Exam 3: Social Work Values and Ethics

_____ refers to the condition that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical rights, protections, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits regardless of their backgrounds and membership in diverse groups.

Should schools provide sex education to children? If so, what should be taught? If not, why not?

An ongoing task for social workers is to identify their personal values and then be sure they are the same as professional values.

Social workers' ethical responsibilities to the broader society include:

Conan is Connie's supervisor at the State Department of Corrections in Clinton. They both belong to the state association of correction workers. This association has conferences each year where state workers are asked to present true cases (changing the names, of course) they have had on their jobs. Each year Connie listens to Conan fabricate stories that he claims are true. She knows Conan never works a complete day, and she knows which cases he is assigned during their staff meetings. She is constantly disgusted with this and finally she stands up during Conan's presentation, and shouts "Conan, you barbarian, you know you are lying. You are disgraceful." A. According to the NASW Code of Ethics, was Connie in compliance or violation of the ethical standards? B. Under which ethical standard of the NASW Code of Ethics does this example fall?

_____ is the ethical principle that workers should not share information provided by a client or about a client unless that worker has the client's explicit permission to do so.

Should people who are critically ill and in intense pain be able to "pull their own plug"-that is, put themselves to death? Explain your answer.

Create a possible scenario in which you might confront an ethical dilemma that goes beyond your own practice with individuals, families, and groups.

Murphy, a foster care worker, intensely dislikes her co-worker Sheldon, a worker in the same unit. She feels he is lazy, knows little, and fails to take his job seriously. Murphy takes every opportunity to criticize Sheldon behind his back to other workers. This is a violation of the NASW Code of Ethics' ethical responsibility to:

Frick and Frack are social work counselors at a group home for adolescent girls with emotional and behavioral problems. They and their significant others occasionally have dinner with a mutual friend, Frazzle, a county social services worker, along with his significant other. The three workers regularly compare "battle stories" about their most difficult cases. Sometimes, after a few cocktails, voices elevate and other diners can overhear. This is a violation of principle of:

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, which of the following is considered a social worker's ethical responsibility to colleagues:

An example of social workers' ethical obligations to help people at the macro level could involve implementing a support group for gays and lesbians in the community.

A social worker is allowed to impose his or her own values on a client if it will be beneficial to that client.

"Providing help, resources, and benefits so people can achieve their maximum potential" is the definition of the NASW Code of Ethics' core value of:

The example of the 18th Street Gang members in Los Angeles stressed how a global perspective helps social workers.

The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act grants victims immediate permanent residency in the United States.

The NASW Code of Ethics includes the dignity and worth of the person as one of its core values.

____ is described in the core values of the NASW Code of Ethics as holding in high esteem and appreciating individual value.

Social workers must use critical thinking to resolve ethical issues.

The NASW Code of Ethics has six core values. Service is one of them-list the other five.