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NCE / CPCE Counselor

Category - Professional and Ethical Issues

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How do ethics and values differ?
  1. Ethics dictate the boundaries of professional therapy, whereas values predict the stimulus and workings of therapy.
  2. Ethics predict the stimulus and workings of therapy, whereas values dictate the boundaries of professional therapy.
  3. Ethics can be adapted to a given situation, whereas values cannot.
  4. There is no difference.
Explanation
Answer: A - Ethics and values differ in that ethics dictate the boundaries of professional therapy, whereas values predict the stimulus and workings of therapy. Ethics is a person's governing body telling him or her what he or she can or cannot do. Values are a person's mind telling him or her what he or she should or should not do. A professional can abide by his or her code of ethics but still do things that are questionable.
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