1. SocWf 310B

2. Agenda Agreements revisited Wednesday Ethics
Components of the NASW Code of Ethics
Legal duties
Decision-making process
Practice!
Upcoming assignment
Agreements revisited
Wednesday

3. Where are we?

4. How can you connect this picture to what we are doing?

5. How is this helping you to achieve your goals?

7. Respect for and adherence to social work values & ethics
Today
Respect for and adherence to social work values & ethics

8. Remember:
First & best rule of practice is that if you are unsure of what to do and/or believe that there are ethical dilemmas that need to be addressed, seek out collaboration or supervision.

9. The Components Legal Duties (6) Values (6) (Cournoyer uses 8)
Ethical Principles (6)
Ethical Standards (6), with subsections to each

10. Duties (Cournoyer) Duty of care Duty to respect privacy
Duty to maintain confidentiality
Duty to inform
Duty to report
Duty to warn & protect

11. Core Values: Service Social Justice Dignity & worth of the person
Importance of human relationships
Competence
Integrity
Human rights
Scientific inquiry

12. Standards-Social Workers’ ethical responsibility
to clients
to colleagues
in practice
as professionals
to the profession
to the broader society

13. What is an ethical dilemma?

14. ETHIC Model of decision making
E – Examine… T – Think about… H – Hypothesize… I – Identify… C – Consult…

15. Plus, from Reamer:
Make the decision & document the decision- making process
Monitor, evaluate and document the decision

16. Remember:
First & best rule of practice:
if you are unsure of what to do and/or believe that there are ethical dilemmas that need to be addressed, seek out collaboration or supervision.

18. Small Group Work
Using the worksheet, work through the following cases:
Strom-Gottfried #2, 6 or 7, 10
Cournoyer pg 175 #5

19. Agreements Be responsible for your own internal “checks & balances”
Be conscious of your privilege, power, position as you decide how & when to interact
Monitor yourself
Monitor use of electronics so that they do not interrupt or distract others (including Jane!)
Added: Confidentiality respected. (What is said in here, stays in here. If it’s not my own information, it’s not mine to share.)
Respect each other:
Open-minded
Listen to differences in opinions, beliefs, values
Non-judgmental
Don’t interrupt
Give time to speak
Be sensitive to language & terms that you use
Use questions and “I” statements to share or to suggest different perspectives; use inquiry questions to explore others’ ideas, beliefs, etc.
Value ALL voices

20. What have I noticed about how we are working together as a group? (i.e. interactions, communications, sharing tasks) What changes or adjustments might help us better learn with each other?

21. Ethics Writing Assignment

22. Identities, diversity, social justice
Follow handout for homework!
Practice every chance you get!
NOTE: Ethics assignment due 5 pm via Canvas