Being a social worker is a tough profession. The profession is not always respected and some social workers face quite a bit of hate or anger. Social workers also have to face a number of rough situations and must make difficult decisions that not everyone may agree with. Some of these decisions are known as ethical dilemmas. In the lecture, The History of Social Work, an ethical dilemma is described as existing when there are conflicts between the two or more of the core social work values (class
Social work is a tough profession. The profession is not always respected and some workers face a lot of hate or anger. Social workers also have to face a number of rough times and have to make hard decisions. Some of these decisions are be known as ethical dilemmas. In the lecture The History of Social Work, and ethical dilemma is described as existing when there are conflicts between the two or more of the core social work values (class lecture, September 21, 2015). A common ethical dilemma social
Articles used in this research agreed on the common ways to treat or handle the ethical dilemma of confidentiality. To begin with, The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (NASW) states that social workers should respect clients’ privacy and protect the confidentiality of all information obtained. The NASW Code of Ethics (Section 1.07c) declares: “The general expectation that social workers will keep information confidential does not apply when disclosure is necessary to prevent
legal is unethical and whatever is deemed ethical is also illegal. They might not overlap in other situations but the contexts in which they are applied might rule out their legality or ethicality (Banks 2001). The complication in the dichotomy of human behavior in light of laws and ethics is due to legislations that contravene ethics and the inability for enforcers to have solutions that encompass the two. Social workers are often faced by the dilemma of choice with regard to laws and ethics.
An ethical dilemma is a situation in which a decision must be made between two choices that may produce conflicting results. Ethical dilemmas require compromising ethical principles regardless of which option is selected. As such, the decision made is never classified as being perfect (Allen, 2012). One such dilemma arose from Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. River blindness is a disease that affects one’s skin and eyes causing skin infections and permanent blindness. This disease
Youth homelessness is a prevailing social issue among the world. Bassuk (2010) detailed how approximately 1.5 million youth experience homelessness in America each year. The current economic recession and staggering numbers of housing foreclosures have caused the numbers of homelessness to increase dramatically. For my field education placement learning I am a resource specialist at the Covenant House of Michigan. The Covenant House is one of many homeless youth shelters in the United States. The
long run it is very essential to follow an ethical culture. When we consider at a global level, most of the countries prefer to deal with organizations which exhibit and open and moral behavior. A good ethical culture also leads to happy employees which strive to work better and deliver best performance which in turn leads to successful and thriving business. Many scholars have defined ethics, ethical culture etc in many different perspectives. We
In present-day ethical dilemmas are part of our daily lives. They influence and determine one’s actions upon controversial topics. An ethical dilemma can be described as the "situation in which there is a choice to be made between two options neither of which resolve the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion."(make sure to quote)-------this definition can be applied to the moral issue of euthanasia. Euthanasia or otherwise known as assisted suicide is the topic of much conflict, and continues
Ethical issues surrounding video games “In the United States alone, an estimated 99 percent of boys and 94 percent of girls play video games with 97 percent playing at least one hour per day. The revenue from the video game industry topped $25 billion dollars in 2010 alone (compared to Hollywood's box office sales of $10.8 billion for the U.S. and Canada) and video games have become an important part of popular culture.” (Vitelli, 2014). In today’s society, there is a lot of discussion on the potential
1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months, Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress