IX. Ethical and Professional Vignettes Read the following ethical dilemmas, and using the Ethical…

IX. Ethical and Professional Vignettes

Read the following ethical dilemmas, and using the Ethical
Standards of Human Service Professionals in Appendix B, write a response to
each dilemma.

1. A human service professional is making disparaging
remarks about social workers, saying things like They dont know what theyre
doing and Their training is inferior. Is this ethical, professional, and
legal? What should you do?

2. You are working with a client who is also seeing another
human service professional at a different agency for the same problem. Is this
ethical, professional,

IX. Ethical and Professional Vignettes

Read the following ethical dilemmas, and using the Ethical
Standards of Human Service Professionals in Appendix B, write a response to
each dilemma.

1. A human service professional is making disparaging
remarks about social workers, saying things like They dont know what theyre
doing and Their training is inferior. Is this ethical, professional, and
legal? What should you do?

2. You are working with a client who is also seeing another
human service professional at a different agency for the same problem. Is this
ethical, professional, and legal? What should you do?

3. You have heard one of your colleagues make racist
remarks. What should you do? What can you do?

4. A colleague of yours seems to have rigid views about his
clients and refuses to participate in continuing education activities. He says,
Ive been in this field a long time; I know what Im doing. Is this ethical,
professional, and legal? What, if anything, should you do?

5. A client of yours is asking you to advocate for her
child, whom she suspects is learning disabled. Your client asks you to call the
school and request testing for the child. The school has thus far refused to
perform such testing. Should you do this? Is this ethical, professional, and
legal?

6. A former classmate of yours finishes his degree and
decides to advertise that he is a psychotherapist. He sets up an office and
sees clients using this title. Is this ethical, professional, and legal?

7. A former classmate of yours finishes her degree and
decides to advertise that she is a life coach. She sets up an office and sees
clients using this title. Is this ethical, professional, and legal?

8. You decide to go to a pro-choice (or pro-life) rally
despite the fact that you know some of your clients may see you and be turned
off by your political affiliation. Is this ethical, professional, and legal?

9. Your agency has implemented a new policy that states all
clients who are using illegal drugs will be reported to the police. You
vigorously oppose such a policy and decide to ignore it. Is this ethical,
professional, and legal?

10. A colleague of yours states that she is a credentialed
human service professional. Actually, she has not obtained any credential. Is
this ethical, professional, and legal? What, if anything, should you do?