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The ACA Code of Ethics : Articulating Counseling's Professional Covenant
Author(s) -
Ponton Richard F.,
Duba Jill D.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00557.x
Subject(s) - covenant , ethical code , statement (logic) , identity (music) , code (set theory) , professional ethics , professional association , professional conduct , engineering ethics , psychology , sociology , political science , law , computer science , engineering , programming language , physics , set (abstract data type) , acoustics
The ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association, 2005) is an articulation of the ever‐changing relationship between counseling professionals and society. It provides clear parameters of behaviors to meet the changing needs of the people counselors are called to serve. This article reviews the 2005 Code as both a statement of counselor identity and an ethical covenant with society.