PROFESSIONALS AND

PRACTITIONERS IN
COUNSELING; RIGHTS,
RESPONSIBILITIES,
ACCOUNTABILITIES, AND CODE
OF ETHICS; ETHICAL AND
UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS AMONG
COUNSELORS
PRE-TEST

•I. Direction: Read each item

carefully and answer directly in
your notebook.
1. THE FOLLOWING ARE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
EXCEPT:

a. Fostering responsible caring

b. Commitment to promoting client’s well-being
c. Responsibility to the society
d. Enhancing human rights
2. IT EXPRESSES THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND
VALUES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND SERVICES AS A
GUIDE TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL
CONDUCT OF ALL ITS MEMBERS.

a. Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association

(PGCA)
b. Code of Ethics
c. Ethical Principles
d. Professional Responsibility
3. TERMINATING COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS
SHOULD BE DONE WHEN_____________.

a. Goals of counseling have been met

b. Client condition is beyond the counselor’s expertise
c. Transference or counter-transference issues are evident
d. The client understands the purpose and operation
 4. PRO BONO MEANS_____________.

a. Counselors render professional services in the community or society for which

there is little or no financial return
b. Professional fees are based on standards prescribed by the existing laws,
ordinances, promulgations, and resolutions
c. Counselors set the parameters and levels of their professional roles and functions
d. Counselors participate in in-service training for professional growth and
development
II. TRUE OR FALSE

•Direction: Write TRUE if the

statement is correct and FALSE if it
is wrong.
• __________1. Counselors have the responsibility to
protect group members from physical and/or
psychological harm resulting from interaction within
the group, both during and following the group
experience.
• __________2. Counselors do not need to maintain a
high standard of professional competence and
ethical behavior to meet clients’ needs.
•__________3. The counselor must
preserve and safeguard the
confidentiality of the clients.
•__________4. Psychological tests in
accordance with standards should be
done by counselors.
•__________5. Rehabilitation services
should be available for counselors
under stress. __________6.
Knowledge of Legislative laws is
needed when becoming a counselor.
KEY TO CORRECTION:
ACTIVITY 1: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN YOUR ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK.

1. What can you say about a person quitting on his/her job?

2. What makes a professional focus and love his/her career?
3. How would a person acquire the fire power to do more in
their work areas?
 ACTIVITY 1. READ THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS.
WITH YOUR OWN JUDGMENT, ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

• WILL I REPORT MY CLIENT, OR NOT?

• In the area of confidentiality of the Code of Ethics, there is a portion on client’s right to
privacy. What if the counselor, in his/her conversation with the client, found out that the
client accidentally killed a person. Will you report the client to the authorities or not?
Explain and defend your position.
• QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT?
• If you are a counselor and have fallen in love with your client and vice versa, what will you
do since it is unethical to pursue your relationship? Are you going to quit your job, or stop
whatever you are feeling towards your client?
• Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Profession
• PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ASSOCIATION, INC.
• Accredited Professional Organization (APO)
• by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) PROPOSED CODE OF
ETHICS

• (REVISED as of December 21, 2006 @ Dr. Villar’s Residence)

PREAMBLE

• The Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc.

