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. Discuss why the social work profession needs to advocate more for the removal of discrimination from society.
2. Discuss how limited resources pose ethical dilemmas in social work practice.
3. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the terms equity and equality.
4. Discuss your feelings related to same sex couples adopting; with so many children in the child welfare system needing permanent homes, should there be so much discrimination against same sex couples adopting?
5. Describe the role of advocacy for a social worker in regards to equality, inequality, and limited resources.
6. Provide a rationale for the following quote, “Those who are not equal should receive special (and therefore “unequal”) help (both services and resources) in order to gain equal access to life opportunities” (Dolgoff, Lowenberg, and Harrington, 2005, p. 127).
7. Discuss with the class what the 1999 Social Work Code of Ethics states about equality and how it applies at the MICRO, MEZZO, and MACRO levels of practice.
8. Discuss with the class what should be done if a client divulges information related to sexual abuse at the end of a session when there is another client waiting to be seen.
9. Discuss some of the ethical implications of allocating federal funding to the war on terrorism, Iraq, and Afghanistan while cutting important social program designed to eradicate poverty, eliminate discrimination, and improve human services.
10. Discuss with the class the issue presented in the chapter on page 128, relating to a program faced with funding cuts if it cannot recruit more White applicants, despite the long wait list of eligible African-American candidates. As the social worker, what should you do?
11. Discuss with the class the important differences between equity and equality.
12. Racism can impede a social worker’s ability to practice in which of the following ways?
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 115. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
ReplyDelete3. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the terms equity and equality.
Equality refers to identical treatment in dealings, quantities or values. Equity refers to fairness, or the equality of outcomes, and involves changing aspects of the system that have disadvantaged particular groups. Equality is often equated with democracy. From the first order value, social workers have derived the ethical rules of "equal".
pg 124-125
2. Discuss how limited resources pose ethical dilemmas in social work practice.
ReplyDelete- Deciding the allocation of societal resources on the basis of potential returns to society gives rise to other serious ethical problems. The societal contribution of highly intelligent people may be more valuable than that of people with a lower intelligence and perhaps more significant than that of persons with mental retardation. Many social work resources in health, mental health, and child welfare are not distributed equally. Members of minority groups suffer disproportionately from mental illness because they often lack access to services, receive lower quality care, and are less likely to seek help when in distress (Goode, 2001). In a review of child welfare research, it was found that “children of color and their families experiences poorer outcomes and receive fewer services than their Caucasian counterparts” (Courtney et al., 1996, p. 99). It is urgent that, wherever such unequal distribution of resources exists, this issue be reexamined and, if necessary, corrected by providing unequal (i.e., more and better) services. The provision of unequal treatment can be overt but more often occurs in social agencies in more subtle and less formal ways.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 125-126. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
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ReplyDelete12. Racism can impede a social worker’s ability to practice in which of the following ways?
ReplyDeleteRacism can impede a social worker's ability to practice in many different ways. If a social worker encounters a racist client who does not like the social worker due to ethnicity a social worker should always handle the situation in the most professional and ethical way possible. Racist clients can impede a social workers ability to help dramatically. Social workers can also have trouble with racism within the office of the perspective social service agency. An example of this would be a boss sending a specific group of people to you for service because of his or her dislike of their ethnicity. This can can cause problems within the work place. These are just a couple examples of the complex issue of racism impeding a social workers ability to help.
1. Discuss why the social work profession needs to advocate more for the removal of discrimination from society.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that the social work profession be an advocate for the removal of discrimination because discrimination is contrary to the ethical standards of profession. When discrimination interferes social workers cannot achieve their professional aims. Also discrimination can result in the competition of various resources. It can be the result of prejudices and stereotypes, such as prejudging others on the basis of unproven assumptions about individuals and groups.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 127. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
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ReplyDelete4. Discuss your feelings related to same sex couples adopting; with so many children in the child welfare system needing permanent homes, should there be so much discrimination against same sex couples adopting?
ReplyDeleteMy personal feelings towards same sex couples adopting has changed as I have progressed through my curriculum. I used to feel strongly against same sex adoption. Now I feel more comfortable with this type of adoption if the couple is the opposite sex of the child. If adoption agencies would lessen the restrictions on prospective adopting parents there would be more parents willing to adopt. There is an abundance individuals looking to adopt. I believe thes people should be utilized. I also do not wish that any child stay without a family.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 129. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
7. Discuss with the class what the 1999 Social Work Code of Ethics states about equality and how it applies at the MICRO, MEZZO, and MACRO levels of practice.
ReplyDeleteAccording to equality, the 1999 Social Work Code of Ethics states that social workers should not practice, condone, facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of race, ethinicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, or mental or physical diability. When discussing equality in reference to micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice it's important to remember that there is a whole range of activities that are needed to fight discrimination, ranging from individual (micro) interactions to confrontation of institutional and societal racism (mezzo and macro). However, both individual social workers and the profession as an organization have a responsibilty to address equality.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 127-128. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
11. Discuss with the class the important differences between equity and equality.
ReplyDeleteThe equity value may create ethical problems even with respect to goods and services that lend themselves to an equal division, because another professional value may obligate the practitioner to allocate more of her time or resources to meet the specific needs of a certain client. Equality is often equated with democracy. Americans have accepted a self-evident truth that all persons are created equal. Social workers values have derived the ethical rules of “equal distribution of resources” and equal access to opportunities.” The ethical problems resulting from the equality-and-inequality principle are often aggravated by limited resources. Due to everything that needs to be done there are never enough resources, the focus of ethical decision-making shift from micro to macro from the specific case to societal allocations. This situation a contain ethical dilemmas throughout equity and equality that describes the division that is divided between the two.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 123-130. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
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ReplyDelete3. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the terms equity
and equality.
Equity is the quality of being fair and impartial; Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. To compare the two they both of the terms deal with being equal in some form of another and to the contrast the two they talk about being equal in different ways.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 123-130. Belmont: Cengage Learning.
6. Provide a rationale for the following quote, “Those who are not equal should receive special (and therefore “unequal”) help (both services and resources) in order to gain equal access to life opportunities” (Dolgoff, Lowenberg, and Harrington, 2005, p. 127).
ReplyDeleteThis is a thought that often rationalize the unequal share of resources. Individuals that do not have access to certain things should be provided with additional resources. For example, students who will in rural areas and want to attend school with students of the urban or suburbs neighborhood should be provided with extra resources to accommodate their needs.
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ReplyDeleteRacism can interfere with a social worker's ability to. If a social worker encounters a racist client who exemplifies racism towards a, the social worker should always handle the situation in the most professional and ethical way possible. Racist clients can interfere with a social workers ability to help and provide appropriate resources. Social workers can also have trouble with racism within the office of the perspective social service agency. An example of this would be a boss sending a specific group of people to you for service because of his or her dislike of their ethnicity. This can cause problems within the work place. These are just a couple examples of the complex issue of racism impeding a social workers ability to help.
ReplyDelete5. Describe the role of advocacy for a social worker in regards to equality, inequality, and limited resources.
ReplyDeleteSocial workers have to be liberal when it comes to equality, inequality, and limited resources. When assisting a client it is all about the client. The only way social worker could not assist the client because the client is not eligible for the particular resource. Since homosexuality has been the topic for almost a year now, there is no room for conservative social work. This will lead the social work to give their opinion about that person’s sexuality. As I continue on my journey as a social work professional, i am learning that it is not me but the client.
Dolgoff, R., Frank, L., & Donna, H. (2009). Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice. pg 123-124. Belmont: Cengage Learning.