Paradox

Discussion 1: “Ethically, What Went Wrong?” Number 2 situation involves a caseworker who is uncomfortable around gay men. The client was in a long-term gay relationship and is devastated by the ending. Due to the client’s past episodes with severe depression in the past. The caseworker attempts to have him evaluated by a therapist, however, in the meantime, begin to weep and threatened to take his life. Car, the caseworker is particularly uncomfortable with the man’s tears and considers its…

The dilemma presented is to find an ethical action to the following situation: the issue is whether or not inform your in-laws that an opportunity presented at your work could potentially save their company from bankruptcy. You must also decide whether or not you should ask your workplace to extend the deadline of the public tender to allow your in-laws’ company to submit a proper proposal. Based on the justifications analyzed below, the ethical decision is to inform your in-laws of the public…

Ethical dilemmas are quite commonly encountered by social workers during their interactions with clients, agency policies, procedures, colleagues and organizational systems. An ethical dilemma can be described as a predicament where a person must decide between two viable solutions that seem to have similar ethical values (Freud and Krug, 2002). Ethical dilemmas can often be resolved by the social worker by seeking assistance from a supervisor and implementing a professional code of ethics. This…

Problem-Based Scenario Resolution Ethics dilemmas in the work place are the most difficult as the ethical awareness to do what is right often conflicts with an individual's desire to maintain their employment in order to provide for themselves and their family. The ability to do what is right requires courage and a personal commitment to ethical behavior, practice, and action despite personal risk. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the standards and codes of American Psychological…

Irony in Good Country People Good Country People by Flannery O’Conner, touches upon the identities of Christians of Southern America and also focuses on the part played by intellectualism and physical challenges in the development of identity of individuals. The entire plot is spiced with tearing irony. There are four clear sections in the story emphasizing the relationships between four prime characters. The irony of the story encompasses the social and religious parameters and the rude outlook…

The article The Effects of Age and Delay on Responses to Repeated Questions in Forensic Interviews With Children Alleging Sexual Abuse written by Samantha J. Andrews and Michael E. Lamb focuses their study on the repeated questions asked by the forensic interviewers to the children who might have been victims of an alleged child sexual abuse to check if the children don’t contradict the statements they provided, and hereby reinforcing their case against the suspect in the courts. The main…

Short Term 12 was a very interesting movie. It had hints of being realistic, but with aspects where you knew it was a movie. It’s about a group of workers who work in a foster care residential facility setting. The main character, Grace, deals with her own personal struggles while she supervises the children at the facility. I have a short bit of experience at a facility like Short Term 12 in some aspects; I can see where parts of the movie are realistic and where are some are an exaggeration…

Each humanities course focuses on a different aspect of the human condition. History is tinged by the perception of the writer, while Sociology focuses on the human society, and psychology focuses on the human mind. Literature on the other hand, has the unique ability to incorporate all of these through short stories and plays. Over the semester we have had assignments where we had to read several of these. In each of these, there always seemed to be some sort of moral dilemma. Sometimes…

Bainbridge Colby, who was an American lawyer and politician, once said that “loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.” In the story Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, it is shown by the actions of Wes Hayden, that hate and the other reasons listed in the quote above, do not have an effect on the decisions Wes makes in the duration of the story. The events that happened throughout the story caused the decisions that were made by Wes, and shape his…

The ethical case dilemma begins with Mr. Rodriguez at the Elm Elementary school and the placement of Sally, a student. Due to the lack of one child he needs to get additional help, (with 31 students and a need for 32 students), and according to the district of Elm Elementary, the school does not meet the necessary requirements to gain one additional ESE teacher he would like to have. The school has 31 students in special education, a fairly considerable quantity of students but not enough for…