Case 7150 was about Sarah N. Villegas. A social worker at Odyssey Hospice in Charleston. Sarah was in charge of helping many elderly clients who still lived in their homes. During her years at Odyssey, Sarah did not follow the standards in the NASW Code of ethics. The first standard she broke was 1.03a Informed consent. She used other client’s information without permission to get funding for clients who were not eligible. Sarah also did not follow the guidelines of standard 1.13b and 1.13c. 1.13b advises social workers to not accept gifts from clients. She admits to receiving numerous accolades in Mitigating Circumstances number 7. Sarah broke section 1.13b by offering funding to people who did not need it. Standard 3.04 is client
