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 “As a faculty member, it was difficult dealing with a colleague about whom I received numerous complaints from students.”

 “At what point does ‘direct knowledge’ of purportedly unethical practices become direct knowledge which I must report—is reporting through a client ‘direct’ knowledge?”

 “I referred a child to be hospitalized at a nearby facility. The mother wanted to use a particular psychiatrist …. When I called the psychiatrist to discuss the case, he advised me that, since he was the admitting professional, he’d assume full responsibility for the case …. He advised how he had a psychologist affiliated with his office whom he preferred to use.”

 “I see foster children who have little control over their lives and case workers who have little time/interest in case management. How can I maintain good professional relationships with those who don’t function up to their duties?”

 “A director of the mental health center where I worked was obviously emotionally disturbed, and it impacted on the whole center—quality of service to clients, staff morale, etc. He would not get professional help or staff development assistance.”

 “The toughest situations I and my colleague seem to keep running into (in our small town) are ones involving obvious (to us) ethical infractions by other psychologists or professionals in the area. On three or more occasions he and I have personally confronted and taken to local boards … issues which others would rather avoid, deal with lightly, ignore, deny, etc., because of peer pressure in a small community. This has had the combined effect of making me doubt my reality (or experience), making me wonder why I have such moral compunctions, making me feel isolated and untrusting of professional peers, etc.”