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This document discusses various aspects of social work ethics including: 1) Ethical dilemmas occur when social workers must choose between two contradictory directives. Competing loyalties also occur when social workers must choose between two contradictory ethical directions. 2) Every social work decision involves ethical aspects as social workers fill dual roles of helper and societal control agent. 3) Studying ethics enables social workers to determine the correct course of action when multiple choices exist. The increase in focus on social work ethics is due to issues like human rights and social worker ambiguity.

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Huhgu

This document discusses various aspects of social work ethics including: 1) Ethical dilemmas occur when social workers must choose between two contradictory directives. Competing loyalties also occur when social workers must choose between two contradictory ethical directions. 2) Every social work decision involves ethical aspects as social workers fill dual roles of helper and societal control agent. 3) Studying ethics enables social workers to determine the correct course of action when multiple choices exist. The increase in focus on social work ethics is due to issues like human rights and social worker ambiguity.

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True/False Questions and Emphasize:

In the early days of the social work profession, practitioners were not
concerned with ethics.

Ethical dilemmas occur when the social worker must choose between
two or more relevant contradictory directives.

Every social worker fills two professional roles: (1) Helper/enabler and
(2) societal control agent.

The social workers’ Code of Ethics requires that social workers use any
means necessary to get clients to do what is obviously in their best
interest.

Ethical problems ask the question: What is the appropriate action to


take for any given situation?

Competing loyalties occur when a social worker must choose between


two or more relevant contradictory ethical directions.

Every decision in social work practice includes ethical aspects.

Studying ethics and values enables practitioners to determine the one


correct course of action when there are choices.
Multiple Choice Questions:

In the role of helper/enabler, the social worker must:


Be sure the family is enabled to make their own decisions.
Help the families understand and analyze alternatives.
Provide access to helping systems that enable the family to make decisions.
All of the above.

11. Jenny Jones is a social worker employed by a child protection agency. Her
supervisor has told her to ask for a court order to remove three children from the
home of a client that Jenny has been working with for three months. Jenny doesn’t
want to do this. She thinks that the mother is doing better and she wants to leave
the children in the home with continued monitoring. This is an example of:

role conflict.
value dilemma.
insubordination.
ethical confusion.
a and b
Which of the following occurs due to Ethical Problems in Social Work Practice?

Goal setting
Role conflict
Value dilemmas
All of the above
B and C

What are two values to which all social workers are committed?
Protection of human life and respecting the client’s family
Supporting the mission of the agency and being culturally competent

Self-determination and enhancing quality of life


Social justice and self-determination.

The increase in interest in professional social work ethics is due to which of the
following?
Human Rights Movement
Therapist incompetence
Social worker ambiguity and uncertainty
All of the above
Essay Questions:

Define ethics, its roots, and its origins.

Define the three types of ethics in social work (general ethics, professional
ethics, and professional social work ethics); explain how they pertain to social
work practice by comparing and contrasting them.

Discuss what your values are concerning the flowing scenario:

Ms. Durning is a 26-year-old Caucasian mother of three children, ages 10, 6, and 4.
She is a professional prostitute and works for herself. The children all have different
fathers, none of whom are involved in their lives. Ms. Durning and her three children
live in a bug infested motel that charges $100 per week. She has to work every
night, therefore, she relies on the oldest, a boy, to watch the other two children, both
girls. The son has started to get in trouble at school with fighting and is not
completing his homework. Ms. Durning was reported to child protective services by
an incoming guest who noticed that three children were left without supervision. To
complicate the situation even more, the incoming guest who reported Ms. Durning to
CPS was a client of hers three days prior to the report.

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between competing values
and competing loyalties.

Is ambiguity acceptable in social work situations? Why or why not? Discuss your
thoughts on a social worker going against his own ethical beliefs in order to
abide by the agency’s policies.

Explain why there has been a renewed interest in social work ethics in today’s
society.
Discussion Topics:

According to the authors, all social workers are committed to client protection of life,
enhancement of life, and client self-determination. Do you believe this is true? Why or
why not?

Discuss how you would respond if your supervisor asked you to misdiagnose a client in
order for them to receive much needed services.

Professional social work ethics are intended to help social work practitioners recognize
morally correct practice and learn how to decide and act ethically in any professional
situation.Discuss an ethical dilemma that a client might have and attempt to respond in an
ethically professional manner.

Discuss genocides that have taken place in the last 70 years (Hitler’s Germany,
Cambodia, Darfur, Rwanda) and any ethical responsibility that you feel you as a social
worker have to such situations.
Class Exercises:

Follow the three scenarios using Figure 1.1, Ethical Problems in Social Work Practice,
on page 10.
Susie has been going to see her parish priest, Reverend Taylor, for 3 months to talk
about her marriage and the verbal abuse she sustains from her husband. Reverend
Taylor continues to council Susie on the sanctity of marriage. What is wrong with this
scenario?

Nora is a 16-year-old female who sees her school counselor. She informs the
counselor that she is pregnant after having sex with her music teacher. In Nora’s state
she is not considered to be a minor at the age of 16. What should the school
counselor do?
Dr. Daniel Smith is a dentist who recently discovered he is HIV positive. What, if any,
are his obligations to his practice, his patients, and his profession?

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