Exam Preview for 1655: A Futurist Approach to Social Work Ethics: P

A Futurist Approach to Social Work Ethics: Proactive, Creative, and Aspirational Strategies

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1. Using “futurism” in social work ethics refers to: using a crystal ball to predict the precise future of social work practice using foresight and other futurist strategies to anticipate possible futures in social work practice and ethics assessing social work ethics by exploring power relationships between different groups in society assessing social work ethics through the use of a biopsychosocial approach and a strengths perspective
2. One of the potential benefits of a futurist approach to social work ethics is that it allows social workers to: keep practicing social work according to traditional ethical principles, standards, and methods ignore recent trends in social work practice and ethics control changes in social work related to issues such as global climate change and social inequities plan for possible futures in social work practice and ethics
3. A futurist lens on social justice issues suggests that social injustices in the future: will be exactly the same as the social injustices that exist today will be completely different from the social injustices that exist today may be both similar to and/or different from social injustices today are not worth exploring
4. To use “foresight” to consider changes regarding client confidentiality in social work practice, social workers should: consider recent trends in how social workers deal with confidentiality and how they might continue or change in the future ignore recent trends in how social workers deal with confidentiality assume that part trends in confidentiality will continue in the same direction assume that past trends in confidentiality are irrelevant
5. Which of the following questions would be most helpful in guiding analyzing social work ethics from a “futurist” perspective? What is my primary ethical obligation as a social worker? How can we move the theory and practice of social work forward with moral goodness? What is the difference between social work values and social work ethics? How many roads must social workers walk down before you can call them social workers?
6. In applying futurism to social work ethics, “moral imagination” refers to: wishing that social work ethics could simply stay the same basing future ethical decisions on what social workers have always done in the past envisioning a full range of ideas and options to deal with ethical issues in a creative and aspirational manner (e.g., “What if…?”) focusing on the client’s cultural background
7. When engaging in “futurist thinking” about social work ethics, social workers should: focus on the most probable possibility for the future of ethics and avoid thinking about any other alternatives focus on the least probable possibility for the future of ethics and avoid thinking about any other alternatives keep their thoughts to themselves and ignore other people’s views consult with others and consider various views on the possible futures of social work ethics
8. When planning for changes in how social workers may use virtual reality and in practice, social workers should: consider both the ethical goods and ethical risks of using virtual reality in practice assume that virtual reality is not as effective as old-fashioned in-person human interaction assume that virtual reality is more effective than old-fashioned in-person human interaction focus on the costs and efficiency of virtual reality rather than considering the ethics of its use
9. Two social workers anticipate that the National Association of Social Workers will amend the Code of Ethics standards regarding dual relationships. To prepare for this change, the social workers should: wait until the change is made and then try to change their agency’s policies and procedures consider how the change may affect their clients and practices, and start considering possible changes in the agency’s policies and procedures do nothing tell all clients that they will need to find a new social worker
10. When planning for the future of social work ethics, it may be particularly helpful to think about “core social work values” because values: tell social workers what specific types of conduct are right or wrong never change provide social workers with broad guidance about the ideals or moral preferences of the profession should always be imposed on clients