SHS

Disciplines and Ideas in the

Applied Social Science
Module 16

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HUMMS – Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Science
Module 16
First Edition, 2020

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Disciplines and Ideas in
the Applied Social
Science
Module 16

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 Target

Social work is an educational discipline and practice-based profession which

deals with families, individuals, groups and even communities. Social Workers
commit themselves in promoting and enhancing social change, development,
cohesion and also the empowerment of people and communities. This practice
involves the critical understanding of human development, behavior and also the
social, economic and cultural institutions and interactions.

According to the Republic Act No.4373, “Social work is that the profession
which is primarily concerned with organized welfare work activity aimed to facilitate
and strengthen basic social relationships and also the mutual adjustment between
individuals and their social environment for the betterment of the individual and of
society.

In reality social service is always concerned with the welfare of the clients
and offering good service to others so as to the professions they are guided or
governed by rules for them to follow.

In the previous lesson you have learned the rights, responsibilities and
accountabilities of a social worker.

This learning material will help you to widen your understanding about the
ethical and unethical behaviors among practitioners.

Whenever you are done with this learning material, you are expected to:
 distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among practitioners
(HUMMS_DIASS12-If-23)

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 Jumpstart

For you to proceed to the next part of this learning material, let us first try
your skills in spelling and vocabulary.

Good Luck!!!

Activity 1: JUMBLED WORDS

Direction: Arrange the sets of letter below to unlock the key words.

1. UTDY _________________________
2. ATHICLE _________________________
3. CUTHENILA _________________________
4. AVIEBOSRH _________________________
5. SPATITRICORNE _________________________

Now that you have already figured out the key terms, let your learnings be more
MEANINGful by answering the following activity.

Activity 1.2: Be MEANINGful

Direction: On a separate sheet of paper, write your own definition of the key words
(Please refer to your answer in Activity No.1: Jumbled Words).

1. _________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________________

You have successfully accomplished the first part of this learning material, as
you move on with this lesson you will be encountering different activities that
would enrich your knowledge about this topic.

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 Discover

Ethical and Unethical behaviors among Practitioners

Social workers have a very crucial role in the society, it is their sworn duty to
protect the well-being of individuals who are in need of their help. Here in the
Philippines, the practice of welfare work is legally mandated and that they are being
guided by the Code of Ethics a bit like the opposite professionals.

The Code of Ethics elaborates the standards of ethics, conducts, and

performance expected to a registered social worker. There are many things that a
Social Worker needs to consider; respect for the inherent dignity and worth of
individuals, the pursuit of social justice, integrity of professional practice,
confidentiality in professional practice, and competence in professional practice.

Critical to any code of ethics is explicit provisions of ethical principle and

ethical standards and should come into specific enforceable guidelines for
professional conduct in details that might provide objective professional judgment
and make it easier to spot the particular violations after they occur.

Ethical Principles

Here are samples of ethical principle and ethical standards were adapted
from the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. These
are broad ethical principles are supported social work's core values of service,
social justice, dignity and value of the person, importance of human relationships,
integrity, and competence. These principles set forth ideals to which all social
workers should follow.

Value: Service

Ethical Principle: Social workers' primary goal is to help people in need and to
address social problems.

Social workers elevate service to others above self-interest. Social workers

draw on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need and to address
social problems. Social workers are encouraged to volunteer some portion of their
professional skills with no expectation of significant financial return (pro bono
service).

Value: Social Justice

Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice.

Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of

vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people. Social workers' social
change efforts are focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment,
discrimination, and other forms of social injustice. These activities seek to promote

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sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and cultural and ethnic diversity.
Social workers strive to ensure access to needed information, services, and
resources; equality of opportunity; and meaningful participation in decision making
for all people.

Value: Dignity and Worth of the Person

Ethical Principle: Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the
person.

Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful
of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers promote
clients' socially responsible self-determination. Social workers seek to enhance
clients' capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs. Social
workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader
society. They seek to resolve conflicts between clients' interests and the broader
society's interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with the values,
ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession.

Value: Importance of Human Relationships

Ethical Principle: Social workers recognize the central importance of human

relationships.

Social workers understand that relationships between and among people are
an important vehicle for change. Social workers engage people as partners in the
helping process. Social workers seek to strengthen relationships among people in a
purposeful effort to promote, restore, maintain, and enhance the well-being of
individuals, families, social groups, organizations, and communities.