(PGCA) is an organization of helping professionals whose
members are committed to the development of the well-
functioning individual in a society utilizing his/her potentials to
the fullest. Members of the Association are bound to uphold the
dignity and worth of the individual throughout life in the
following settings: educational, community, clinical, hospital, or
industry.
• This Code of Ethics in Guidance and Counseling
expresses the ethical principles and values of the
Association and serves as a guide to the professional and
personal conduct of all its members. It also informs the
public which they serve of the standards of ethical
conduct for which members are to be responsible and
accountable. The Code reflects such values as integrity,
competence, responsibility and an understanding of and
respect for the cultural diversity of society.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
THE EXPECTATIONS FOR ETHICAL CONDUCT AS
EXPRESSED IN THIS CODE ARE BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:
• Respecting human rights and dignity
• Respect for the client’s right to be self-governing
• A commitment to promoting the client’s well being
• Fostering responsible caring
• Fair treatment of all clients and the provision of adequate services
• Equal opportunity to clients availing counseling services
• Ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationship
• Fostering the practitioner’s self-knowledge and care for
self
• Enhancing the quality of professional knowledge and its
application
• Responsibility to the society
CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 1. General Responsibility.
-Counselors maintain a high standard of
professional competence and ethical behavior
thereby recognizing the need for continuing
education in order to meet this responsibility.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 2. Respect for Rights.
-Counselors respect the rights of a client and uphold the
integrity of the counseling profession. They participate in only
those practices which are respectful of the legal, civic, and
moral rights of others, and act to safeguard the dignity and
rights of their clients, students, and research participants.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 3. Boundaries of Competence.
-Counselors limit their practices within their professional
competence, educational background, and personal experience as
what the laws, rules, guidelines, accreditation and credential are
concerned. If the counseling needs of a client are beyond the
counselor’s expertise and competence appropriate referral must
be made.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 4. Continuing Education.
-Counselors continuously update themselves with the
current trends and development in the profession to
maintain a high degree of proficiency through active
participation in scientific and professional endeavor.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 5. Research and Development.
-Counselors engage in research activities for the
advancement of the counseling profession. They
have the responsibility to disseminate such
information through presentation and publication.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 6. Ethical Behavior.
-Counselors uphold the values and ethical principles
operating in this Code. They are expected to behave
as professionals in their counseling sessions as well as
in dealing with their fellow colleagues.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 7. Sensitivity to Diversity.
-Counselors recognize and respect client’s
diversity in terms of religion, race, culture,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
education, and socio-economic status.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 8. Equal Opportunity.
-Counselors provide equal opportunity to everyone to
avail of the counseling services in various setting
regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status, civil
status, religion, culture, ethnicity, disability, and sexual
orientation.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 9. Good Quality of Practice.
-Counselors maintain a good quality of practice in the
helping profession at all times. They continually monitor
their effectiveness as professionals and take steps to
improve when necessary.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 10.Knowledge of Legislative Laws.
-Counselors have a responsibility to read, understand, and
follow Republic Act 9258 (Guidance and Counseling Act of
2004) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. Other
mandated laws protecting the interest of clients’ rights should be
known to the practicing counselors.
 CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• 11.Extension of Ethical Responsibilities.
-Counseling services and products provided by counselors
through classroom instruction, public lectures,
demonstrations, publications, radio and television
programs, computer technology and other media must meet
the appropriate ethical standards of this Code of Ethics.
CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 1. General Responsibility.
-Counselors have a primary responsibility to respect the
integrity and promote the welfare of their clients. They
work collaboratively with clients in creating counseling
relationships that are consistent with client abilities and
needs.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 2. Confidentiality.
• The counselor must preserve and safeguard the confidentiality of the
clients except:
• 2.1 When disclosure is required to prevent clear and imminent danger to
the client or others;
• 2.2 When legal requirements demand that confidential matter be revealed;
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 3. Children and Persons with Diminished Capacity.

• Counselors conduct the informed consent process with those
legally appropriate to give consent when counseling children
and/or persons with diminished capacity. These clients also give
consent to such services or involvement commensurate with their
capacity to do so.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 4. Maintenance of Records.
• Counselors maintain records in sufficient detail to
track the sequence and nature of professional services
rendered and consistent with any legal, regulatory,
agency, or institutional requirement.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

•5. Access to Records.

•Counselors understand that clients have the
right to access their counseling records.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 6. Dual Relationships.
• Counselors avoid personal, familial, social and/or
business relationships except those already existing
prior to the establishment of the counseling
relationships.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 7. Understanding Diversity.
• Counselors actively work to understand the diverse cultural
background of the clients with whom they work, and do not
condone or engage in discrimination based on age, color,
culture, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, marital, or socioeconomic status.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 8. Relationships with Former Clients.

• Counselors exercise caution about entering any friendly, social,
financial and business relationships with former clients until
such time that the issues in relational dynamic present during
counseling have been fully resolved and properly terminated.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 9. Multiple Clients.
• When counselors agree to provide counseling to two or more
persons who have a relationship (such as husband and wife, or
parents and children), counselors clarify at the outset which
person or persons are clients and the nature of the relationship
they will have with each person.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 10.Multiple Helpers.
• If, after entering a counseling relationship, a counselor
discovers the client is already in a counseling relationship then,
the counselor is responsible for discussing the issues related to
continuing or terminating counseling with the client.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 11.Group Work.
• Counselors have the responsibility to protect group
members from physical and/or psychological harm
resulting from interaction within the group, both
during and following the group experience.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 12.Termination of Counseling.
• Counselors must terminate the counseling relationships when it is deemed
necessary. More specifically terminating the counseling relationships should be
done when
• 12.1. Goals of counseling have been met.
• 12.2. Client condition is beyond the counselor’s expertise.
• 12.3. Transference or counter-transference issues are evident.
 CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

• 13.Computer Use.
• When computer applications are used as a component of counseling services,
as in testing or assessment, counselors must ensure that:
• (a) client is capable of using the computer application;
• (b) the computer application is appropriate to the needs of the client; and
• (c) the client understands the purpose and operation of computer application.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 1. General Responsibility.
• Counselors provide consultative services only in
those areas in which they have demonstrated
competency by virtue of their education and
experience.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 2. Undiminished Responsibility and Liability.

