Deck 29: Global Social Work

Question 1

What organization is the national body responsible for the social work Code of Ethics in the United States?

A) United States Government
B) Association of Social Workers per state
C) United States Council on Social Work Education
D) National Association of Social Workers

Answer 1

National Association of Social Workers

Question 2

What advances have been credited with advertising the need for global social work?

A) Communication
B) Transportation
C) Technology
D) Travel and tourism

Answer 2

Technology

Question 3

What is the primary area of response for practitioners engaging in global social work?

A) Access to economical opportunities
B) Social inequality
C) Poverty
D) Health disparities

Answer 3

Social inequality

Question 4

What percentage of the world's resources is consumed by the United States?

A) 7/8%
B) 1/8%
C) 5/8%
D) 3/8%

Question 5

What industry operates in the global market as mini-economies in smaller nations?

A) Transportation industry
B) Agricultural and farming industry
C) Tourism industry
D) Communications industry

Question 6

What international values are similar to that of respecting the dignity and worth of the person, as defined by the Code of Ethics?

A) Application of theories with clients
B) Empowering and liberating
C) Competence and integrity
D) Social justice and service

Question 7

What Federation defined the profession of social work as promoting social change, problem solving in human relationships, and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being?

A) International Federation of Social Workers
B) Federation of School Social Workers
C) International Social Workers Organization
D) International Council of Social Welfare

Question 8

What global document was amended in 1999 to support the promotion of human rights and equal opportunity?

A) Golden Rules
B) Kercher Principles
C) Sullivan Principles
D) Yogyakarta Principles

Question 9

What are the three areas of practice in which social workers should be competent?

A) Cultural, social, and ethical
B) Individual, legal, and political
C) Theoretical, practical, and ethical
D) Global, national, and local

Question 10

Of the five types of global social work opportunities reviewed in the text, which is the most informal, flexible, and brings about development and growth for professionals?

A) Volunteering with community-based organizations
B) Volunteering with national polling centers
C) Volunteering with international organizations
D) Volunteering in cultural exchange programs

Question 11

Responding to social inequality is a primary role of social workers impacting change globally.

Question 12

Resource exchange in international communities influences global social workers and their values.

Question 13

Social work is not governed by professional values.

Question 14

Social justice is a core value that implies that social workers aid in decreasing disparity, respect personal relationships, and a person's dignity and worth.

Question 15

Social work during the industrial revolution focused on health disparities and child neglect.

Question 16

The three most popular organizations influencing the International Code of Ethics are the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and the International Council on Social Welfare.

Question 17

Examples of international organizations that have social work underpinnings include professional organizations, domestic agencies, as well as those within the United Nations.

Question 18

Cultural exchange and international volunteering programs are similar, but differ in that one is formal and the other is informal.

Question 19

What do the values of service and social justice mean in the context of global social work?

Question 20

Describe the similarities and differences of social work values and code of ethics locally and internationally.

Question 21

Identify three aspects of community-based organizations and why these aspects are important to them?