Ethics

    1.     The title of the vignette I selected for this essay is Vignette 1 Specialty of children Administration
    2.     The name of the professional organizations Code of Ethics I selected is the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
    3.    The complete URL that would take you directly to the Code of Ethics I selected is httpwww.socialworkers.orgpubscodecode.asp
The ethical principles addressed in the vignette are as follows
Section IV Ethical Responsibility as a Professional
4.04 Dishonesty, Fraud, and Deception
There should be no involvement of social workers in condone, or in any way     be known with dishonesty, deception, or fraud (NASW, n.d).
Section IV Ethical Responsibility as a Professional
4.06 Misinterpretation

Clear distinction should be stressed out between any prepared account and actions involved in as a private individual and as a profession representative, a professional social work organization, or employing agency of the social worker (ibid).

    In the Vignette for Specialty of Childcare Administration the Codes of Ethics were violated by Barbara, the owner of the preschool. Code number 4.04 which emphasize dishonesty, fraud, and deception expecting every social worker, be it what, to be seen to adhere to utmost concern to services rendered entailing true commitment and dedication (ibid). From Barbaras rendered services, at a point she seemed to be increasingly frustrated owing to the fact that she received no response from the parents prompting her to stop all her means of communication. This was against the Code of Ethics as a professional. And not just that she also went ahead to lie to her employee Marianne as she was concerned with the childs safety. Barbara never bothered to let the parents know. Rather she spoke with the students grandmother and asked her to keep the child home until a doctor would clear her to return to school. This is against the Code of Ethic.

    Considering code number 4.06 of Section IV- Ethical Responsibility as a Professional, which emphasize that  there should be a clear distinction pointed out between any prepared statement and actions involved in as a private individual and as a profession representative, a professional social work organization, or employing agency of the social worker(ibid), Barbara proceeded to write negative comments in Mariannes file where at the end still deprived Marianne of access to her file after Marianne had suspected Barbara of doing that to her. This was completely against the Code of Ethics for code 4.06. There was no clear distinction stressed out between her prepared account and actions involved.

    4.    I will communicate to Barbara since she is the owner of the preschool to effectively resolve the dilemma. Using my code of ethics which emphasize that all social workers should reflect commitment to uphold the values of the professional and to act ethically (ibid). I will bring to her understanding that social workers primarily are expected to support people in their needs and seek to solve social problems. They are expected to stand against social injustice and let justice reign. Recognizing this would bring them to the mainstream of the importance of human relationship. I would communicate to Barbara that as a professional she owes the ethical responsibility to her profession and understanding fully the code of ethics would bring advancement to her and her profession. I would make her understand that social workers work towards enhancing the peoples capacity to resolve their problems. Social workers also seek to uphold the responsiveness of, communities, organizations and other social institutions to individuals needs and social problems, where for a every social worker is rooted in a set of core values in which this core values are embraced throughout the history of the social workers profession which stands as a foundation of the social workers distinctive perspective and purpose entailing services rendered, dignity and worth of the person, social justice, integrity, importance of human relationships, and competence. She would understand that the collection of these core values brings out the uniqueness to the profession of the social worker.

      5.    This situation makes me feel terribly bad understanding fully well the Codes of Ethics. I feel this way because as a professional we ought to know our ethical responsibility. Barbara in this case, would only cause set backs to advancement due to her lack of knowledge on the Code of Ethics. Ethical decision making in a given situation must apply informed judgment of the individual social worker and should also know how the issues would be judged in a peer review process when the ethical standards of the profession would be applied (ibid).

    Barbaras case is not just the first a friend of mine at his place of work was once faced with a situation like this where his fellow colleague committed ethical violation which after facing a panel the decisions drawn on the panel did not only affect the colleague but also affected every other social worker in the place of work. This almost had them loosing their jobs.

    7.    Ethical violation interpretations are differently done by cultures of different backgrounds. For instance, in my culture, the African culture, when a person is found to violate ethics, heshe is usually issued a query to explain within a given time while heshe should not be punished for committing such an indecent act. If proper explanation is not presented by the person in quote, punishment is given depending on the intent of the violation at hand. This punishment could either be a suspension if the violations are not so intense or otherwise, the person is relieved of hisher duties.

    Considering the two ethical violations committed by Barbara in the Vignette for Specialty of Children Administration, in my culture she would be asked to explain her self of the ethical violations of the code 4.04 and 4.06 or face punishment. If this is not properly explained she would face a penalty of suspension depending on the agreement of the panel. Like in the case of the American culture, from my own understanding I think she would be asked to do the same owing to the fact that in every organization there is a Code of Ethics by which they adhere to and which by any means for any ethical violation to the Codes of Ethics is a need for a detailed explanation while heshe should not be punished and if not explained properly or made understandable while such an act is done would be punished of such an act.

     8.    If I am a co-worker and colleague of the person who violates the code of ethics and I confirm that these violations are actually been committed by the person, I will deal with such a situation by simply confronting the person as a professional fully aware of the Codes of Ethics and making the person to understand the fact that heshe has gone against the responsibility of the Code of Ethics as a professional. I will have this done by putting the person through with the Code of Ethics so that there would be a clear understanding of the consequences behind it.