Deck 3: Essential Ethics in Social Work Practice

Question 1

Using "creative" therapies such as "re-birthing" or "re-parenting" is ethical despite the
lack of supporting research as long as the client says it's OK.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Client confidentiality can never be violated under any circumstances.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

"Informed consent" means that…

A) the social worker can use any intervention they choose as long as the client
Agrees to it
B) the social worker has informed the client about the nature of the intervention
She has recommended
C) the client has voluntarily agreed to participate in the intervention
D) b and c

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Social workers can never challenge court orders for full disclosure of client case notes.

Question 5

The Tarasoff case is important because it demonstrated…..

A) the importance of protecting client confidentiality at all costs
B) the practitioner's "duty to warn" possible victims of a client's imminent threat
Of violence
C) breaching ethics by having sexual relations with a client
D) the need for practitioners to protect themselves from violent clients

Question 6

Starting a romantic and sexual relationship with a client is considered ethically acceptable as soon as the case is officially terminated.

Question 7

The main purpose of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to…

A) see that clients who breach practice ethics are sanctioned
B) review the license applications for independent social work practitioners
C) design and revise ethical codes of conduct for practitioners
D) review applications of researchers to see that client's rights are protected

Question 8

Malpractice can be charged when a social worker….

A) was shown to have deliberately harmed a client as a result of an intervention
B) the practitioner did not use an evidence-based practice
C) the social worker's intervention deviated from the standard of care
D) a and c

Question 9

The bioethicist Arthur Caplan makes the argument that….

A) Involuntary treatment is always unethical
B) Treatment cannot be defined as "involuntary"
C) Aggressive child sex abusers should be placed on a desert island forever
D) Involuntary treatment can help to restore a client's autonomy

Question 10

Ethical and liability risks….

A) are low-frequency/high risk events that cannot be predicted or reduced
B) are easily resolved by the practitioner through self-disclosure of personal
Feelings
C) can be reduced by careful assessment of client's high risk behaviors
D) a and c