OBJECTIVE:

To understand the Ethical and Legal

consideration related to the practice of
Guidance
To enumerate the Ethical and Legal
consideration related to the practice of
Guidance
ACTIVITY
INFORMED CONSENT
CONFIDENTIALITY
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION
MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS
DUAL RELATIONSHIPS
ANALYSIS
 CONFIDENTIALITY
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION
MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS
INFORMED CONSENT
DUAL RELATIONSHIPS
How do you find the activity?
What have you observed from the
words?
Do you encounter those words in your
practice as Guidance Coordinator or in
your workplace? If yes, In what way?
How do you deal with those words?
ABSTRACTION
 SOME STEPS IN MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS
Identify the problem or dilemma.
Identify the potential issues.
Look at the relevant ethics codes for
general guidance on the matter.
Consider the applicable laws and
regulations.
 SOME STEPS IN MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS
Seek consultation from more than one source.
Brainstorm various possible courses of action.
Enumerate the consequences of various
decisions.
Decide on what appears to be the best possible
course of action.
 INFORMED CONSENT

Involves the right of the clients to be informed

about their therapy and to make autonomous
decisions pertaining to it.
 CONFIDENTIALITY

Is an ethical concept, and in most states it is the

legal duty of therapists not to disclose information
about a client.
 PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION

Is a legal concept that generally bars the

disclosure of confidential communications in a
legal proceeding.
 SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH INFORMATION
MUST LEGALLY BE REPORTED BY COUNSELORS:

 When the therapist believes a client under the age of 16 is

the victim of incest, rape, child abuse, or some other crime.
 When the therapist determines that the client needs
hospitalization.
 When information is made an issue in a court action
 When clients request that their records be released to them
or to a third party
 DUAL OR MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS

Either sexual or nonsexual, occur when

counselors assume two (or more) roles
simultaneously or sequentially with a client.
 WAYS OF MINIMIZING RISK IN MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS
 Set healthy boundaries early in the therapeutic
relationship.
 Involve clients in on-going discussions and in the
decision-making process.
 Consult with fellow professionals.
 Work under supervision.
 Self-monitoring
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
 Respecting human rights and dignity o Respect for
the client’s right to be self-governing
 A commitment to promoting the client’s well-being o
Fostering responsible caring
 Fair treatment of all clients and the provision of
adequate services
 Equal opportunity to clients availing counseling
services
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
 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
GENERAL ETHICAL
PRINCIPLES
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING
BASIC AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES:
 Abide by the ethical principles laid down by the
Guidance and Counseling Profession.
 Not misuse the professional relationship for
profit, power, or prestige, or for personal
gratification not consonant with the welfare of
his Counselee.
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING
BASIC AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES:
 Realize that his professional time and effort are fully,
faithfully, conscientiously, and truthfully devoted to the
accomplishment and improvement of the guidance and
counseling profession.
 Grow professionally and keep abreast with current trends in
guidance work through continuing professional education
and affiliate himself with reputable and recognized local,
national and international guidance associations.
RELATIONSHIP WITH
COUNSELEE
 COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THEIR COUNSELEES, AND ACCORDINGLY,
SHALL
 Respect the personhood and integrity of the person with
whom he works.
 Recognize individual differences
 Clarify his role to the Counselee
 Establish professional relationship with the Counselee
 Explain results of tests and other diagnostic tools in a
comprehensive and constructive manner.
 COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THEIR COUNSELEES, AND ACCORDINGLY,
SHALL
 Give information about the Counselee only to persons who
can be of help to the Counselee and is done 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 measures to
prevent any untoward event or harm to Counselee.
 COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THEIR COUNSELEES, AND ACCORDINGLY,
SHALL
 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
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN
GOOD RELATIONS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, AND
ACCORDINGLY, SHALL:
 Establish a relationship between the community and
the guidance program in a manner that is beneficial
to both.
 Show sensible regard for and ethical recognition of
the social code and moral expectations of the
community in which he works and strives to elevate
the understanding of its social and cultural traditions.
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN
GOOD RELATIONS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, AND
ACCORDINGLY, SHALL:

 Attend to the needs, problems, aspirations, and

human resources of the community in order to
enable him to give relevant service responses, and
to develop a wholesome community spirit.
RELATIONSHIP WITH
COLLEAGUES IN THE
PROFESSION
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH WITH THEIR
COLLEAGUES, AND ACCORDINGLY, SHALL:

 Initiate peer relations and maintain high

standards of professional competence in the
guidance and counseling discipline.
 Keep relationships on a professional level by
refraining from petty personal actions.
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH WITH THEIR
COLLEAGUES, AND ACCORDINGLY, SHALL:

 Consult colleagues as a matter of professional

courtesy, when planning to initiate a professional
activity likely to encroach upon his colleagues’
recognized academic disciplines or researches.
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL ESTABLISH WITH THEIR
COLLEAGUES, AND ACCORDINGLY, SHALL:
 Give accurate information and avoid any misinterpretations
or unclear explanations.
 Hold responsible for proper permission from and adequate
recognition of authors and publishers of counseling and
testing instruments which he uses and sees to it that
psychological tests are administered only by professionally-
trained and competent guidance personnel under his direct
supervision.
RESEARCH AND
PUBLICATIONS
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL UNDERGO RESEARCH AND
PUBLICATION AND, ACCORDINGLY, SHALL

 Undertake research to contribute to the

advancement of the Guidance and Counseling
profession.
 In conducting research, adhere to the highest
standards of research Methodology.
 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHALL UNDERGO RESEARCH AND
PUBLICATION AND, ACCORDINGLY, SHALL
 In reporting results of researches, reveal the identity
of the subjects of research only with the permission of
the subjects concerned and only for professional
purposes.
 Acknowledge the source of his ideas and material in
his research as well as in his publications, and
recognize divergent opinions from responsible
persons.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES – Any registered
and licensed Guidance Counselor who violates
any provision of this Code shall be administratively
liable under Sec. 24, Art. III of R.A. No. 9258 and
Sec. 24, Rule III of Board Resolution No. 02 Series
of 2007, the “RR of R.A. No. 9258”.
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE – If any part of this
Code is declared unconstitutional or invalid,
the remaining provision/s or part/s thereof not
affected thereby, if separable, shall continue
to be valid, enforceable, and operational.
APPLICATION
As a future Counselor, what is the importance of
understanding the Ethical and Legal
consideration related to the Practice of
Guidance?
THANK YOU!!!