Value: Integrity

Ethical Principle: Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.

Social workers are continually aware of the profession's mission, values,

ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with
them. Social workers act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical practices on
the part of the organization with which they are affiliated.

Value: Competence

Ethical Principle: Social workers practice within their areas of competence and
develop and enhance their professional expertise.

Social workers continually strive to increase their professional knowledge

and skills and to apply them in practice. Social workers should aspire to contribute
to the knowledge base of the profession.

Ethical Standards
The following ethical standards are relevant to the professional activities of
all social workers. These standards concern (1) to clients, (2) to colleagues, (3) in
practice settings, (4) as professionals, (5) to the social work profession, and (6) to
the broader society.

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Guidelines for the Professional Conduct

The following guidelines for professional conduct reflect the spirit of a code
of ethics. It consists the ethical specifics in the professional conduct of social
workers culled from the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Social Workers
devised by the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) at CORU (2011) and the
Ethics in Social Work Statement of Principles by the International Federation of
Social Workers (IFSW) (2004):

1. Social workers are expected to uphold human rights in their practice.

2. Social workers are expected to respect the rights and dignity of people.
3. Social workers are expected to respect the relationships of people who use
their services.
4. Social workers should promote social justice.
5. Social workers should comply with the laws and regulations governing their
practice.
6. Social workers should carry out their duties professionally and ethically.
7. Social workers should demonstrate ethical awareness.
8. Social workers should demonstrate professional accountability.
9. Social workers should act in the best interest of people who use their
service.
10. Social workers should communicate with people who use their services
careers and professionals.
11. Social workers should seek informed consent of the people who use their
services,
12. . Social workers should keep accurate records.
13. Social workers should deal appropriately with health and safety risks.
14. Social workers should willingly collaborate, delegate, and manage
appropriately.
15. Social workers should undertake research ethically.
16. Social workers should maintain high standards of personal conduct.
17. Social workers should act with integrity.
18. Social workers should provide accurate information about their conduct and
competence.
19. Social workers should treat information about people who use their services
as confidential except in situations that call for a greater ethical requirement
such as the preservation of life.
20. Social workers should act within the limits of their professional knowledge,
skills, and experience.
21. Social workers should keep their professional knowledge and skills up to
date so that they are able to provide appropriate services.

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 Explore

Learning new concepts is fun isn’t it? Now, to strengthen your learning, here are
some activities for you to accomplish. Good luck!!!!

Activity No.1: Fill Me Up

Direction: Write phrases or words in the bubbles which you think a social
worker should possess.

Social
Worker

Activity No. 2:
Direction: Using your written phrases or words, explain why does a social worker
needs to possess these? How do those traits affect their work? Use
another sheet of paper for your answer. (See attached rubric on page 7)
Assessment No. 1
Directions: Briefly answer the following question in a separate paper.

1. What are the Ethical Principles of Social Workers?

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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 2. Why is it important for Social Workers to follow ethical codes and standards?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. How do Social Workers become competent and effective professionals?

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

4. Can we also apply the principles of social work practice in our daily lives?
How?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

5. Why is it imperative for social workers to develop and enhance their

competencies?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Description: This rubric will help you know what is expected from your answers.

Characteristics 5 4 3 2 1
The writing The writing The writing The writing The writing
is is engaging, is generally is is unclear
Content exceptionally clear and clear and occasionally and
engaging focused. focused clear and unfocused
focused
Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are not
thoroughly well thoroughly under developed or
developed developed developed developed connected
Ideas with relevant with relevant with limited
details and details and details and
appropriate appropriate appropriate
examples. examples. examples..
The The The The The essay is
organization organization organization organization unorganized
of ideas is is generally is in- and the
supports the appropriate appropriate appropriate, sequences
writer’s and the and the and the are in-
Organization focus. Ideas sequencing ideas are response appropriate.
are grouped of ideas is clearly may lack a
in a logical logical. sequenced, clear
manner. but may be introduction
repetitive. or
conclusion.

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 Deepen

Congratulations, you are almost done with your learning material. Now let us
try to apply your new learning into real life situation and see how would you
react.
Good luck!!!!!

