This assignment requires students to begin to apply social work or human services ethical principles to guide professional practice. The assignment addresses ethical conflicts that are a natural part of social work practice. A central part of the paper should be a candid, NOT first person, but open examination of how your own personal and family ethics, as well as the NASW Code of Ethics and your personal perceptions, attitudes, values, experiences, emotions and stereotypes may influence your ability to perform social work practice. Students will select an issue that has ethical implications (examples include dual relationships, situations where client self-determination may be a factor, issues of respect or professionalism, etc.) After thoroughly defining and describing the issue you select, write a narrative that includes: Describes personal dimensions of how this problem/situation may have somehow touched your life, including a discussion of your personal ethical standpoint and the origin of that ethical standpoint (you must be reflective in this section). Applies theories/ethics discussed in class and in the required readings to your assessment (Students must use the NASW Code of Ethics for this assignment). 3) The final section should be a thoughtful description of the personal plan you must devise to address these perceived challenges to optimal professional practice, which includes a description of how you will apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions, and which demonstrates your ability to tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts. Limit the body of your paper to 6 to 8 typed pages, double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point font, all APA content and structure. You must make use of at least 3 different, professional reference sources (general web pages/sites are not considered professional literature) to support your discussions. Be sure to utilize correct APA format, proof read, and edit your writing. Resources need to be from the Troy library database, Public library or websites (BUT the websites used can only be from a .org or a .gov site)

This is short answer assignment and the PPT for each chapter will be attached to this assignment. For example, at most 8 sentence on point answer for each question.  

1.      Chapter 5 – self-determination; Rothman (1989); social worker expertise versus a client’s self-determination…who should make decisions; how?

2.      Chapter 4 – know the Ethical Principles Screes (EPS); what are your own ethical principles and do they compare to the screen?

3.      Chapter 2 – social work and the law; what is a social worker’s obligation within the law; what are potential consequences – criminally and civilly? Are any protections available for social workers?

4.      Chapter 1 – general principles; what are your principle; what are the most important ones to you? In your opinion, what are the most important general principles in the social work profession?

5.      Chapter 6 – value neutrality and imposing one’s own values on someone else; can a social worker ever be completely neutral and value-free? How does a social worker decide which set of values prevail?

6.      Chapter 9 – social justice; what does it mean to you? How does it relate to ethical social work practice? How does it play out in agencies or community organizations?

7.      Chapter 11 – HIPAA requirements (general); what are the ethical implications surrounding internet therapy or the delivery of services over the internet? What dilemmas are created by this?

8.      Chapter 12 – practice in rural or isolated settings; what are the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise within these settings? What role can technology play in addressing concerns, but what additional ethical dilemmas are caused by that technology?

9.      Chapter 13 – whose responsibility are professional ethics? What support can a social worker look to for help; how would a social worker go about finding support?

10.  Chapter 3 – ethical relativism versus ethical absolutism; how would you use each of these theories to tackle an ethical dilemma?