A consultant is contacted by a hospital that is experiencing staff relationship problems. The consultant has no past training or experience in working with this type of problem but accepts the job because he intends to gain the competence needed, although the job begins in four weeks. Are there any circumstances under which this consultant could be functioning ethically? What multicultural considerations are present? How would you attend to the above dilemma? Use ideas from an ethical code relevant to your profession to support your position.

A consultant is contacted by a hospital that is experiencing staff relationship problems. The consultant has no past
training or experience in working with this type of problem but accepts the job because he intends to gain the
competence needed, although the job begins in four weeks. Are there any circumstances under which this
consultant could be functioning ethically? What multicultural considerations are present? How would you attend to
the above dilemma? Use ideas from an ethical code relevant to your profession to support your position.