228 M. Gray e /. Gibbons Session 4: Ethical dilemmas in Social work In the fourth session we learn about the nature of ethical dilemmas We review the most commonly encountered ethical dilemmas in social work practice and the extent to which the AASw Code of Ethics helps us to work through these dilemmas. Students identify ethical dilemmas they have encountered in their fieldwork practice. Drawing on their collective experience, they make a list of possible ethical dilemmas they have encountered grouped under the following headings 1. Confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent: Limits of confidentiality and privacy. 2. Self-determination and paternalism: Clients right to self-determination and deciding what is in the clients'best interest; that is, the appropriateness of paternalism, conflicts of interest and boundary issues, duty of care, and self- determination 3. Allocating resources: Ways to allocate limited resources and ethics inherent in eligibility for services 4. Laws, policies, and regulations: Conflicts between policy and professional values and bureaucracy and procedures that block access. 5. Research and evaluation: Issues of confidentiality, prevention of harm to research participants, respect for privacy, and protection of autonomy 6. Administrative practices: Ethics of whistle blowing and ethics in organisational practices. 7. Community practice: Conflicts between individual and collective interests, individual rights(entitlement), and the common good 8. Ethical dilemmas among colleagues: Dilemmas of reporting malpractice or unethical conduct We then discuss the way in which the AASw code provides guidance for practitioners faced with an ethical dilemma and compile a possible strategy for ethical decision making in social work. Finally, the groups present their strategies for ethical decision making to the class. Session 5: Ethical Decision Making In the fifth session, each group chooses a different strategy for ethical decision making. In this particular unit, the various ethical frameworks used included Congress(1999), Corey et al.(2003), Hill et al.(1995), Loewenberg et al.(2000) Mattison(2000), Robinson and Reeser(2000), and Rothman(1998). Thus, students gain an idea of the range of perspectives and emphases in the ever-increasing number of decision making frameworks that proliferate with each new text on ethics. For example, Loewenberg and dolgoff's model, which was first introduced in the early 1980s and is now into its sixth edition with Harrington, uses a priority ranking system with ethical rules and principles screens. Hill et al. (1995) provided a feministSession 4: Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work In the fourth session, we learn about the nature of ethical dilemmas. We review the most commonly encountered ethical dilemmas in social work practice and the extent to which the AASW Code of Ethics helps us to work through these dilemmas. Students identify ethical dilemmas they have encountered in their fieldwork practice. Drawing on their collective experience, they make a list of possible ethical dilemmas they have encountered grouped under the following headings: 1. Confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent: Limits of confidentiality and privacy. 2. Self-determination and paternalism: Clients right to self-determination and deciding what is in the clients’ best interest; that is, the appropriateness of paternalism, conflicts of interest and boundary issues, duty of care, and self￾determination. 3. Allocating resources: Ways to allocate limited resources and ethics inherent in eligibility for services. 4. Laws, policies, and regulations: Conflicts between policy and professional values and bureaucracy and procedures that block access. 5. Research and evaluation: Issues of confidentiality, prevention of harm to research participants, respect for privacy, and protection of autonomy. 6. Administrative practices: Ethics of whistle blowing and ethics in organisational practices. 7. Community practice: Conflicts between individual and collective interests, individual rights (entitlement), and the common good. 8. Ethical dilemmas among colleagues: Dilemmas of reporting malpractice or unethical conduct. We then discuss the way in which the AASW code provides guidance for practitioners faced with an ethical dilemma and compile a possible strategy for ethical decision making in social work. Finally, the groups present their strategies for ethical decision making to the class. Session 5: Ethical Decision Making In the fifth session, each group chooses a different strategy for ethical decision making. In this particular unit, the various ethical frameworks used included Congress (1999), Corey et al. (2003), Hill et al. (1995), Loewenberg et al. (2000), Mattison (2000), Robinson and Reeser (2000), and Rothman (1998). Thus, students gain an idea of the range of perspectives and emphases in the ever-increasing number of decision making frameworks that proliferate with each new text on ethics. For example, Loewenberg and Dolgoff’s model, which was first introduced in the early 1980s and is now into its sixth edition with Harrington, uses a priority ranking system with ethical rules and principles screens. Hill et al. (1995) provided a feminist 228 M. Gray & J. Gibbons Downloaded by [Shanghai Jiaotong University] at 07:30 23 May 2012