Exam 11: Values Ethics and the Resolution of Ethical Dilemmas

According to the NASW Code of Ethics , the private behavior of social workers has nothing to do with the fulfillment of professional responsibility.

Social workers should avoid consulting with colleagues because they should be competent enough to serve clients without help.

The highlight in the text regarding the Internet called the general guidelines:

Whistle-blowing is usually risky.

According to the NASW Code of Ethics , social workers should provide clients with reasonable access to records.

The political arm of the NASW is called the Political Action for Candidate Election.

Yaba is a family planning counselor at a Planned Parenthood clinic. She helps clients choose contraceptive methodology and make reproductive decisions. Gretchen is a new worker who just transferred in from a small satellite clinic that had to be closed because of budget cuts. Yaba has several opportunities to talk with Gretchen about the clinic's services. Gretchen makes several comments to Yaba where her facts are blatantly in error. Yaba wonders what kind of information Gretchen is giving clients. Yaba asks Gretchen to lunch so that she might informally talk to Gretchen about her concerns.  During this meeting Yaba identifies some reading materials and a series of in-services Gretchen might pursue to improve her effectiveness. This is the ethical thing to do.

According to the NASW Code of Ethics , social workers should establish billing procedures, when appropriate, that accurately reflect the nature of services and who is to provide them.

Having the necessary skills and abilities to perform work with clients effectively is the core value of the NASW Code of Ethics entitled:

Cite and explain five of the 16 social workers' ethical responsibilities to clients as presented in the NASW Code of Ethics .

The Canadian Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics includes which of the following values?

When conceptualizing an ethical dilemma, it is important to get feedback from others.

The first principle in Loewenberg, Harringotn, and Dolgoff's "Ethical Principles Screen" is:

Define, compare, and contrast the terms: confidentiality, relative confidentiality, and privilege.  Discuss their implications for social work practice.

Social workers' ethical responsibilities in practice settings include the fact that social workers should record information as accurately and adequately as possible in a timely manner. This is stated under the content heading of:

The Self Determination Movement is founded on all of the following principles except :

______ is defined by the NASW Code of Ethics as the understanding of the concept of culture, appreciating the strengths inherent in all diverse cultures, acquiring a continuously growing knowledge base about clients' cultures that can be applied to practice, being sensitive to and appreciative of cultural differences, and seeking to understand the nature of oppression and social diversity as they apply to various groups.

Agency policies and regulation always coincide with professional social work values.

The first step in conceptualizing an ethical dilemma is:

Social workers should have the qualifications, ability, and skill to conduct social work practice effectively with the particular clients and problems involved.