GAME KA NA BA?

There are pictures or scenes that will be shown in this

activity via quizziz.com. Distinguish by identifying whether
the picture displays ethical or unethical behavior of a
counselor.
Guide Questions:
Based on the shown pictures, what do you mean by an
ethical behavior?
(Answer may vary.)
How can a behavior be considered as unethical?
(Answer may vary.)
UNLOCKING TERMS:

Ethical behavior means acting in accordance with the

moral guidelines established by the community in which
we live.
Unethical behavior is described as behavior that goes
against what is morally right or proper for an individual,
occupation, or industry.
Counselor provides support services, counseling
services, and/or rehabilitation services within diverse
community settings.
 
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF
COUNSELORS (RA 9258)
Respect the RIGHTS and DIGNITY of a
client
Honor and promote RIGHT
the fundamental

WORTH

MORAL and
CULTURAL
VALUES
RIGHTS OF A CLIENT WHILE
HAVING COUNSELING SESSION

Select a professional
who meets his or her Asks questions
needs. about Establish goals
confidentiality and evaluate

Obtain copies of Terminate the

copies and records counseling
on the session. relationship
anytime.
COMPETENCE Recognize the
limits on their
Maintain and update
expertise
their professional skills
Engage in self-
care

Seek support
and
supervision
RESPONSIBILITY

Records of sessions are stored

with strict attention to security
INTEGRITY

It is the trust in one's ability to

maintain one's moral selfhood
without significant sacrifice.
CODE OF ETHICS
As stipulated in the Code of Ethics for Registered and Licensed
Guidance Counselors (2008), a counselor must abide the following:
1. Establish and maintain good relations with the counselee
Respect the personhood and integrity of the person with whom
he works
Recognize individual differences
Establish professional relationship with the counselee
Explain results of test and other diagnostic tools in a
comprehensive and constructive manner.
Establish and maintain good
relations with the counselee
Give information about the counselee only to person who
can be of help to the counselee and is do only with the approval
of the counselee and/or his parents or guardian. When revelations
may result in possible harm to the counselee or to someone else, or
may endanger the community or the country, he must report the
facts to appropriate authorities and take emergency measure to
prevent any untoward event or harm to counselee.
Recommend a referral when it is indicated that the counselee
does not benefit from the guidance relationship but assume
responsibility for the welfare of the counselee until the guidance
responsibility is assumed by the person to whom the counselee has
been referred.
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY
Establish a relationship between the community
and the guidance program in a manner is
beneficial to both.
Show sensible regard for and ethical recognition
of the social code and moral expectations of the
community
Attend the needs, problems, aspirations, and
human resources of the community
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
COLLEAGUES IN THE PROFESSION

Guidance counselors must initiate peer

relations and maintain professional
competence in the guidance counseling
discipline and hold responsible for
proper permission form and adequate
recognition of authors or publishers of
counseling and testing instruments.
UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS
OF COUNSELORS
Violation of confidentiality – the
counselor releases the client’s
information without the client’s prior
consent
UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS
OF COUNSELORS
Sexual Intimacies with Clients – is a
major ethical issue.
Having sexual or romantic relations with a client during
therapy
Having sexual or romantic relations with a member of the
client’s immediate family during therapy
Having sexual or romantic relations with a client or a
member of the client’s immediate family after the
termination of therapy
UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS OF
COUNSELORS
Dual relationships-
Buying goods or services from a client, or entering into a
business agreement with a client (in addition to counseling)
Employing a client, or providing therapy to an employee
Providing therapy to a friend or relative
Going out to eat with a client after a session
Inviting clients to a personal party or social event
Being a part of the same organization as a client, or going to
the same church/temple
UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS OF
COUNSELORS
Questionable financial
arrangements - Prior to entering the
counseling relationship, the counselors
clearly explain the clients all financial
arrangements related to professional fees.
(i.e., charging excessive fees-)

Accepting gifts, bribes from client

How are you going to
make ethical decisions?
In making ethical decisions, counselors should take actions that
they think are right professionally often based on these principles:
Beneficence – doing good and preventing harm
Nonmaleficence – not inflicting harm
Autonomy – respecting freedom of choice and self-determination
or independence
Justice—fairness
Fidelity—faithfulness or honoring commitments
Are counselors be held liable for
unethical behavior?

Any person who violates provision of this act and rules and
regulations issued by the board and the Commission commits fraud
in the acquisition of Certificate of Registration or Special Permit
shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than 6 months but
not more than 8 years, or a fine of not less than fifty thousand
pesos but not more than 100,000 pesos or both in the discretion of
the court. (Republic Act No. 9258. March 2, 2004. An Act
Professionalizing the Practice of Guidance and Counseling and
Creating for this Purpose A Professional Regulatory Board Of
Guidance and Counseling, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for
other Purposes Retrieved from:
https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9258_2004.html)
 Unethical
behaviors of
counselors
•Respect personhood and integrity • Violation of
•Establish professional relationship confidentiality
Ethical behaviors
of Counselors

with client through respecting • Sexual

individual differences, giving feedback
in any assessment tool intimacies with
•Right to privacy clients
•Recommend referral but assume • Dual
responsibility relationships
•Give credits or recognition to authors
• Questionable
and publishers in counseling and
testing instruments financial
•Maintain good relations hip with the arrangements
community and colleagues in the • Accepting gifts
profession or bribes from
client
APPLICATION
Directions: Distinguish a
scenario whether it displays
ethical and unethical behavior of
a counselor. Identify further
what principle or ethical
behavior is violated in the
situation presented.
You are a successful counselor. One of
your clients tells you that you have been
very, very helpful to him, and to show his
appreciation to you, he gives you a
P1,000,000 diamond ring as a gift. You
accept the ring.
unethical, Bribery
A client cannot afford to pay for one of
her counseling sessions with you. In lieu
of payment, you ask her to babysit your
2-year-old son at your home a few times.

Unethical, Dual Relationship

One of your clients feels sexually attracted to
you and tells you this. Immediately following
the termination of counseling, you and the
client mutually agree to start a dating
relationship.

Unethical, sexual intimacy with client

violating professional relationship
You and your friends have a dinner at
your home. One of your friends tells
you that he is emotionally disturbed by
some conflict in his marriage. You take
your friend into the next room and
provide him with a brief counseling
session there.

Unethical, dual relationship

You go to lunch with another counselor.
In the restaurant, you each talk about
some of your cases to learn from each
other. Neither of you mentions the
names of any of your clients.

Unethical, violating confidentiality

 Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences Module 2. Counseling. Department of
Education-Regional Office 10.
 
Retrieved from: Booker, Jack (2017). Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling
https://slideplayer.com/slide/5872025/
 
Code of Ethics for Registered and Licensed Guidance Counselors (2008). Professional
Regulation Commission- Manila Retrieved from:https
://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/COE-GUIDANCE%20AND%20COUNSELING%202008-05.pd
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Republic Act No. 9258. March 2, 2004. An Act Professionalizing the Practice of Guidance
and Counseling and Creating for this Purpose A Professional Regulatory Board Of Guidance
and Counseling, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for other Purposes Retrieved from:
https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9258_2004.html