RWA 3 501
Who Owes Loyalty to Whom?
In this particular ethical dilemma one colleague, John, is telling clients about another colleague, Jane, sexual orientation. When Jane goes and speaks to her field supervisor about the situation she says that she can no do anything about the situation because one of Johns relatives is a board member with a lot of power and she is afraid that if she does do something she will lose her job. In this case there are many ethical principles that were broken. First off, the NASW code of ethics has a section for ethical responsibilities regarding to colleges. John broke the first code of ethics, respect. John did not respect Janes request to stop telling clients about her sexual orientation. I would also say that …show more content…
I would have Jane talk about how she felt when John disclosed this information to clients and I would also have her talk about why she is mad. I would have John talk to me about what he thinks being professional is and I would discuss what is not professionally appropriate. I would make the environment as calm as possible and I would make sure that we are having a conversation and not a scolding. If I were to receive a call or email from Johns relative ask him and Jane to come into the office and have her explain what had happen. I feel this is the appropriate thing to do because I do not want to disclose Janes problem and sexuality without her permission or her being present. I also would want to make sure that Jane in comfortable in the agency.
Ethical dilemmas can make it hard for a person to do their job. I think it is important that social workers possess skills of critical thinking. Without critical thinking skills social workers cannot do their job to the best of their ability. Ethical dilemmas provide added stress to a social worker but it is important for a social worker to weigh the options for solving the problem and also not to be to hesitant to ask a supervisor as to how to resolve the
Who Owes Loyalty to Whom?
In this particular ethical dilemma one colleague, John, is telling clients about another colleague, Jane, sexual orientation. When Jane goes and speaks to her field supervisor about the situation she says that she can no do anything about the situation because one of Johns relatives is a board member with a lot of power and she is afraid that if she does do something she will lose her job. In this case there are many ethical principles that were broken. First off, the NASW code of ethics has a section for ethical responsibilities regarding to colleges. John broke the first code of ethics, respect. John did not respect Janes request to stop telling clients about her sexual orientation. I would also say that …show more content…
I would have Jane talk about how she felt when John disclosed this information to clients and I would also have her talk about why she is mad. I would have John talk to me about what he thinks being professional is and I would discuss what is not professionally appropriate. I would make the environment as calm as possible and I would make sure that we are having a conversation and not a scolding. If I were to receive a call or email from Johns relative ask him and Jane to come into the office and have her explain what had happen. I feel this is the appropriate thing to do because I do not want to disclose Janes problem and sexuality without her permission or her being present. I also would want to make sure that Jane in comfortable in the agency.
Ethical dilemmas can make it hard for a person to do their job. I think it is important that social workers possess skills of critical thinking. Without critical thinking skills social workers cannot do their job to the best of their ability. Ethical dilemmas provide added stress to a social worker but it is important for a social worker to weigh the options for solving the problem and also not to be to hesitant to ask a supervisor as to how to resolve the