Deck 3: Social Work Values

Question 1

When a social worker does not know how to respond to a situation due to the situation going against the workers morals, the social worker is facing a:

A) Value Dilemma
B) Moral Dilemma
C) Belief Dilemma
D) NASW Code of Ethics Violation

Answer 1

A

Question 2

It is easier to change a client's belief when it conflicts with:

A) Values
B) Morals
C) Empirical Evidence
D) The NASW Code of Ethics

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Dolgoff, Loewenberg and Harrington's list of prioritized values, the following value takes precedent over all other values:

A) Maintain autonomy, independence, and freedom
B) Promote a better quality of life
C) Protection of life
D) Strengthen every person's right to privacy/confidentiality

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In Reamer's framework of decision-making, the last step is to:

A) Make the decision and document the decision-making process
B) Consult with colleagues and appropriate experts
C) Monitor, evaluate, and document the decision
D) Terminate the client

Question 5

The principle of viewing and treating a person as a unique individual is:

A) Individualization
B) Self-determination
C) Confidentiality
D) The institutional orientation toward social welfare

Question 6

The "looking-glass self-concept" theory asserts that a person's self-concept:

A) Is primarily inherited
B) Is developed primarily in terms of how other people relate to him
C) Is developed in terms of unresolved internal conflicts
D) Is developed from psychological traits

Question 7

The principle of client self-determination implies that:

A) The client, not the worker, is the chief problem solver
B) Social workers should seek to establish an expert-inferior relationship with a client
C) Social workers should not offer an opinion or suggest a resolution strategy to a client
D) It should be discouraged when the social worker has the additional function to protect society

Question 8

A social worker is permitted, expected, or required to violate confidentiality in each of the following except:

A) When the worker decides the client is being untruthful
B) When a client threatens to harm the worker
C) When a client's emotional or physical condition makes her employment a clear danger to herself or others
D) When a minor is a victim of criminal acts

Question 9

All of the following are included under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act except:

A) Patients have a right to see their medical records
B) Patients have a right to complain formally if they believe their privacy was not protected
C) Patients have a right to complain formally is if they believe their privacy was not protected
D) Patients must give authorization before information is released (with no exceptions)

Question 10

The NASW Code of Ethics contains which of these statements on boundary issues:

A) Social workers should never engage in any physical contact with clients
B) Social workers, along with their clients, assume the burden for setting clear, appropriate, and culturally sensitive boundaries
C) Social workers should not engage in sexual activities or sexual contact with former clients unless a period of ten years has passed since the professional aspect has been concluded
D) Social workers should not engage in activities or sexual contact with clients' relatives

Question 11

_____ provide(s) the social work profession with a global and contemporary set of guidelines, whereas _____ would usually be defined in vague terminology such as fairness versus unfairness or equality versus inequality.

A) Human rights; social justice
B) Social justice; human rights
C) Social justice; economic justice

Question 12

The principle of self-determination states that clients have the right to hold, express, and act upon their own opinions, as long as in doing so they do not infringe upon the rights of others.

Question 13

Client beliefs that conflict with current knowledge are easier to change than client beliefs that are based on the client's values.

Question 14

If a worker views a client negatively and is consequently unable to establish a working relationship, then that worker should transfer the case to another worker.

Question 15

The implementation of the principle of individualization often conflicts with the need for
classification.

Question 16

The danger of classifying people in a particular category is that such a classification may cause professionals to respond to people as objects rather than as individuals.

Question 17

The principle of client self-determination states that a worker should seek to remold clients and their behavior into a pattern that the worker believes will be the most beneficial.

Question 18

Confidentiality should never be violated.

Question 19

Clients of agencies receiving federal funds have no right to see their records.

Question 20

In Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists must maintain client confidentiality even if the professional believes there is a clear danger.

Question 21

NASW revised the Code of Ethics to address changes in technology.

Question 22

Social workers are encouraged to communicate with clients via social networking sites.

Question 23

Privileged communication protects the client, and the right to exercise this privilege belongs to the client, not the professional.

Question 24

It is appropriate in some situations for social workers to engage in sexual intercourse with clients.

Question 25

Constructive professional relationships with clients require a certain amount of distance.

Question 26

Clients' civil rights need to be protected to preserve human dignity and self-respect.

Question 27

The United States fulfills its obligation to promote human rights for all.

Question 28

Social workers only need to evaluate their effectiveness if they are receiving grant funding.

Question 29

Describe the difference between an ethical dilemma and value dilemma in social work.

Question 30

Summarize Loewenberg, Dolgoff, and Harrington's rank order of ethical priorities.

Question 31

Describe Reamer's seven-step framework of decision-making. Do you think this model is preferable to Loewenberg and Dolgoff's rank order of ethical priorities? Explain your answer.

Question 32

Define confidentiality. Describe the difference between absolute confidentiality and relative confidentiality. Summarize the current guidelines governing when a social worker is expected or required to violate confidentiality.

Question 33

Explain why protecting the confidentiality of files and records on clients in human service organizations is becoming much more difficult as the electronic technology of compiling, receiving, and storing information on clients expands exponentially.

Question 34

Define privileged communication. Identify several exceptions to privileged communication whereby professionals, who are granted privileged communication, must testify in court.

Question 35

Specify both sides of the issue as to whether a social worker has a duty to inform sexual partners of the dangers of infection from a client who reveals he has HIV and who refuses to inform his sexual partners of his HIV status.

Question 36

Summarize the guidelines for social workers in setting boundaries with clients.

Question 37

Why is accountability important in social work?

Question 38

Why is practicing evidence-based social work important?