• Counselors who work in private practice, whether incorporated
or not, must ensure that there is no diminishing of their
individual professional responsibility to act in accordance with
the PGCA Code of Ethics, or in their liability for any failure to
do so
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 3. Consultative Relationships.
• Counselors ensure that consultation occurs within a
voluntary relationship between a counselor and a
client, group, or organization, and that the goals are
understood by all parties concerned.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 4. Informed Consent.
• Counselors, who provide services for the use of third parties,
acknowledge and clarify for the informed consent of clients, all
obligations of such consulting relationships, including the
purpose, entitlement to information, and any restrictions on
confidentiality.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 5. Accurate Advertising.
• Counselors, when advertising services as private practitioners,
do so in a manner that accurately and clearly informs the public
of their services, areas of expertise, credentials such as
licensure and accreditation in an accurate manner that is not
false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulen
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 6. Respect for Privacy.

• Counselors limit any discussion of client
information obtained from a consulting relationship
to persons clearly involved with the case.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 7. Cooperating Agencies.
• Before sharing information, counselors make efforts
to ensure that these other agencies have defined
policies that serve the clients interest.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 8. Conflict of Interest.
• Counselors who engage in consultation avoid circumstances
where the duality of relationships or the prior possession of
information could lead to a conflict of interest.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 9. Professional Fees.
• Professional fees are based on standards
prescribed by the existing laws, ordinances,
promulgations, and resolutions.
 CHAPTER III: CONSULTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE

• 10.Pro Bono Service.

• Counselors render professional services in the
community or society for which there is little or no
financial return (pro bono).
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 1. General Responsibility.
• Counselors maintain harmonious working
relationships with other professionals in their
work setting and affiliated organizations.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

•2. Roles and Functions.

•Counselors set the parameters and levels
of their professional roles and functions.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS
• 3. Working Agreement.
• Counselors establish working agreements with supervisors,
colleagues, and subordinates regarding counseling
relationships, adherence to professional standards, house rules,
workload, time schedule, responsibility, and accountability.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 4. Evaluation.
• Counselors submit regularly to professional review
and evaluation by their employer and peer. This can
be done semi-quarterly or annually as agreed by the
counselor and the employer.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

•5. In-Service.
•Counselors participate in in-service
training for professional growth and
development.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 6. Damage Control.
• Counselors alert their employers to conditions that
may be potentially disruptive or damaging to the
counselor’s professional responsibilities or that may
limit their effectiveness.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

•7. Supervisory Relationships.

•Counselors in supervisory position foster
good working relationships and treat all
colleagues fairly.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

•8. Consulting with other Professionals.

•Counselors may consult with other
professionally competent persons about the
client.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 9. Client Advocate.
• Counselors strive to reach agreement with employers
as to acceptable standards of conduct that allow for
changes in institutional policy conducive to the
growth and development of clients.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 10.Coordination.
• Counselors maintain proper coordination with fellow
professionals in relation to counseling services and
programs implemented in their workplace.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 11.Networking and Linkages.

• Counselors establish a good system of networking
and linkages with other sectors to promote public and
social awareness as well as for the enhancement of
the profession.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

• 12.Referral Fee.
• Counselors desist from accepting referral fee from
other professionals.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PROFESSIONALS
• 13.Professional Conduct. Counselors have a responsibility
both to clients and the institution within which services are
performed to maintain high standards of professional
conduct
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

• 1. General Responsibility.
• Counselors take responsibility to inform the clients
about the purpose of any evaluation and assessment
instruments and procedures and the meaning of
evaluation and assessment results.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION
• 2. Test Selection and Evaluation.
• Counselors have the competence to evaluate tests in terms of the
• (a) appropriateness of the test to the purpose of testing;
• (b) reliability and validity;
• (c) appropriateness of level of difficulty to clients; and
• (d) appropriateness of norms of norm-referenced tests
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION
• 3. Test Competence.
• Counselors using psychological tests and other assessment tools
should only do so if they have undergone training in the use of
these tools, familiar with the training requirements of different
tests, and are conversant with the concepts of reliability and
validity.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

• 4. Purpose and Results of Assessment.

• Counselors take responsibility to inform clients about
the purpose of assessment, the procedures involved,
and the meaning of evaluation and assessment results.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

•5. Test Administration.

•Counselors administer psychological tests in
accordance with standards or guidelines of
testing procedures found in the Test Manual.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

• 6. Administrative and Supervisory Conditions.

• Counselors ensure that evaluation and assessment
instruments and procedures are administered and
supervised under established conditions consistent
with professional standards.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION
• 7. Test Data Utilization.
• Counselors utilize assessment data by taking into account
various factors and characteristics of the person derived from
integrated profile of battery test results that might affect the
counselor’s judgment or reduce the accuracy of information.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

•8. Test Confidentiality.

