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Ethical Responsibilities

   

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Running head: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ethical Responsibilities
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Answer 1:
It is worth mentioning that, as an individual support worker, one has to undertake various
responsibilities for the betterment of the society. There is a duty to take care on the part of the
individual support workers by taking into consideration various legal and ethical responsibilities
(Bender & Stauffer, 2017). As a support worker, there is a responsibility to gather appropriate
knowledge regarding the existing legal provisions related to the concept of Power of Attorney.
Therefore, considering the present scenario, it is important to provide appropriate advice to
Cindy Smith regarding the fact that there is a right on her part to revoke and cancel the Power of
Attorney given to her son. A Power of Attorney may be revoked at any point of the time
depending upon the nature of the relationship with the Attorney (Craft, 2014). In the present case
scenario, it can be observed that there was a mother and son relationship between the two parties
which can be revoked by signing appropriate documents by registering such revocation.
Answer 2:
In order to provide appropriate remedy to Cindy Smith, it is important to act according to
the provisions of revocation of a Power of Attorney document. In this regard, it is noteworthy to
mention here that, there are various reasons in which the Power of Attorney can be changed
depending upon the relationship with such Attorney (Brothers & Goldenberg, 2016). Therefore,
in the present case, Cindy can revoke the Power of Attorney by bringing prior notice before her
son. In case of failure to inform her son regarding the revocation or the cancellation of the Power
of Attorney, her son will continue to make decisions on her behalf. In this regard, if she fails to
provide prior notice, then the other relevant business enterprises and even the bank could use all
the records on her behalf and therefore a notice should be given to the bank as well. However, it

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