An Art Therapist Is Asked by a Foundation That Provided

An art therapist is asked by a foundation that provided grant support for her research study to feature the artwork collected as data in a campaign for Mental Health Awareness Month. What ethical principle should guide the art therapist in deciding what to do?

A) Ownership of the artwork: The foundation can use the artwork in its campaign because it paid for it and clients signed a consent form to participate in the study.
B) Obligation to science: The researcher is obligated by service to the public good to disseminate the study's findings and the value of art therapy.
C) Rights of the images: The foundation should not exhibit the artwork because as a corporate sponsor, the rights of the images would not be honored.
D) Protection from exploitation: The art therapist should ask for new consent forms from the participants and exclude any art that sensationalizes a client's expressions related to mental illness.

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