IDENTIFYING ASPECTS CONCERNING ETHICS IN CAREER COUNSELING: REVIEW ON THE ACA CODE OF ETHICS
Youssef Habbal
Hala Bohsali Habbal
American University of Science and Technology
ABSTRACT
The work of career counselors, career development workers, and their clients is greatly affected
by ethical and legal guidelines, especially the profession that involves other people’s confidences and
lifestyle details. This study discusses ethics in career counseling based on the American Counseling
Association’s code of ethics (ACA” which was later adopted by many other regulatory boards like National
Career Development Association’s (NCDA) in the 2007 ethical standards. The principles, issues and legal
concerns related to career development and career counseling were reviewed in order to discern their
implication for work and life. In addition, this study also reviewed the confidentiality of counselor-
counselee relationship and the aspects that might impact the process of career counseling.
Keywords: career counseling, ethics, code of ethics, ethical standards, legal concerns