SOWK 270 QUIZ FiNAL

NASW adopted its first Code of Ethics in:

1960

According to the text, what are the two separate aims in ethics education?

Exposure to professionally specific principles and cultivation of ethical decision-making capabilities

If a social worker’s agency has an ethics committee, it is appropriate for a social worker to seek assistance from the committee when determining how to address an ethical dilemma.

True

An ethical dilemma is defined as:

A situation where there are at least two competing social work values

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, when seeking consultation on a particular issue, social workers should consult only with those social workers employed by their agency

 

False

One limitation to Kohlberg’s theory has been its:

Emphasis on cognition or moral judgment.

The question, “Whose needs am I really meeting?” is an example of:

Moral Motivation

The neo-Kohlbergian approach centers on the Four Component Model, which describes four psychological processes that affect moral behavior. These four processes are:

Moral sensitivity, moral judgment, moral motivation, and moral character.

Kohlberg’s view of moral development assumes that:

It is possible to conform to social norms and be morally wrong.

The neo-Kohlbergian group introduced three moral schemas in response to criticism over Kohlberg’s use of “hard” stages. These schemas are:

Personal interest, postconventional, and maintaining norms.

The Gert Morality Framework includes an assessment of whether the social worker’s violation of a moral rule is being done intentionally or unintentionally. The social worker having good intentions is enough to justify the violation.

False

The Gert Morality Framework emphasizes the importance of knowing not only the facts of the case, but also having knowledge about the circumstances surrounding the facts of the case that influence your understanding of present and potential harms.

True

Gert’s Morality Framework is meant to assist social workers in determining how to address an ethical dilemma in a way that results in no one getting hurt.

False

Using Gert Morality Framework, the social worker would identify the desires and beliefs of the client whom the rule is being violated.  This is meant to assist the social worker in assessing the client’s ability to make a rational decision.

True

The common morality framework was developed to solve every moral and ethical dilemma one may be faced with.

False

According to the text, social workers have a moral requirement to provide clients information about potential benefits of treatment, not the possible harm they may experience in receiving treatment.

False

The factors that may interfere with the client’s ability to make a rational decision include cognitive disabilities that prevent understanding or influence volition, such as extreme phobias.

True

Determining if a client is unable to give consent due to incompetence requires that the social worker:

• Examines whether the client is making an irrational choice given their circumstance.

• Identifies specific factors that may interfere with the client’s ability to make the decision to give consent.

According to the text, social workers do not necessarily have to obtain informed consent before audiotaping or videotaping clients if the client is mandated to receive services.

False

Obtaining informed consent consists of which of the three following elements (select all that apply):

• The disclosure of adequate information.

• Voluntariness, including absence of coercion.

• Competence or capability to make the decision.

The 1996 Supreme Court ruling in the Jaffee v. Redmond case resulted in the strengthening and protecting of worker-client privilege for social workers.

True

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and other jurisdictional laws provide privacy and security standards for performing services electronically that address:

• Patient Rights

• Allowable disclosure

• Data Protection

Privacy is of utmost importance when using social media as a professional. It is highly recommended that social workers who choose to utilize social media sites take precautions to keep personal information private, out of a concern for both professionalism and personal safety. Precautions can include:

• Limiting social media account settings to share content only with friends or family.

• Turning off automatic location information and limiting the use of check-in platforms.

Key practices should be kept in mind when using social media in order to protect yourself and the clients who seek your services, along with your reputation and future livelihood as a social worker. These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Using social media to network with other social work professionals.

Breaching confidentiality in typical cases can result in:

• A violation in the professional Code of Ethics.

• A violation in State laws.

• Sanctions by State Boards, and loss of license to practice.

In Step 2 of the common morality analytic framework, one must ask:

Would a rational and impartial person publicly allow such a decision?

In Step 1 of the common morality analytic framework, one attempts to identify the morally relevant features of the particular case. In this chapter, these features include:

• What are the relevant desires/beliefs of the person toward whom the rule is being violated?

• What harms would be caused?

• What goods are being presented by the violation?

The concept of competency was originally established by the federal Supreme Court as a necessary ability to proceed to trial.

True

Client competency can directly relate to two core ethical principles, one being the commitment to foster a client’s right to self-determination, and the other being a commitment to to do what is in the best interest of the client.

True

One’s ability to make a rational decision of a certain kind can be seriously interfered with by the following factors EXCEPT:

A cognitive disability that still allows coordinating the information in “A” with one’s personal ranking of the various goods and harms associated with the available options.

Paternalistic acts always violate the rule of not depriving individuals of their freedom.

True

Suggesting that a client who is struggling with sobriety participate in substance abuse treatment is an example of paternalism.

False

According to the text, there is never a time that a social worker can justify acting paternalistic with a client.

False

Paternalism means that the social worker is responsible for determining the following except:

What services are appropriate for a client

Paternalism inherently restricts freedom and self-determination of the client, and the decision of when to act paternalistically is measured, at least in part, as a consideration of doing:

The least harm

In order to decrease the potential for a conflict of interest, a social worker who provides services two or more people who have a relationship with each other should: 

Clarify with all parties which individuals will be considered clients and the nature of the social worker's professional obligations to the individuals who are receiving services

In instances when dual or multiple relationships are unavoidable, social workers should:

• Take steps to protect clients

• Be responsible for setting clear, appropriate, and culturally sensitive boundaries.

Some social worker behaviors that may lead to dual relationship with clients include:

• Hugging

• Kissing

• Bartering for services

Conflicts of interest are always avoidable.

False

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, social workers can have a romantic relationship with individuals who are close with their client as long as the individual is not related to the client.

False