Community Services Assignment
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COMMUNITY SERVICESWorking Legally & EthicallySTUDENT ID:[Pick the date]
SCENARIO 1IssueThe key issue is whether I should adhere to parental confidentiality as required by myprofession or bend the rules keeping in mind Gary’s long term health.StakeholdersThe key stakeholders are as follows.GarryHis parentsMyselfOrganisation since the reputation and business of the company could be impactedGarry’s ex-boyfriend since his relationship with Garry would be impacted by thedecision that I undertake in the scenarioLegal IssueBreaching the parental confidential norms could have legal consequences owing to the natureof practice and also breaking the rules of the organisation especially if it brings any disrepute.Ethical IssueThere are two ethical dilemmas which are inherent in this situation.1)As a support worker, I am required to maintain parental confidentiality which ishighlighted in the rules of the organisation as well. But on the other hand, as someone whocares and provides support to the client, it might be worthwhile to take actions by bendingthe rules for the long term well-being of the client. Hence, the ethical dilemma is whetherto maintain Garry’s trust or potential long term well-being (Kidder, 2013).2)Also, ethical issue arises with regards to safeguard organisational interest on one hand andsecuring client’s interest on the other. For safeguarding organisational interest, the rules ofparental confidentiality should not be violated but to secure Garry well-being in the longrun, it might be worthwhile to be flexible and communicate to his parents (Icheku, 2011)Option
There are two options for me in the given scenario.1)Ignore the advice given by the manager and continue to adhere to the parentalconfidentiality norms irrespective of the consequences.2)Go along with the managerial advice and be flexible with parental confidentiality ruleskeeping in mind Garry’s long term well-being.Final DecisionThe preferred action would be to maintain the parental confidentiality with regards to Garry.The above action is preferable since if the rules of parental confidentiality are bent in thefuture and his parents do confront him regarding the issue of his ex-boyfriend, Garry couldpotentially lose trust and faith on me. As a result, he would stop sharing with me which couldpotentially prove to be more disastrous in the future as there would not be anyone of counselhim if the need arises. A better course of action would be that if Garry does go back to his ex-boyfriend, then I warn him about the potential long term impact owing to the health history ofhis boyfriend. Additionally, also, I would like to educate him on the potential risks in being agay from the health perspective. This could potentially help him to safeguard his health in thelong term (White, 2017).Informing the parents would on one hand breach the rules of parental confidentiality set bythe organisation and could potentially take things out of control. It is known that Garry’sparents are already quite concerned of his decision to be gay. Hence, additional healthconcerns could potentially trigger an extreme reaction from them which Garry may not listento since he might consider those concerns to be more on account of his being gay rather thanthe health history of his ex-boyfriend.SCENARIO 2IssueThe key issue is whether the co-worker should have acted in a manner which is inconsistentwith the organisation for helping his neighbour.Stakeholders
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