3 potential ethical dilemmas

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Recognise and respond appropriately to 3 potential ethical dilemmas and discuss them with a suitable person; eg a manager, supervisor, counsellor or human services worker.

You could discuss:

  • poor service standards demonstrated by workers
  • client rights to self-determination and their wish to live independently vs the need for assisted living
  • a client offers an expensive gift
  • clients in residential care express a desire for a personal/ romantic relationship with each other
  • misallocation of resources
  • clients or workers are overstepping professional boundaries
  • a client’s wishes are being overridden by family members
  • workers are not complying with policy and procedural directions
  • etc

Some issues will relate specifically to the service sector in which you work.

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