Directions: Read the situations below. Suppose you are a social worker involved in
those cases, how would you react to the given situations? Justify your
decision based on the principles of social work. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper. (See attached rubric on page 7)

1. Linda is the social worker responsible of orphan brothers Lito and Eddie.
Every day, the brothers are often found marketing newspapers in the street.
Like several less fortunate kids, they need to satisfy kind foster parents and
live like kids in their age. However, of the two, solely Lito is cooperative and
friendly. Linda finds Eddie difficult to contend with. Eddie seldom expresses
himself and sometimes throws temper and tantrums. Linda considers
passing Lito and Eddie’s case file to a different social worker. If you were
Linda, what would you do?

2. As a social worker and a devote Catholic, Amelia makes an attempt to

integrate into her practice the teaching of her religion. One day, she was
told to travel to the station to mediate a gay couple, Rico and Ben
apparently, a jealous and drunk Rico turned violent on Ben once he saw him
being friendly with a reasonably neighbor. Ben refused to file a case against
his partner. He insisted that it absolutely was his fault for not
considering the emotions of an already depressed Rico, who simply laid from
his job. If you were Amelia, what would you tell the couple? Justify your
answer.

3. Pedro was being listed in a Drug program in order to break his dependency.
In one of your sessions, he discovered that some years past, he accidentally
killed a security guard throughout an armed robbery. He was never caught
by the police, however, another man was condemned for the crime
and he's currently in jail for a lengthy sentence. For many days, you
have been associate attempting to win over Pedro that he ought to seek
advice from the police in order to free an innocent man from the jail. Raul
adamantly refuses to pay attention to your suggestion. How would you react
to the given situation?

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 Gauge

Directions: Distinguish whether the Social Worker in the following situation

exhibits ethical and unethical behavior. Write E if the practice is
ethical and UE if the practice is unethical. Use a separate sheet of
paper for your answer.

1. A social worker reveals the personal profile of his clients to his colleagues
without asking client’s permission.

2. Social workers should keep their professional knowledge and skills up to date
so that they are able to provide appropriate services

3. A social Worker should promote oppression to the ethnic diversity.

4. A social worker becomes romantically and sexually involved with a client.

5. Social workers should seek informed consent of the people who use their
services.

6. Social workers should act with exaggeration of their professional knowledge,

skills, and experience.

7. A social worker should focus on the self-interest than to address the social
problem.

8. Social workers should treat information about people who use their services
as confidential, even in situations that call for a greater ethical requirement
such as the preservation of life.

9. A social worker should recognize the boundaries between personal and

professional life, and they should not abuse their position for personal benefit
or gain.

10. Social workers should communicate with people who use their services
careers and professionals.

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Directions: Identify what Ethical Value is the following Ethical Principles referring
to. Write your answer on a separate sheet.

_____________1. Social workers recognize the central importance of human

relationships.
_____________2. Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.

_____________3. Social workers practice within their areas of competence and

develop and enhance their professional expertise.
_____________4. The social workers' primary goal is to help people in need and to
address social problems.

_____________5. These activities seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge

about oppression and cultural and ethnic diversity.

_____________6. Social workers practice within their areas of competence and

develop and enhance their professional expertise.

_____________7. Social workers are encouraged to volunteer some portion of their

professional skills with no expectation of significant financial
return (pro bono service).

_____________8. Social workers strive to ensure access to needed information,

services, and resources; equality of opportunity; and meaningful
participation in decision making for all people.

_____________9. Social workers are continually aware of the profession's mission,

values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a
manner consistent with them.

____________10. Social workers act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical
practices on the part of the organization with which they are
affiliated.

Mabuhay! You are done. Congratulations!!!!!!!!

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References
Printed Materials:

Cauyan, JM, L., Brillon, CA, A., and Quilocol, R, T., Discipline and Ideas in the
Applied Social Sciences (pp 25-26), Vibal Group, Inc. 1253 G. Araneta
Avenue, Quezon City

Cauyan, JM, L., Brillon, CA, A., and Quilocol, R, T., Discipline and Ideas in the
Applied Social Sciences (pp 46-55), Vibal Group, Inc. 1253 G. Araneta
Avenue, Quezon City

Tatel, C, P., Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences (pp 80-87), Rex
Bookstore

Website:

https://socialworkhumss2bmaterchristi.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/rights-
responsibilities-and-accountabilities/

https://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-4373.php

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/si/143/made/en/print

https://www.slideshare.net/eweber/meap-6-pt-writing-rubric-by-trait

https://www.coursehero.com/file/18510724/Buford-High-Rubric/

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