Access the NASW Code of Ethics Links to an external site to use for this discussion.
Discuss how and why you would respond to each scenario using the NASW Code of Ethics to support your responses.
1. A social worker is working with adolescent clients. An adolescent male asks the social worker, “You aren’t going to tell my mom, are you?” after he tells the social worker that his stepfather has physically hurt him. What would you tell this social worker to do and why? Which ethical code or codes apply to this situation? Why?
2. client tells you that she plans to hurt herself. What must you do and why? Which ethical codes apply? Why?
3. A client “friends” you on a social media site. What should you do and why? Which ethical codes apply? Why?
4. A social worker who works with juveniles in a detention center is informed by an adolescent girl that she has recently stolen some clothes (not the reason she has been detained). What should the social worker do and why? Which ethical codes apply? Why?
