Each student will select one question to answer. You must include the page number in the book which assisted you with your answer. Each student will comment on two of their peers responses. No two students may answer the same question.
1. The book provides six actions a social worker can take upon learning that a colleague has engaged in unethical behaviors. List and discuss four of the six options.
2. Explain why a social worker is faced with an ethical dilemma when they discover that the policies of the agency they work for are not ethical.
3. Explain in detail how you would assess the following situation:
Your supervisor is going away for two weeks and asks you to stay at her home to take care of her animals and keep an eye on the house. She offers you $200.00 for your assistance.
4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the concepts of direct liability and vicarious liability.
5. The goals and objectives of some organizations are not always congruent with the values of the social work profession. To whom should a social worker be committed: the employing agency, the client, or themselves? Provide rationale for your decision.
6. List and discuss the responsibilities of a supervisor.
7. Discuss the Exemplar 10.2 Failure to Report a Case of Child Abuse (page 165), and how a report could affect the therapeutic relationship.
8. Engage the class in a discussion of both the positive and negative experiences they have had with supervisors in their past and present placements.
9. Discuss with the class what a social worker should do if their ethics and values are in conflict with the ethics and values of a member of their consulting team who is from another profession.
10. If an administrator renames “recreation services” to “respite services” because government funding for recreation is dropped, an illusion of compliance is achieved by playing semantics games; is this ethical behavior?
11. Discuss with the class what each member feels her responsibility is when she learns that a colleague has violated the Code of Ethics.
12. Ask the students to list what qualities they look for in a supervisor and discuss these qualities as a class.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 173-176. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
ReplyDelete6. List and discuss the responsibilities of a supervisor
Some claims may implicate supervisors under the legal doctrine of respondeat superior. This doctirne also known as vicarious liability means the supervisor is responsible for the actions of the supervisee that were conducted during the course of employment. Supervisors are very powerful and are required to make assignments, evaluate work, decide on promotions, and at times terminate an employment.
PG 175-176
2. Explain why a social worker is faced with an ethical dilemma when they discover that the policies of the agency they work for are not ethical.
ReplyDelete- A particularly difficult ethical dilemma is faced by social workers when they discover that their agency’s policies or regulations are unethical. For example, a hospital social worker discovers soon after employment that it is hospital policy to pressure social workers to encourage mentally competent patients to move into nursing homes. Intended to counter excessive concern by the hospital staff about patient safety following discharge, these actions override patients’ rights to autonomy and self-determination.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 167 Belmont: Cengage Learning.
1. The book provides six actions a social worker can take upon learning that a colleague has engaged in unethical behaviors. List and discuss four of the six options.
ReplyDeleteoption a: one can decide not to report the violating behavior because reporting it may be too troublesome, past experience suggests that nothing will be done about it even if it is reported, or the conduct may be so widespread that it is unlikely that anyone will take the complaint seriously.
option b: an informal approach to the colleague may resolve the problematic behavior, especially if the violation is of a minor or technical nature or appears to be the result of lack of experience or knowledge.
option c: if the alleged unethical conduct also violates agency rules, it may be brought to the attention of one's supervisor or it may be raised formally by using agency procedures established for this purpose.
option d: the alleged unethical behavior may be brought to the attention of the nasw committee on inquiry.
option e: where a state licensing board regulates social work practice, unethical conduct harmful to clients can be reported to the board.
option f: the unethical conduct may be brought to the attention of the general public, with the expectation that an aroused public will demand appropriate action to bring an end to the violation.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 164 Belmont: Cengage Learning.
12. Ask the students to list what qualities they look for in a supervisor and discuss these qualities as a class.
ReplyDeleteI look for various qualities in a supervisor. I would like my supervisor to be very professional but not so strict that they do not act like they are human. I hope to have the type of relationship where my supervisor provides constructive critisism but does not require me to do things exactly their way. I have had a supervisor that did numerous unethical things or things that were against the companys regulations. I felt uncomfortable in the position when I became aware of the actions of the supervisor.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 178. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
8. Engage the class in a discussion of both the positive and negative experiences they have had with supervisors in their past and present placements.
