can anyone think of an ethical dilemma which could be applicable to a social worker which i can use in an assignment?
please help!
2006-11-05 07:51:38 · 15 answers · asked by amzydoodles 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Say the legal age in your state of consent is 16. You are dealing with a 17 year old girl who is having a sexual relationship with someone who is 30. You know that the girl is not mature enough to be doing this and clearly the man is taking advantage of her. You debate whether you tell her parents.
2006-11-05 07:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Porsche AG tried to leverage controlling interest in Volkswagen about two years ago by controlling or manipulating the Volkswagen futures market. It didn't work and that is why Goliath Volkswagen is in the process of swallowing David Porsche now. I believe it was all legal at the time, spurred by a German high court decision allowing what had previously been not allowed. An ethical dilemma? Maybe ... take it ...
2016-05-22 01:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A girl is being sexually abused or harrassed in an institutional set up by her supervisor. You know and she also knows she is suffering. Yet she does not want to take up this matter as she is scared of the repercussions and of spoiling her career. You as a social worker, would like to take up this matter, help the girl and make it clear to the perpetrator that this is not done. But you can not until, the girl herself is ready to take a stand, make a complaint and come out in public. You can only encourage her and give her support but can not force her or can not take decisions for her. Yet it is painful to see her suffer.....
2006-11-05 21:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) You have a young female to male transsexual who is in a domestic violent relationship and requires placement in a shelter.
You cannot placen them in a shelter for homeless men as she is at risk of abuse by the men there however, the womans shelter argue that the placement is not appropriate as the women already present may view her as a man and thus feel that their safety has been compromised.
2) you have a duty to support the cultural beliefs of a client of yours, however, some of these beliefs are highly sexist and are thus at conflict with your personal values.
3) You live in a relatively small community with access to limited social spaces. Your client group also socialise within the same community of people. (can be particularly relevant to workers from minority groups)
4) you have built a strong rapport with a client despite their general mis-trust of social workers. However, you have recently begun to feel attracted to her/him. To terminate the client-worker relationship would destroy what trust she/he has built in your service and is likely to cause a significant barrier to their accessing urgently needed assistance.
2006-11-07 03:17:01 · answer #4 · answered by tysonian22 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a special case on your hands. An 18 year old teenager, who just got out of correction-school, confides in you about his plans of killing his mother.
As a social worker, you have to respect the confidentiality of your conversations with the clients/patients, but on the other hand, you are unsure of what he might be capable of.
What do you do?
2006-11-05 20:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by LoreCore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are working with a person e.g. someone with mental health problems and it's supposed to be confidential etc. then you encounter someone outside of work who knows the client but doesn't know of his/her problems and is very concerned as to what is going on with said person. Do you break confidentiality to put person's mind at rest-reassure her/him that the person is gettinghelp, or do you keep schtum.
2006-11-05 07:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by allears 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, Bush recently cut funding subsidies for foster care parents. I don't think Bush understand the importance of foster care in social work.
2006-11-05 16:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethically it is wrong for you to have the hots for a client.
2006-11-05 07:56:22 · answer #8 · answered by Skanky McSkankypants 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An obvious one is a staunch Catholic being asked to look after a homosexual or council a woman having an abortion.
2006-11-05 07:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parents have split up 6 year old boy living with mum, mum is to remarry but to a woman, dad wants sole custidy of boy because of this.
Or elderly lady attending day centre has dementia, she repeatedly says her daughter is abusing her, daughter says mums bruises are due to her mum being unsteady on her feet and her forgetfulness.
2006-11-05 07:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by English Knight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