Select the five behaviors that you consider to be the most serious violations of ethical practice. What are the reasons for your selection of

PCN-520: Self-Inventory of Ethical Behaviors

Self-Inventory of Your Views on Ethical and Unethical Behaviors in the Practice of Group Work

This inventory is designed to stimulate your thinking about what constitutes ethical practice in leading groups.

Directions: For each item below, decide to what degree you are in agreement or disagreement with the leader’s behavior by selecting a rating from the drop-down list. Consider the degree to which you think the group leader’s behavior is ethical in each of these situations.

Scale:

1 = I strongly disagree with this leader’s behavior.

2 = I disagree with this leader’s behavior.

3 = I am undecided.

4 = I agree with this leader’s behavior.

5 = I strongly agree with this leader’s behavior.

1. 1 The group leader does not provide members with a professional disclosure statement.

2. 2 The group leader does not prepare members for a group, based on the belief that information given to them will pollute the group process.

3. 2 The leader does not screen prospective members, mainly on the ground that members will not know if a group is appropriate for them until they actually participate in it.

4. 2 A group leader does not screen candidates because of her theoretical orientation.

5. 1 The leader refuses to see members between sessions, even if they request such a private session, and instead asks them to bring up the issue at the next group meeting.

6. 1 The leader makes it a practice to socialize with members of the group, stating that this does a great deal to foster trust within the group.

7. 1 The leader fails to intervene when several members focus on a woman and pressure her to leave her husband.

8. 2 The leader introduces techniques in a group even though she has not been trained in the use of these techniques, but does so thinking that this is the best way to learn.

9. 1 The leader does not discuss with members any personal risks associated with joining a group on the basis that one should not give members any more fears than they already have.

10. 1 The group leader does not mention confidentiality, because she is concerned that doing so would inhibit the establishment of trust.

11. 1 When confidentiality is broken in a group of high school students, the leader ignores the situation, assuming that to discuss the matter or to take action will make things worse.

12. 5 A group leader assures the members that she will never disclose to those outside the group anything that they say in the group.

13. 1 A group leader tells the members of his group that if anyone talks about anyone else’s work, he will discontinue them from the group.

14. 2 In an involuntary group, the leader applies a great deal of coercion and pressure on the assumption that the members will not change unless he uses these strategies.

15. 2 Although a group leader does not make use of coercion and pressure strategies himself, he does allow other members to apply undue pressure at times because of his belief that this is a natural part of the evolution of a group.

16. 1 The leader consciously attempts to impose her values on group members because she is convinced that the members will benefit by her direction.

17. 1 The leader sees nothing wrong with influencing the group in a subtle manner to accept his values.

18. 1 A group leader imposes some of her values because she is convinced that it is her job to teach morality.

19. 1 A group counselor openly states that she is using the group she leads to do her own work, on the assumption that this practice keeps her present and involved and allows the members to feel closer to and more trusting with her.

20. 1 The group leader does not make any provisions for the diversity of values among the members, even though his group is characterized by cultural diversity.

21. 1 The group leader attempts to change the lifestyle orientation of several lesbians in her group, on the assumption that they would be happier if they were to have “normal” sex lives.

22. 1 The group leader pressures women in his group to adopt traditional sex roles because his own cultural conditioning has influenced his views on the roles women should play in society.

23. 1 A group counselor maintains that it is his role to treat all members individually and equally; therefore, he makes no special provisions for differences due to culture, race, religion, lifestyle, age, disability, or gender among members.

24. 2 The group leader fosters the dependence of the members, on the ground that this will enable them to work through early childhood experiences pertaining to dependence/independence struggles.

25. 1 The leader initiates sexual relationships with certain members, stating that this practice is not harmful because the clients are consenting adults.

26. 1 A group leader borrows money from a member and says he has no problem with this because this member can trust him to make good on his word.

27. 1 A group counselor allows a member to work on the counselor’s car in exchange for his professional services because the member cannot afford to make payments.

28. 1 The leader makes it a practice to admit his own friends into his groups on the grounds that the relationships between him and his friends will provide modeling of good interpersonal communication.

29. 1 The group leader directs others to pressure a silent member because he is quite sure that this member will remain quiet unless others in the group exert this pressure.

30. 1 The leader contacts the parents of an adolescent girl who discloses her conflicts over having an abortion or keeping her child, without first getting the adolescent’s permission.

31. 1 The leader is uncomfortable when members explore a conflict, and thus he pushes clients to make decisions quickly.

32. 1 The leader does not provide any written statements about her qualifications, the purpose of the group, or the procedures to be employed.

33. 1 The leader physically blocks a member who is angry at being confronted by another member, and so wants to leave in the middle of a session.

34. 1 The leader allows the expression of pent-up rage in group sessions but does not take precautions to see that members are not physically injured in these exercises.

35. 2 The leader presses members to experience intense emotions and pushes for a catharsis—even if they say they do not want to explore a struggle—out of conviction that they need to experience their emotions to become free.

36. 1 The leader frequently brings her outside, personal concerns into the group and is willing to be both a member and a leader, on the assumption that such behavior is good modeling for others in the group.

37. 1 The leader does not explain a technique that the group will be using and does not give the members a choice whether or not to participate in this technique.

38. 1 A group leader makes no attempt to modify her techniques to fit the needs of her culturally diverse group.

39. 1 A group leader decides to become romantically involved with one of the members a week after termination of the group.

40. 1 A group leader decides to become romantically involved with one of the members a year after termination of the group.

41. 1 The leader forms a group with elementary school children without getting parental permission.

42. 1 The group leader discusses in some detail his own involvement with drugs, thinking that this will promote openness and trust among a group of adolescents.

43. 1 A group leader introduces an exercise that involves asking participants to get nude so that they can talk about their body images.

44. 1 A group counselor does nothing to maintain or upgrade his knowledge or skills, contending that he had one group course ten years ago as part of his master’s degree, and that was sufficient.

45. 1 The group leader takes no steps to learn about the cultural values of members in his group, even though his group is composed of people with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

46. 1 The leader does not give a member a referral even though he is aware that he cannot help her, on the grounds that to refer her would damage the faith others have in him.

47. 1 The leader makes no attempt to evaluate the process or outcomes of the group, stating that evaluation is simply too difficult and time-consuming.

48. 1 A group counselor discusses his group cases with other professionals at a social gathering.

49. 2 A leader suggests that a member see him outside the group because of her stated trouble in trusting several of the group members.

50. 1 The group leader attends a social function that the members of his group organize after the group ends.

Adapted from Corey, M. S., & Corey, G. (2002). Instructor’s manual for groups: Process and practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

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