Summary of THE ACA Code of Ethics:Articulating Counseling's Professional Covenant

This article disusses the relationship between counseling professionals and society and how it
is ever changing.  The ACA  Code of Ethics is an articulation of those
changes.  There continues to be in society at large a professional
corner, with its criteria for admission, its rights, and its responsibilities.
 The counseling profession has been establishing its place at the professional corner for nearly a 100 years and is still changing.  This article discusses how the Counseling Professional and society has to form a covenant relationship like a marriage so to say. A covenant relationship by nature is a moral practice.
This refers to The ACA Code of Ethics as being a gift given by  the Counselor to the ones being served.
The history of the professional was stereotyped somewhat many years ago by
what the professional wore or the type of job they did. Welie(2004) defined a profession as a collective expert service providers who have jointly and publicly committed to always give priority to the needs and interests of the public they serve above their own needs and are in turn trusted by the public to do so.  The history of the Counseling Profession took a turn when it was noticed that young people in society needed help with making effective vocational decisions among others.