Impact of Selected Ethical Information Resources on Counselor Educators' Decision-Making Regarding Boundary Crossings

Abstract

A random sample of 207 counselor educators used 4 ethical information resources in the context of 16 boundary-crossing scenarios. Burian and Slimp's (2000) social dual-role relationship model was the only resource to change counselor educators' boundary-crossing decision-making in a manner that could mitigate boundary-crossing concerns with students. Curiously, almost 60% of counselor educators stated that they would not use Burian and Slimp's model in the future when this was the only ethical decision-making resource that made a difference in boundary-crossing decision-making for counselor educators.