•Counselors have the responsibility to
observe the principle of confidentiality in
testing.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

• 9. Computer-Generated Tests.
• Counselors ensure that computer-generated test
administration and scoring programs operate
properly thereby providing clients with accurate test
results.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

• 10.Obsolete Data.
• Counselors do not base their assessments or
recommendations or decisions on data or test
results that are outdated for the current purpose.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

•11.Intellectual Property.
•Counselors safeguard and respect the
publisher’s intellectual property rights of
psychological tests.
CHAPTER V: EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT, AND
INTERPRETATION

•12.Maintaining Test Security.

•Counselors make reasonable efforts to
maintain the integrity and security of tests
and other assessment techniques.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION
• 1. General Responsibility.
• Counselors responsible for counselor education, training,
and supervision adhere to current guidelines and standards
with respect to such activities and conduct themselves in a
manner consistent in this Code and Standards of Practice.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 2. Counselor Educators and Trainers.

• Counselor educators and trainers possess the
necessary qualifications, skills and competencies to
conduct counselor education and training programs.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 3. Description of Education and Training Programs.

• Counselors responsible for education and training
programs ensure accurate description of the
course/training, goals and objectives, content outline,
requirements, methodology, and references.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 4. Program Orientation.
• Counselors in teaching, training, and supervision
programs take responsibility to orient perspective
students, trainees, and supervisees to all core
elements of such programs and activities.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 5. Counselor Supervision.
• Counselors inform the supervisees about the process
of supervision, expectations, outcomes, monitoring,
and evaluation in order to provide competent
counseling services.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

•6. Ethical Orientation.

•Counselors have an obligation to make their
students, trainees, and supervisees aware of
their ethical responsibilities.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

•7. Evaluation.
•Counselor educators and trainers ensure a
fair, accurate and honest appraisal of
students, supervisees and trainees.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 8. Relational Boundaries.
• Counselors establish relationships with their students,
trainees, and supervisees such that appropriate
relational boundaries are clarified and maintained,
and dual relationships avoided.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

• 9. Contribution to Research.
• Counselors give credit to students and supervisees
for their contributions to research and scholarly
projects in the field of guidance and counselling.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

•10.Counselor Care.
•The counselor organization provides
continuing activities for counselor care.
CHAPTER VI: COUNSELOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND SUPERVISION

•11.Counselor Rights.
•Rehabilitation services should be available
for counsellors under stress.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 1. General Responsibility.
• In planning any research activity dealing with
human subjects, the counselor must observe
ethical principles and standards of good practice.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 2. Informed Consent.
• All research subjects must be informed of the
purpose of the study except when withholding
information or providing misinformation to them is
essential to the investigation.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 3. Welfare of the Subjects.

• Counselors are responsible for the welfare of the subjects
throughout the research and must take all reasonable
precautions to avoid causing injury in terms of physical,
psychological, or social effects on their subjects.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 4. Joint Research Activity.

• Counselors working with another individual in
research and/or publication incur an obligation to
cooperate in terms of finishing the entire joint venture
as agreed upon by both parties.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 5. Joint Authorship.
• Counselors working in a group research acknowledge
the fact that all correspondence regarding the said
research in that publication must be addressed to the
first author.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 6. Confidentiality of Information.
• Counselors must take due care to disguise the
identity of respective subjects and research
locale.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 7. Reporting Accurate Results.

• Counselors conduct, report and make
thorough discussion of research with accuracy
and avoid bias and misleading results.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 8. Professional Value.
• Counselors communicate to others the results of any
research judged to be of professional value. Results
that reflect unfavorably on institutions, programs or
services must not be withheld.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 9. Acknowledgment.
• Counselors give due credit through acknowledgment,
footnote statements, or other appropriate means to those
who have contributed significantly to the research and/or
publication in accordance with such contributions.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 10.Replication.
• Counselors acknowledge the fact that their researches
can be replicated by others at one point in time due to
its relevance and theory-testing.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 11.Publication.
• Counselors submit their research output in a peer-
refereed journal for publication using the prescribed
standards in writing style.
CHAPTER VII: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

• 12.Review of Materials Submitted.

• Counselors who review materials for
publications must respect the confidentiality and
propriety rights of those persons who submitted.
TASK 4: WHAT IF…

• If given a chance to work as a counselor,

do you think it will be easy for you to
follow and distinguish between the ethical
and unethical behaviors of a counselor?
 TASK 1: PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

• 1. As a student, what are your rights,

responsibilities, and accountabilities?
• 2. Are you aware of the ethical and unethical
behavior you show in the class?