Confi dentiality Critique: Standard 1.07 of NASW Code of Ethics suggests that it is important to…
Confi dentiality Critique: Standard 1.07 of NASW Code of
Ethics suggests that it is important to maintain confi dentiality, but then
lists many exceptions concerning the protection of vulnerable people and
promotion of the public good. Some social workers believe that the ethic of
confi dentiality is based on an individualistic view of private versus public
interests that does not adequately take communitarian interests into account
(Clark, 2006). What are the advantages and disadvantages of the NASW Codes
approach to defi ning confi dentiality and its limits? Assume that you are
Confi dentiality Critique: Standard 1.07 of NASW Code of
Ethics suggests that it is important to maintain confi dentiality, but then
lists many exceptions concerning the protection of vulnerable people and
promotion of the public good. Some social workers believe that the ethic of
confi dentiality is based on an individualistic view of private versus public
interests that does not adequately take communitarian interests into account
(Clark, 2006). What are the advantages and disadvantages of the NASW Codes
approach to defi ning confi dentiality and its limits? Assume that you are
developing an ethics code for an ethnocultural group such as a Native American
community that values communitarianism over individualism. Re-draft Standard
1.07 from a communitarian perspective (Walker, 2002). In particular, how would
issues of child maltreatment be handled from a communitarian perspective?
