Exam 3: Social Work Values and Ethics

_____ is described in the core values of the NASW Code of Ethics as valuing the dynamic reciprocal interactions between social workers and clients, including how they communicate, think and feel about each other, and behave toward each other.

The NASW Code of Ethics is composed of all the following primary facets except:

"Maintaining trustworthiness and sound adherence to moral ideals" describes the _____ value of the NASW Code of Ethics.

A key concern for military social workers is the basic ethical concept of _____ on the part of individual soldiers.

Social justice is the provision of help, resources, and benefits so that people may achieve their maximum potential.

Social and political action is a subcategory of the NASW Code of Ethics ethical standard called social workers' ethical responsibilities to clients.

Cite an example of a violation of the social workers' ethical responsibility to clients.

Jorge is a job coach for a county social services department. Daisy, age 19, is one of Jorge's clients. His job involves: evaluating people's strengths, skills, and interests; linking them with appropriate employment; and helping them adjust to their work environments. Daisy emphasizes how she would like to get a clerical job like being a secretary or administrative assistant. Daisy says she's generally shy with people and would like a job where she could work in a more solitary manner. Daisy states she has always been good at typing. Jorge knows that Daisy never graduated from high school. He can't believe that Daisy's typing or writing skills are anywhere near adequate for such a position. Therefore, Jorge decides not to inform Daisy about available clerical alternatives. Rather, he steers Daisy to think about becoming a sales clerk. Jorge is in compliance with the NASW Code of Ethics.

How can you protect client confidentiality in this electronic age?

_____ is the process of global integration in which diverse peoples, economies, cultures, and political processes are increasingly subjected to international influences.

_____ is the transfer of people across international boundaries to enslave them in some way, usually involving forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Internationally, social work organizations are increasingly active in combating human rights violations.

Which of the following is true:

A(n) _____ is a computerized system by which subscribers are able to communicate to all other subscribers by sending a transmission to one address.

Confidentiality is the condition of being free from unauthorized observation or intrusion.

Sexual harassment is a subcategory in the NASW Code of Ethics, found only under the social workers' ethical responsibility to clients.

All of the following are considered ethical standards of the NASW Code of Ethics except:

Cite the three areas of rights within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and list examples of each.

Networking is the establishment of communication and interpersonal interaction among people for the purposes of providing support, exchanging information, or achieving some designated goal.

Elvis is a social worker with a caseload of families, mostly young women, receiving public assistance. Priscilla, one of his clients, has worked quite hard to get through a job-training program and find stable employment. They had "hit it off" since the beginning and respected each other's efforts. One day Priscilla casually asks Elvis if he'd be interested in dinner and a movie the following weekend. If he agrees, he is in compliance with the Code of Ethics.