MSW 525 Exam
MSW 525 Exam 1| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Virtual Boundary (according to Kimball & Kim) - The limits social workers place
to guide their social media use.
Setting virtual boundaries to "create intentional online personas and about the
effects of social media use in the intermingling of personal and professional lives"
(clearly identify the diff bt personal and professional representation)
Professional ethics - Codification of the special obligations that arise out of a
person's voluntary choice to become a professional, such as a social worker.
Ethics - Ethics are deduced from values and must be in agreement with them but
ethics are about what is right AND correct.
Malpractice - Professional negligence or misconduct; failure to exercise a degree
of care that similar professional of ordinary prudence would demonstrate under the
same circumstances.
Morality - consists of principles or rules of conduct that define standards for
acceptable behavior in a given society. Social morales.
Ethical Relativism - the belief that there is no absolute or universal moral standards
and what is right or wrong is relative to an individual, group or culture.
MSW 525 Exam
, MSW 525 Exam
Ethical Absolutism - Any ethical theory that claims there are ethical rules that hold
regardless of society, culture, or religion; correct standards applicable to everyone
everywhere.
Decision-making - Process/ series of thoughts and activities that occur over time,
resulting in a person or group to act/ not act a certain way. Decisions will be better,
more effective, more ethical when the process becomes more conscious).
Ethical Decision-Making - The process of analyzing and assessing the ethical
dimensions of practice in order to develop ethically appropriate professional
behavior.
Efficiency Criterion - Concerned w/cost of achieving an objective (budget, staff
time, agency/community resources). "More efficient" when less resources are
required
Effectiveness Criterion - The degree to which a desired outcome is achieved.
Ethical Rules Screen - (Use first)- examine code of ethics, if one or more code
rules applies, follow code rules. If code does not address issue, use EPS below.
Ethical Principles Screen - Protection of Life, Social justice, Self Determination,
Least Harm, Quality of Life, Privacy and Confidentiality, and Truthfulness and
Full Disclosure (The pyramid image w/protection of life at the top!)
Ethical Dilemma - Choice by the social workers between two or more relevant but
contradictory ethical directives; when every a;ternatice results in an undesirable
outcome for one or more persons.
MSW 525 Exam
MSW 525 Exam 1| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Virtual Boundary (according to Kimball & Kim) - The limits social workers place
to guide their social media use.
Setting virtual boundaries to "create intentional online personas and about the
effects of social media use in the intermingling of personal and professional lives"
(clearly identify the diff bt personal and professional representation)
Professional ethics - Codification of the special obligations that arise out of a
person's voluntary choice to become a professional, such as a social worker.
Ethics - Ethics are deduced from values and must be in agreement with them but
ethics are about what is right AND correct.
Malpractice - Professional negligence or misconduct; failure to exercise a degree
of care that similar professional of ordinary prudence would demonstrate under the
same circumstances.
Morality - consists of principles or rules of conduct that define standards for
acceptable behavior in a given society. Social morales.
Ethical Relativism - the belief that there is no absolute or universal moral standards
and what is right or wrong is relative to an individual, group or culture.
MSW 525 Exam
, MSW 525 Exam
Ethical Absolutism - Any ethical theory that claims there are ethical rules that hold
regardless of society, culture, or religion; correct standards applicable to everyone
everywhere.
Decision-making - Process/ series of thoughts and activities that occur over time,
resulting in a person or group to act/ not act a certain way. Decisions will be better,
more effective, more ethical when the process becomes more conscious).
Ethical Decision-Making - The process of analyzing and assessing the ethical
dimensions of practice in order to develop ethically appropriate professional
behavior.
Efficiency Criterion - Concerned w/cost of achieving an objective (budget, staff
time, agency/community resources). "More efficient" when less resources are
required
Effectiveness Criterion - The degree to which a desired outcome is achieved.
Ethical Rules Screen - (Use first)- examine code of ethics, if one or more code
rules applies, follow code rules. If code does not address issue, use EPS below.
Ethical Principles Screen - Protection of Life, Social justice, Self Determination,
Least Harm, Quality of Life, Privacy and Confidentiality, and Truthfulness and
Full Disclosure (The pyramid image w/protection of life at the top!)
Ethical Dilemma - Choice by the social workers between two or more relevant but
contradictory ethical directives; when every a;ternatice results in an undesirable
outcome for one or more persons.
MSW 525 Exam
