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Trends in Ethical Complaints Leading to Professional Counseling Licensing Boards Disciplinary Actions
Author(s) -
Wilkinson Tyler,
Smith Dannielle,
Wimberly Ramona
Publication year - 2019
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/jcad.12239
Subject(s) - misrepresentation , discipline , ethical standards , psychology , ethical issues , professional development , state (computer science) , professional responsibility , engineering ethics , medical education , public relations , political science , medicine , pedagogy , law , engineering , computer science , algorithm
This article presents findings of a content analysis of the types of ethical violations that led to disciplinary actions ( N = 936) across state counseling licensing boards for professional counselors during the time frame of 2010 to 2014. The most frequent types of ethical violations included failure to acquire the appropriate amount of continuing education, dual relationships (sexual and nonsexual), and misrepresentation of credentials. Implications of the findings and future research needs are discussed.