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Codes of Ethics Comparative Chart

Instructions

Human services professionals often need to make ethical decisions when providing support to clients.

Research the organizations in the chart below. Websites for the organizations can be found in Ch. 1 of Issues and Ethics in the Helping Profession.

Complete the following tables to compare several organizations and their guidelines about their responsibilities to their clients, their responsibilities to service providers, their attitudes concerning the duty to warn and the duty to protect, and cultural considerations.

Responsibility to Client

Organization	Responsibility to client
National Organization of Human Services (NOHS)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)

Responsibility to Provider

Organization	Responsibility to provider
National Organization of Human Services (NOHS)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)

Attitudes Concerning the Duty to Warn and the Duty to Protect

Organization	Attitudes concerning the duty to warn and the duty to protect
National Organization of Human Services (NOHS)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)

Cultural Considerations

Organization	Cultural considerations
National Organization of Human Services (NOHS)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)