As the exemplar of professional conduct for social workers, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics exhibits stringent principles and responsibilities in the face of ethical dilemmas natural to interpersonal relationships within practice settings. In order to ensure quality of service toward clients while maintaining professionalism in correspondence with individual colleagues and agencies, the Code of Ethics describes a social worker’s fundamental values with a special emphasis on competency and respect. Relating to these particular values highlighted in the Code of Ethics, discussed are ethical issues present among individuals in the film Gran Torino, and the implementation of said principles in dilemmas one
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After being in intensive care for three days, the medical staff had pronounced Eric brain dead and were given permission by Bill and Brenda to remove the infant’s life support. While speaking to the parents, Evita discovered that Bill, who had been drinking but insists on not actually being intoxicated, had fallen asleep and rolled over onto the infant, suffocating and ultimately causing the death of his son. However, unaware of the details, Eric’s primary physician determined the infant’s official cause of death to be sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which implies a cessation of breathing without an apparent cause. Evita is now confronted with the dilemma of either informing the overseeing physician of Eric’s actual cause of death and risk an investigation of Bill and Brenda’s parental competency, or to leave the situation be as the infant has passed and the parents have suffered enough already. As the social worker in this circumstance with specific ethical responsibilities, Evita must uphold a high standard of practice and apply the “Ethical Principles” as they are described in the Code of Ethics, with a particular emphasis on integrity. By behaving in a trustworthy manner and communicating the details of Eric’s death to the overseeing physician, Evita is granting justice and honor to the infant’s death …show more content…
In regards to a particular client, Dora is a single mother struggling to make ends meet for her three children while simultaneously participating in a job-training program that will prepare her for future employment. However, she discloses to Harry an opportunity she was given to earn extra income for her family through babysitting children in her neighborhood, and is pleased at the sudden stability of her financial situation. In the chance that individuals on public assistance are receiving supplementary income, regulations require that it be reported immediately, although doing so will cause an impactful decrease in the individual 's financial benefits. Upon hearing this news, Harry is faced with the ethical dilemma of either reporting Dora’s sparse additional income, or knowingly working against the regulations of his agency. By reporting Dora’s income, Harry will put his client at risk of a reduction in her public assistance, which will cause Dora to discontinue her babysitting job and will potentially place her family in a significantly worse financial situation to begin with. With specific responsibilities to his client and to himself as a professional to uphold certain ethical standards, Harry should report Dora’s additional income in her current babysitting job, even while the negative
After being in intensive care for three days, the medical staff had pronounced Eric brain dead and were given permission by Bill and Brenda to remove the infant’s life support. While speaking to the parents, Evita discovered that Bill, who had been drinking but insists on not actually being intoxicated, had fallen asleep and rolled over onto the infant, suffocating and ultimately causing the death of his son. However, unaware of the details, Eric’s primary physician determined the infant’s official cause of death to be sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which implies a cessation of breathing without an apparent cause. Evita is now confronted with the dilemma of either informing the overseeing physician of Eric’s actual cause of death and risk an investigation of Bill and Brenda’s parental competency, or to leave the situation be as the infant has passed and the parents have suffered enough already. As the social worker in this circumstance with specific ethical responsibilities, Evita must uphold a high standard of practice and apply the “Ethical Principles” as they are described in the Code of Ethics, with a particular emphasis on integrity. By behaving in a trustworthy manner and communicating the details of Eric’s death to the overseeing physician, Evita is granting justice and honor to the infant’s death …show more content…
In regards to a particular client, Dora is a single mother struggling to make ends meet for her three children while simultaneously participating in a job-training program that will prepare her for future employment. However, she discloses to Harry an opportunity she was given to earn extra income for her family through babysitting children in her neighborhood, and is pleased at the sudden stability of her financial situation. In the chance that individuals on public assistance are receiving supplementary income, regulations require that it be reported immediately, although doing so will cause an impactful decrease in the individual 's financial benefits. Upon hearing this news, Harry is faced with the ethical dilemma of either reporting Dora’s sparse additional income, or knowingly working against the regulations of his agency. By reporting Dora’s income, Harry will put his client at risk of a reduction in her public assistance, which will cause Dora to discontinue her babysitting job and will potentially place her family in a significantly worse financial situation to begin with. With specific responsibilities to his client and to himself as a professional to uphold certain ethical standards, Harry should report Dora’s additional income in her current babysitting job, even while the negative