A high school counselor has been working with a student athlete who was self-referred, because of his concern about his tendency to attend underage drinking parties on the weekends and become intoxicated. The student expressed genuine concern over these tendencies and appeared willing to work with the counselor in order to curtail both the desires and the actions. He is particularly concerned with changing his behaviors, as the basketball season has just begun and he is the starting center for the team. There is a zero-tolerance policy for student athletes engaging in illegal activities, such as underage drinking. The counselor feels that he should warn the basketball coach about the student's tendencies toward attending parties and drinking on the weekends.

1. Is the behavior of the counselor ethical? Why or why not?
2. Identify the decision options available to the counselor
3. What might the counselor have done or thought about before the scenario happened in order to reduce the potential for ethical conflict?