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1. Codes of Ethics are revised periodically to address new and emerging ethical issues. Provide two examples of how advances in technology or changes in professional beliefs have prompted psychologists/counselors to “re-think” their codes of ethics. Then discuss at least three guidelines for developing an ethical practice.2. Professional codes of ethics apply “only to psychologists, which is not within the purview of the Ethics Code” (APA’s “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, “2017, Introduction and Applicability). Your text notes that boundaries between professional and personal behaviors are sometimes fuzzy. Discuss the boundaries between personal and professional behaviors, and three ways in which the “private” behaviors of a psychologist might negatively impact their professional credibility.3. Discuss two ways in which electronic record keeping might result in unauthorized access to private student/client information, and two ways a counselor/psychologist can protect their own electronics files from unauthorized access by others. Discuss two Ethical-legal risks associated with the use of “paper only” records.4. When a practitioner encounters a difficult counseling case that they do not feel competent to handle, what actions are appropriate? Discuss at least three strategies for handing such a case (refer to appropriate ethics as appropriate).5. knapp and VanderCreek wrote that supervisors must “delegate responsibilities carefully and deliberately to their supervises” (1997, p.591). Why is this important? Discuss at least three strategies a supervisor might use to evaluate the skill level of a supervised in a particular skill area?6. It has been stated that a psychologist’s “obligation to clients from diverse cultural and experiential backgrounds goes beyond striving to be impartial and unprejudiced in the delivery of services.? Briefly discuss what this statement means with special attention to at least three implications for practice.
