Exam Preview for 1709: Virtue Ethics in Social Work Practice: Nurtu

Virtue Ethics in Social Work Practice: Nurturing and Employing Moral Qualities For a Flourishing Practice

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1. According to “virtue ethics,” virtues are standards of practice stated in a code of ethics. laws passed by and enforced by a state or country. enduring character traits that reflect being moral. general principles or consequences of decisions.
2. “Virtue ethics” suggests that social workers should consider how to respond to ethical issues by viewing themselves as: objective and distant from the people they are serving. engaged in caring relationships with the people they are serving. irrational human beings. practically perfect in every way.
3. When social workers use a “virtue ethics” approach, they should: ignore professional codes of ethics. apply professional codes of ethics without considering their own virtues. consider how to apply virtue ethics in light of their professional code of ethics and other relevant considerations. brainstorm various courses of action and choose the option that leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
4. One of the best ways for social workers to “nurture their virtues” is to make lots of ethical mistakes ignore ethical laws and rules think of stories in which other people have made poor choices practice virtues all the time to make them a habit
5. According to virtue ethics, it is helpful for social workers to nurture virtues in themselves with their professional colleagues with their employers in themselves and with their professional colleagues and employers
6. Which of the following is an example of a professional virtue? Fidelity Sloth Greed Over-identification
7. An executive director tells a frontline social worker to give a client a DSM diagnosis so the agency can bill private insurance. The worker thinks this would be dishonest because the client does not meet the criteria for a DSM diagnosis. The worker fears retaliation from the executive director if she does not abide by the executive director’s wishes. Which of the following is the most relevant virtue for the social worker in this situation? attention to detail mental competence moral fortitude distress
8. A client expresses a wish to be allowed to die by removing breathing apparatus (ventilator). The client’s spouse wants the breathing apparatus to continue so the client’s death will not be hastened. Using a virtue ethics approach, a social worker will express care: toward the client only toward the client and the spouse toward the spouse only toward nobody (the social worker should be completely dispassionate and uncaring)
9. In virtue ethics, what is meant by a “golden mean”? A moral characteristic that is exactly halfway between two extreme characteristics A moderate position between a moral characteristic that is excessive and a moral characteristic that is deficient A rule that should be followed as long as it is ethical The option with the outcome that produces the greatest good for the majority of the people in a community, social agency, or society
10. A social worker is serving a teenaged client who identifies their gender as nonbinary. The client is unsure about whether to come out to their parents. The social worker suggests that they consider the virtue of “prudence” when considering what the client should do. In this situation, prudence suggests that the client should: embrace risk and come out as soon as possible be safe and do not come out, thus avoiding the risks of rejection from their parents consider the risks and benefits of coming out, and avoid being too rash or too cautious flip a coin and leave the decision up to chance