ethical decisions.
d. are more rigorous than ethical standards.
e. are essentially the same thing as ethical standards.
Q. 7Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
a. Codes are intended to be a blueprint that would remove the need for the use of judgment and ethical reasoning.
b. Ethical codes tend to be conservative by nature.
c. Codes were developed to protect the profession from outside regulation, and thus they reflect what most professionals can agree on.
d. Final authority must rest with the practitioners in making decisions.
e. Ethical codes need to be understood within a cultural framework, and therefore they must be adapted to specific cultures.
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