ABSTRACT
There are two main areas of ethical concern for clinical supervisors: the supervisory relationship and the supervisee’s actions with clients. Clinical supervision is a three-tiered relationship with a dual purpose to promote the development of the supervisee and to monitor the quality of client care. This dual purpose can contribute to role conflict for the supervisor and a plethora of ethical dilemmas. Contextual issues, such as setting, budget and manpower, licensing rules, and legal codes, only add to the supervisor’s difficulties when making ethical decisions. Hence, “doing the right thing” is not always as easy as it seems, and ethical choices can become very complicated for the clinical supervisor.
