Multicultural counselling refers to counselling practice that recognises and responds to differences in culture, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, socioeconomic background, family structure, values and life experiences between counsellors and clients. Ethical practice in a multicultural context requires the counsellor to respect these differences while ensuring fairness, dignity, confidentiality and professional competence. One major ethical issue is respect for cultural diversity. Counsellors should recognise that clients may have beliefs, customs and practices that differ from their own. Imposing the counsellor’s personal values on a client can lead to discrimination and harm. Ethical counselling therefore requires acceptance of cultural differences and avoidance of stereotypes, prejudice and ethnocentric attitudes. The counsellor should understand the client within the context of their cultural background rather than judging behaviour according to a single cultural standard. Cultural competence is another important ethical responsibility. Counsellors need adequate knowledge, awareness and skills to work effectively with people from diverse cultural groups. Lack of cultural understanding may result in incorrect assessment, inappropriate interventions or misunderstanding of the client’s problems. Counsellors should therefore