ETHICAL PRACTICES IN SOCIAL WORK CASE STUDY 2022

Running head: ETHICAL PRACTICES IN SOCIAL WORK
Ethical practices in social work
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Part A: Reflective discussion about the case study
Are these good or rotten compromises? Explain and justify your decision
The field of social service is an extremely delicate field of work. It requires the careful
treading of the social workers around their subjects of interest (Beckett, Maynard & Jordan,
2017). The mental framework of the concerned people in the society comes in to question who
are in urgent need of some kind of external help. This help, in turn, is provided by such social
care givers (West & Bowman, 2016).
In this respect, it can be observed that there are certain ethical principles which needs to
be adhered to in order to ensure the effective implementation of such social care to the
individuals (Reamer, 2015). In the case study, it can be analyzed that the ethical principle of
dignity of risk was compromised for duty of care, informed consent was compromised in the face
of autonomy, confidentiality was compromised for truthfulness and beneficence was
compromised in the face of nonmaleficence.
These are rotten compromises because the work of a social worker is to ensure the well-
being of their patients (Iphofen, 2016). In other words, they are only supposed to aid them to
develop in to a better version of themselves. As a result, such vulnerable individuals should be
given the dignity of risk to find out their own comfort zone (Mänttäri‐van der Kuip, 2016).
Furthermore, the social worker should work with the help of informed consent and for this
confidentiality is one of the most important attribute to be adhered to (Timms & Watson, 2018).
Beneficence should be main objective of such a social worker which was not followed in the
context of this case study (Bond, 2015).

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Thus, to conclude, it can be observed that the ethical considerations that are followed by
a social worker may have the potential to degenerate in to bad compromises based on the
situations. This affects the relevant working of the social work and also the mental health and
safety of the vulnerable individuals of the society.