Exam 1: Ethical Choices in the Helping Professions

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.

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.Role play an ethical dilemma that a client might have (with a classmate) and attempt to respond in an ethically professional manner.

When faced with competing loyalties, it is crucial for the social worker to determine priorities.

Studying ethics and values enables practitioners to determine the one correct course of action when there are choices.

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

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

Share with classmates ethical dilemmas that you have experienced in your life and how you handled them.Brainstorm as a class what types of options could have been used to solve the ethical dilemma. Class Exercises:

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

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?

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