Deck 2: Applying Values and Ethics to Practice

Question 1

The Code of Ethics includes standards that guide social workers in which of the following areas?

A) Appropriate conduct with clients
B) Appropriate conduct with colleagues who are not social workers
C) Appropriate conduct with the broad society
D) The Code of Ethics guides social workers in all three of the above areas

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The National Association of Social Workers published its most recent revision of the Code of Ethics in which year?

A) 2015
B) 2017
C) 2019
D) 2020

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The National Association of Social Workers adopted its first formal Code of Ethics in which year?

A) 1936
B) 1947
C) 1960
D) 1972

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The NASW Code of Ethics is

A) Values-based
B) A collaboration of rigid rules for social work practice
C) Revised yearly
D) Focused on the legal aspects of social work

Question 5

The International Federation of Social Workers' statements on ethics are identical to those articulated in the NASW Code of Ethics.

Question 6

Ethical codes are useful because they provide straightforward answers to specific situations that arise in practice.

Question 7

It is challenging to follow ethical codes in practice for all of the following reasons except:

A) The generalized statements of ethical codes do not clearly align with practice situations
B) Passages of the Code of Ethics may come into conflict
C) Social workers may disagree on the accurate interpretation of ethical codes
D) Rigid interpretations of ethical codes provide clear

Question 8

When a social worker makes an ethical decision within practice context, the social worker considers which of the following influences on decision making?

A) Ambiguity
B) Risk taking
C) Self-knowledge
D) Determination

Question 9

Which of the following statements best describes the process of critical thinking that a social worker must use to interpret ethical rules as a part of resolving ethical dilemmas?

A) The social worker takes risks and becomes comfortable with the idea that there is not one correct answer to the ethical dilemma.
B) The social worker rigidly interprets the Code of Ethics to find the one right answer to the ethical dilemma.
C) The social worker relies solely on the Code of Ethics to resolve the ethical dilemma.
D) The social worker relies on intuition and creativity to find an ethical resolution.

Question 10

The rigid use of ethical codes creates obstacles for social workers who work with marginalized populations.

Question 11

All states have reporting laws for children.

Question 12

Which of the following statements best describes a social worker's duty to report as it relates to vulnerable adults?

A) Reportable acts are the same in all 50 states
B) Social workers are not legally required to report suspected abuse of a vulnerable adult
C) Each state defines reportable acts in a different way
D) Vulnerable adults can prohibit a social worker from making a report, and social workers must abide by this prohibition

Question 13

All states have reporting laws for older adults.

Question 14

The ethical and legal responsibility for social workers to protect people from serious, foreseeable, and imminent harm was established in which of the following court cases?

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Robinson
C) Johnson v. Turner
D) Tarasoff

Question 15

In the helping professions, the law plays the role of:

A) Always empowering people whose legal and social rights have been violated
B) Encouraging collusion among helping professionals who have made mistakes
C) Holding professionals accountable
D) Fixing complex social situations

Question 16

Which of the following statements best describes an ethical dilemma?

A) When an individual's personal values clash with those of another person or system
B) When a person holds two or more values that compete with each other
C) When a person cannot decide which ethical principle to follow in problematic situations
D) When a client engages in behaviors that are socially undesirable

Question 17

All social workers who use the Ethical Principles Screen will agree about the way in which ethical principles are prioritized in the resolution of the ethical dilemma.

Question 18

Which model for resolving ethical dilemmas asks the social worker to consider the "worst case scenario" for each potential resolution?

A) Reamer's model for the resolution of ethical dilemmas
B) The Ethical Principles Screen
C) The Stromm-Gottfried Model
D) The Dolgoff, Harrington, & Loewenberg Model

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a step in Reamer's model for resolution of ethical dilemmas?

A) Identify the ethical issues
B) Identify those likely to be affected by ethical decisions
C) Examine reasons in favor of and opposed to each course of action
D) Ask the client to decide which course of action to take

Question 20

Which of the following statements best describes the NASW's perspective of dual relationships in social work practice?

A) Dual relationships must always be avoided
B) Dual relationships are cautioned against
C) Dual relationships are permitted once a client and social worker have terminated the professional relationship
D) Dual relationships are generally permitted and encouraged as a way of building relationship

Question 21

Dual relationships often highlight conflicts between a social worker's personal values and a social worker's professional ethics.

Question 22

Which of the following substandards does not fit underneath the standard of Social Worker's Ethical Responsibilities to the Larger Society?

A) Social Welfare
B) Discrimination
C) Pubic Emergencies
D) Social and Political Action

Question 23

A social worker withholds information from a client because he/she/they believes that his/her/their knowledge of the client's best interest supersedes the client's perspective. Which of a client's core individual rights does the social worker violate through this action?

A) Well-being
B) Creativity
C) Self-determination
D) Autonomy

Question 24

Which of the following holds social workers responsible for upholding The Code of Ethics in practice?

A) The NASW ethics complaints process
B) Courts
C) Licensing Boards
D) All three of the above groups hold social workers responsible

Question 25

Social workers are discouraged from seeking supervision and consultation when making decisions that have an ethical component.

Question 26

What areas of the Code of Ethics were revised as a part of the 2017 revision?

Question 27

Discuss similarities between the NASW Code of Ethics and the International Federation of Social Workers Ethical Statement

Question 28

Describe what is meant by dual relationship and give a specific example.

Question 29

Compare and contrast the ideas behind client self-determination and paternalism.

Question 30

Describe the steps a social worker can take to mitigate risk in an ethical dilemma.

Question 31

The National Association of Social Workers published its most recent revision of the Code of Ethics in which year?

A) 2016
B) 2017
C) 2018
D) 2019

Question 32

Which of the following is an ethical principle in the Code of Ethics?

A) Ethical responsibility to nonprofit organizations
B) Ethical responsibility to government support of social services
C) Ethical responsibility to colleagues
D) Ethical responsibility to social service development

Question 33

Which of the following best defines an ethical dilemma?

A) When an individual's personal values clash with those of another person or system
B) When a person holds two or more values that compete with each other
C) When a person cannot decide which ethical principle to follow in problematic situations
D) When a client engages in behaviors that are social undesirable

Question 34

Dual relationships highlight conflicts between a social worker's personal values and the values expressed in the NASW Code of Ethics.

Question 35

A social worker deliberately lies to a client to make sure the social worker's preferred outcome is achieved. This is an example of:

A) The social worker's responsibility to individual well-being
B) Autonomy
C) Risk Management
D) Paternalism

Question 36

The NASW Code of Ethics is:

A) Values-based
B) A collaboration of rigid rules for social work practice
C) Revised semi-annually
D) Focused on the legal aspects of social work

Question 37

A social worker should become comfortable with the idea that there is not one correct answer to an ethical dilemma.

Question 38

The National Association of Social Workers strictly prohibits dual relationships.

Question 39

Describe the difference between a values conflict and an ethical dilemma.