Exam 2: Social Work Values and Ethics

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

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

Integrity means having the necessary skills and abilities to work effectively with clients.

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

Explain the social workers' ethical responsibility to clients under the principle of conflict of interest.

Confidentiality means more than not revealing information about clients to others. It also involves not asking for more information than is necessary, as well as informing clients about the limitations of confidentiality within an agency setting.

Social workers' ethical responsibilities to the broader society include:

_____ 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.

Political and civil rights are often referred to as _____ freedoms.

Social workers must use critical thinking to resolve ethical issues.

An example of social workers' ethical obligations to help people at the macro level involves implementing a support group for gay and lesbian people in the community.

Internet ethics is known as:

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

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

The NASW Code of Ethics emphasizes that social workers should not have sexual relationships with current clients, clients' relatives, or others personally involved with clients.

List the six categories of ethical standards in the NASW Code of Ethics.

State the eight dimensions included in social workers' ethical responsibilities as professionals by which they should judge their behavior and responsibility.

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

Applied to social work, the principle of client self-determination means that practitioners are responsible for each of the following except: