Examples Of Ethical Dilemmas Facing Social Workers
Human rights dilemmas facing social workers
The primary objective of social work is to improve the living conditions of human beings and help them in meeting basic human needs, with special focus on people who are oppressed or those living in poverty. Social workers relentlessly work towards ending various form of social injustice such as discrimination, oppression and poverty through a coordinated effort that includes consultation, administration, policy, advocacy, social and political action, policy development and implementation, education, research and evaluation. Ethical dilemmas are quite commonly encountered by social workers during their interactions with clients, agency policies, procedures, colleagues, administrators, and organizational systems.
An ethical dilemma is a predicament where a person must decide between two viable solutions that seem to have similar …show more content…
Is Honesty a Best Policy? - If you have to break the news to an ailing mother that her son had a serious accident – Is Honesty the best Policy? Or, if you are a salesman who has to make a living plugging a product that you are not too sure is good, can you expect to sell anything by telling your customer the truth?
Can I put others before Myself? – If I am a Pilot of an aircraft that I know is going to crash and there is one parachute and very little time, do I make an announcement or try and jump out? Or, does the CEO of a company that is losing big time sell their stock options before the markets get to know and tank??
Is All fair in Love & War? – In many movies we see the hero and his best friend are in love with the same girl – What should the hero do? In real life, should some one sacrifice his love or his friendship?
Can there be a free lunch? – If you are the waiter in a restaurant and a poor kid comes and eats there but doesn’t have enough money to pay the bill, should you let it go unnoticed if no one else has seen it?
Impact of Ethical
The primary objective of social work is to improve the living conditions of human beings and help them in meeting basic human needs, with special focus on people who are oppressed or those living in poverty. Social workers relentlessly work towards ending various form of social injustice such as discrimination, oppression and poverty through a coordinated effort that includes consultation, administration, policy, advocacy, social and political action, policy development and implementation, education, research and evaluation. Ethical dilemmas are quite commonly encountered by social workers during their interactions with clients, agency policies, procedures, colleagues, administrators, and organizational systems.
An ethical dilemma is a predicament where a person must decide between two viable solutions that seem to have similar …show more content…
Is Honesty a Best Policy? - If you have to break the news to an ailing mother that her son had a serious accident – Is Honesty the best Policy? Or, if you are a salesman who has to make a living plugging a product that you are not too sure is good, can you expect to sell anything by telling your customer the truth?
Can I put others before Myself? – If I am a Pilot of an aircraft that I know is going to crash and there is one parachute and very little time, do I make an announcement or try and jump out? Or, does the CEO of a company that is losing big time sell their stock options before the markets get to know and tank??
Is All fair in Love & War? – In many movies we see the hero and his best friend are in love with the same girl – What should the hero do? In real life, should some one sacrifice his love or his friendship?
Can there be a free lunch? – If you are the waiter in a restaurant and a poor kid comes and eats there but doesn’t have enough money to pay the bill, should you let it go unnoticed if no one else has seen it?
Impact of Ethical