Sheila, Age 24, Is a Counselor at a Community-Based Halfway

question 39

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Sheila, age 24, is a counselor at a community-based halfway house for men on parole who are also substance abusers. Most of the clients are in their twenties and early thirties. Sheila finds herself physically attracted to Biff, a good-looking, charming twenty-six-year-old parolee who resides in the house. Agency policy clearly forbids any such relationships with current clients or anyone who has been a client within the past six months. Sheila fights her feelings, but finally gives in. When he asks her for a date, she assents and begins an intimate relationship with Biff "on the sly." This is the ethical thing to do.

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