ReplyDeleteDuring my past and present placements there have been both positive and negative experiences. However I have learned that a negative can always be turned into a positive in which something can be learned from each experience. During my last internship I had a supervisor who's primary focus was to make sure that all of her work was completed rather than focusing solely on the needs of her clients. This supervisor often times seemed too busy to impart much needed knowldge on myself as an intern. When observing the behavior of this supervisor on many occasions, she seemed to be lacking empathy as this was a necesarry tool to have when woking with clients.
Some positive experiences that I have encountered with my supervisor is the way in how she imparted knowledge on me. She treated me as her equal rather than as student who was working for her. This supervisor allowed me to experience many things on my own in which this was a beneficial way in my gaining of knowledge.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
7. Discuss the Exemplar 10.2 Failure to Report a Case of Child Abuse (page 165), and how a report could affect the therapeutic relationship.
ReplyDeleteResearch findings do not support the claim that reporting child abuse interferes with maintaining a therapeutic relationship. A national survey of psychologist who and psychotherapists and who had filed at least one mandated child abuse report found that clients remained in treatment when such reports were made, especially when certain factors were present.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 166. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the concepts of direct liability and vicarious liability.
ReplyDeleteDirect liability may be charged when harm is caused by the supervisor’s acts of omission or commission, such as when the supervisee is assigned duties for which the supervisee is inadequately trained or experience, or when supervisors do not follow supervision guidelines promulgated by their state boards and/or professional associations. Vicarious liability is supervision that may also be charged when the supervisor makes mistakes, stating that a supervisor is responsible for the actions of a supervise that were conducted during the course of employment, training, or field instruction, including potential ethical lapses. Both supervision and supervisee can intentionally fabricate information about a client in supervision and forging a supervisor signature. Supervisor and supervisee rating reflected a considerable amount of agreement.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 178--179. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
Supervisors play an important role at agencies because they keep all staff members organized and tasked oriented. Supervisors have legal doctrine and are responsible for the actions of supervisee that were conducted during the course of employment. Supervisors are encouraged to make assignment, and evaluate the performance of the supervises.
ReplyDeleteChapter 10
ReplyDelete4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the concepts of
direct liability and vicarious liability. Vicarious liability is the assignment of financial
responsibility to someone other than the employee or agent for the damages that result from the employee's or agent's actions. Direct liability is a legal obligation which results from someone's personal actions. So to compare the two I would say that they are similar because in both cases someone would be getting sued for whatever damage was caused but to contrast the two, with vicarious liability you can sue either the person who did it or their employer. But with direct liability, you can only sue the person who causes the damage.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
11. In this situation Alex should have notified his supervisor that he had had a previous relationship with Zoe and refer the case to another worker. Alex should have never been assigned to the case.
ReplyDeleteb.) There are three role relationships in this situation. The first is with Alex and Zoe , and the second is with Alex and his supervisor.
5. The goals and objectives of some organizations are not always congruent with the values of the social work profession. To whom should a social worker be committed: the employing agency, the client, or themselves? Provide rationale for your decision.
ReplyDelete5. A social worker may have ethical dilemma to stay true to is the client. The social work profession is built off of the client. The agency is important because this where you get your funds from. If it was not for the client to give information for an assessment that person would not get paid. I was told the social work make money off of what is documented. If it is not documented there is no for the social worker. It is important that the client receive an effective plan and goal.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. Belmont: Cengage Learning
3. Explain in detail how you would assess the following situation:
ReplyDeleteYour supervisor is going away for two weeks and asks you to stay at her home to take care of her animals and keep an eye on the house. She offers you $200.00 for your assistance.
First, I will check my schedule to see if I’m available. Second, I would need some back ground information on the animal such as breed, age, size, health (have it had all his shots, or and serious medical conditions that I need to be aware of). Because if anything is to happen to that dog, I responsible for it because I was in charge of watching it. If I feel that I an unable to provided the proper services the dog need, I would see if I can find a shelter for the animal that around $200 or less to take care of the animal for her while she is gone. If the dog doesn’t require that much need I wouldn’t mind keeping an eye on the house, feeding the animal and making sure it was water. I might even let the animal walk around with the lease on in the backyard.
My Citation: Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 178--179. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
ReplyDeleteDolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg PG 175-176 Belmont: Cengage Learning.
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