Investigated mental health counselors' (N=223) perceptions of ethical and unethical behaviors. Examined ability to recognize whether ethical violations had occurred, to identify ethical issues, and to project how subjects would have behaved. Found significant differences for course work, degree, and situation. (Author/ABL)

Identifies three global areas for reserach study: (a) clinical studies, (b) counselor training investigation, and (c) evaluation. Issues such as competency, informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, cooptation and manipulation, no treatment controls, validity and generalizability of results, and authorship are discussed. (Author/BL)