Facebook: Maintaining Ethical Practice in the Cyberspace Age

Facebook and the Cognitive Model: A Tool for Promoting Adolescent Self-Awareness

“…Clinical considerations regarding using Facebook as an intervention include how it would impact the counseling relationship, safety concerns, and fulfillment of counseling goals (Birky & Collins, 2011). Counselors should discuss the possibility of using Facebook information with clients before doing so, and the impetus should be on the client to bring this information into sessions.…”

“…Counselors should discuss the possibility of using Facebook information with clients before doing so, and the impetus should be on the client to bring this information into sessions. Generally, practitioners suggest refraining from friending any current or former clients; however, if the decision is made to do so, counselors should create a separate professional account (Birky & Collins, 2011). The American Counseling Association Code of Ethics (2005) does not specifically cover social networking sites, although a code (A.1.d.)…”

College students and HR professionals: conflicting views on information available on Facebook

“…Of that group, 65 per cent use Facebook as their primary tool (‘37 percent of’, ). This issue is highly controversial and presents both ethical and legal dilemmas that are currently being played out (Wiley and Sisson, ; Birky and Collins, ). With changes in hiring practices and the expanded use of technology, employers are finding new ways to get additional information about potential job candidates.…”

Ethical Judgments of Counselors: Results From a Turkish Sample

“…The revised ACA (Section H, 2014) code recently addressed issues of distance counseling and social media presence for counselors, as they are related to boundaries and dual relationships in counseling. Recent literature (Birky & Collins, 2011;Brew, Cervantes, & Shephard, 2013;Sampson & Makela, 2014) suggests adjusting privacy settings accordingly in the social media and not disclosing information in virtual settings that a counselor wouldn't normally disclose in other settings.…”