SOCIAL WORK ETHICS FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HIPAA Law - ANSWER-health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act........
all individually identifiable health information is protected
duty to protect/ warn - ANSWER-professionals are obligated to alert the intended
victim of a serious threat against her or to otherwise assist that person in protecting
herself
colleagues - ANSWER-coworkers on an interdisciplinary team.......
professionals and non professionals from other organizations.......
professionals and support staff within the same agency.....
non social work colleagues
options to choose when you learn colleagues unethical behavior - ANSWER-1. do
not report it....(Unethical behavior)......
2. informally approach the colleague.........
3. use agency procedures......
4. report it to the state licensing board......
5. whistle blow
ethical responsibilities to colleagues - ANSWER-2.09 impairment of colleagues...
social workers who have direct knowledge of a social work colleague's
impairment...........
2.10 incompetence of colleagues... social workers who have direct knowledge of a
social work colleague's incompetence.......
2.11 unethical conduct of colleagues... social workers should take adequate
measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and correct the unethical conduct of
colleagues
Misrepresentation - ANSWER-social workers should ensure that their
representations to clients, agencies, and the public of professional qualifications,
credentials, education, competence, affiliations, services provided, or results to be
achieved are accurate
death with dignity - ANSWER-an end of life option that allows certain eligible
individuals to legally request and obtain medications from their physician t end their
life in a peaceful, humane, and dignified manner
the Least harm principle - ANSWER-a social worker should choose the option that
will cause:
the least harm......
least prominent......
most reversible harm
determination of a client's decisional capacity - ANSWER-when a client is
incompetent to make health-care decisions:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HIPAA Law - ANSWER-health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act........
all individually identifiable health information is protected
duty to protect/ warn - ANSWER-professionals are obligated to alert the intended
victim of a serious threat against her or to otherwise assist that person in protecting
herself
colleagues - ANSWER-coworkers on an interdisciplinary team.......
professionals and non professionals from other organizations.......
professionals and support staff within the same agency.....
non social work colleagues
options to choose when you learn colleagues unethical behavior - ANSWER-1. do
not report it....(Unethical behavior)......
2. informally approach the colleague.........
3. use agency procedures......
4. report it to the state licensing board......
5. whistle blow
ethical responsibilities to colleagues - ANSWER-2.09 impairment of colleagues...
social workers who have direct knowledge of a social work colleague's
impairment...........
2.10 incompetence of colleagues... social workers who have direct knowledge of a
social work colleague's incompetence.......
2.11 unethical conduct of colleagues... social workers should take adequate
measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and correct the unethical conduct of
colleagues
Misrepresentation - ANSWER-social workers should ensure that their
representations to clients, agencies, and the public of professional qualifications,
credentials, education, competence, affiliations, services provided, or results to be
achieved are accurate
death with dignity - ANSWER-an end of life option that allows certain eligible
individuals to legally request and obtain medications from their physician t end their
life in a peaceful, humane, and dignified manner
the Least harm principle - ANSWER-a social worker should choose the option that
will cause:
the least harm......
least prominent......
most reversible harm
determination of a client's decisional capacity - ANSWER-when a client is
incompetent to make health-care decisions:
