Arguments Against Supporting Planned Parenting

In every instance the nature of the relationship between social work and government has raised ethical issues, primarily with respect to the nature of government’s duty to citizens. is the assistant director for program services in the state Department of Mental Health. One of his primary duties is to establish, fund, and monitor community-based facilities for people with mental illness. Supporting Planned Parenting would enable the United Federation to raise more funds to support important programs and services, an act utilitarian would endorse funding the agency. However, if such funding would have an adverse effect on overall contributions, an act utilitarian would argue against supporting Planned Parenting. A rule utilitarian, in contrast, would focus on the long-term consequences that would result from the precedent set if the United Federation were to fund Planned Parenting. A rule utilitarian would probably raise questions about the long-term consequences that might result if the United Federation allows political pressure and local controversy to determine its funding decisions. From this …show more content…
Barry recognizes the relevance of the moral virtues to the challenge of whistle-blowing in agency settings: Truthfulness, non-injury, and fairness are the ordinary categories of obligations that employees have to third parties. Before deciding to blow the whistle, social workers must carefully consider the severity of the harm and misconduct involved and the quality of the evidence of wrongdoing. An unfortunate feature of social work is that practitioners sometimes encounter wrongdoing in the profession. Among the most difficult ethical decisions social workers face is whether to blow the whistle on a colleague and to report the misconduct to supervisors or other authorities. In many instances, however, deception is clearly inappropriate or at least