This document discusses the ethics of guidance counseling. It defines ethics as involving concepts of right and wrong behavior. Guidance is defined as helping individuals discover their potential through their own efforts. Some key principles of guidance ethics discussed are maintaining confidentiality, allowing client autonomy, avoiding personal relationships, and being motivated by professional rather than personal objectives. Confidentiality and its exceptions regarding imminent harm are also explained. The importance of following professional ethics codes for counselors is emphasized.

1. ‫بسم‬
‫ہ‬ٰ
‫ّللا‬
‫ن‬ ٰ‫الرحم‬
‫الرحیم‬
Subject- Guidance and Counselling

2. Topic- Ethics of Guidance
Submitted to-
Mam Hina kainat
Submitted by-
Amjad Ali
Zainul Hassan
Hira Uroj
Ayesha Arshad (M)
Saqib Javed
Ayesha Arshad (E)
◦ Submitted by-
◦ Afaq Tahir
◦ Abeera Ajamal
◦ Usama Ashraf
◦ Muhammad Adnan

3. ◦ Content list-
◦ What are ethics?
◦ Guidance definition
◦ Ethics of Guidance
◦ Importance of professional ethics in
guidance
◦ Meaning of confidentiality in guidance
◦ Principles of confidentiality
◦ Conclusion

4. 1- What are ethics?
◦ Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch
of philosophy that “involves
systematizing, defending, and
recommending concepts of right and
wrong behavior”

5. 2- Guidance defination
◦ Guidance is process of helping individual through their own efforts to develop and
discover their potentialities for personal happiness and social usefulness.” -Ben Monero

6. 3- Ethics of Guidance
◦ Be conscientious and efficient in meeting goal and commitments. Be motivated by
professional objectives rather than personal concerns. Show persistence when faced
with problems or challenges. Treat colleagues fairly and equili with dignity and respect
encourage teamwork.

7. 4- Importance of professional ethics
in guidance
◦ If you work as a counselor, ethical dilemmas are inevitable. Your client may reveal she
once committeda felony or that her spouse abuses her, and you have to decide
whether to report this. The client may make a decisionyou strongly disapprove of,
leaving you torn on whether to support her or not. The various ethical codes for
branches of the counseling professions give you guidance on the tough calls.

8. Confidentiality
Confidentiality is an important ethical
principle in counseling: You can’t help a
client effectively unless she knows you
won’t betray her secrets. When you hear
things you don’t think you should keep
secret.
Relationships
Keeping your client-counselor
relationship professional isn’t always
easy. You may find you both move in the
same social circle, or you might discover
a mutual attraction.

9. Autonomy
◦ AutonomyAutonomy is a basic moral
principle in counseling. People are
entitled to make their own decisions and
act on them, and counselors shouldn't try
to take that away.
◦ Client isn’t capable of rational decisions,
or her decisions could cause serious
problems for herself or others. Your
professional code can help you decide
when to stand back, when to intervene
and when to explain the consequences
of your client’s actions but let her make
the final decision.
Professionalism
◦ Having an ethical code also guides you as a
career professionalinteractingwith clients.
The ACA states that before any individual
agrees to become your client, she should be
able to learn exactly what services,
techniques and counselingprocedures you
employ and what sort of payment
arrangementsyou expect. She should also
understand the limits of your confidentiality
policy. Following a code of ethics means
acting honestly as a business person, as well
as a counselor.

10. 5- Meaning of confidentiality in
guidance
◦ Confidentiality is an important ethical principlein counseling: You can't help a client
effectivelyunless she knows you won't betray her secrets. When you hear things you
don't think you shouldkeep secret – your client intends to commit suicide, for instance –
the ethical code guides you in how to respond. The American Counseling Association's
code used to waive confidentiality in the case of "clear and imminent danger" to
someone. In 2005, it revisedthe standard to say ACA members can breach
confidentiality to prevent "serious and foreseeable harm."

11. 6- Principles of confidentiality
◦ It is counselor’s responsibility to:
◦ 1- To ensure privacy during the interview.
◦ 2- Illustrate adherence to the importance of her confidentiality.
◦ 3- Respect this right.
◦ 4- Developing trust between the counselor and the client.

12. 7- Conclusion
In ethics of guidance you should be motivatedby professional objectives rather than
personal concerns.You should not judge your client. You have to keep client’s
information confidential,not build relationships personally/emotionally.Let client make
his/her decision, be honest with client.

13. Reference
◦ 1- https://en.unesco.org/about-us/ethics-office/guidance
◦ 2- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
◦ 3- https://ppverbeek.org/guidance-ethics/
◦ 4- https://work.chron.com/importance-professional-ethics-guidance-counselling-
3658.html
◦ 5- https://www.psychologydiscussion.net/term-paper/guidance/guidance-definitions-
types-and-characteristics-term-paper-psychology/13544