You need to identify the ethical breaches and ethical principles for each case study and provide an explanation for your choice. Please review the grading rubric for grading details.
A social worker is seeing an eighteen-year-old female client who recently discovered she is pregnant. She is contemplating having an abortion. The social worker is advising the client against terminating her pregnancy.
An elderly client has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and wants to make sure that his financial affairs are in order. He would like to divide his assets equally among his children upon his death. The client is worried that choosing one of his children to serve as executor of his estate will be a burden. The social worker volunteers to take on this role as long as there is no financial compensation.
A social worker, who has been court-ordered to release information about a client, feels strongly that providing this information will place the client and the client’s family in grave danger. The social worker refuses to comply with the court order.
A social worker finds that she has a lot in common with a client. The client suggests seeing another professional because the client feels she “would be a better friend than client.” The social worker agrees, but states that she cannot have contact with the client for several months after termination to allow time for the client to get engaged in treatment with a new social worker.
A social worker utilizes online searches and social media to learn about a new client. The client is unaware of the social worker’s actions.
For each scenario:
Identify Ethical breach(s). Why?
Identify Ethical principle(s). Why?
