Ethical Practices In The Child And Youth Care Field
Assignment 2
Understanding child and youth care practice.
In every organization there is need for ethical practices and the Child and Youth Care field is not an exception. Stuart (2009:181) defines a code of ethics as a set of rules or standards for behavior or as a set of principles to follow in making decisions about how to behave. These set of rules will be the yardstick for right and wrong in the field of Child and Youth Care work. Below is going to be a discussion on the importance of ethical practices, the writers’ view on what the consequences of unethical practice should be and the reasons why it should be so. More so, one can expect to see a case study of an unethical practice that occurred at an orphanage in Zimbabwe. Just …show more content…
These are selling of drugs to young people, having sexual relationships with them, sharing pornographic videos, embezzling agency funds and turning up to work drunk These are just some of the many unethical things that can happen in this field. Every action that one takes whether good or bad always has consequence. There might delay but they always come. In this case if one who was entrusted with children does something that is against the organizations’ values they have to pay the consequences. For instance if one decides to turn up to work drunk those in authority after giving the person warnings have to fire that person. This is so because the practitioner in question might be bad influence to the children. And at the end of the day the reputation of the organization will be in …show more content…
In the case of one whom rapes children in his care, stiffer penalties like life imprisonment should be given. This is so because if such people are kept around chances are that they might continue with their behaviors or others practitioners might repeat the same error because they will be confident that no punishment would be given to them. It is also important for one to note that if unethical practices occur it might affect the whole organization in the sense that they may lack funding from their sponsors which will result in the suffering of the children. In the following paragraph is gong to be an example of an unethical practice that was done by a practitioner in the field and the consequences that he faced.
A man in Zimbabwe, who used to be a practitioner in the field of child and youth care work, had the tendency of sexually abusing young girls at the orphanage that he worked. When his actions became known by the authorities investigations were made and he was found guilty of raping about ten young girls. He got the sentence of life imprisonment. This is a really sad thing to happen to someone who had vowed to work with children because being in the field is a clear indication that one loves children and that one has personal strong ethical
Understanding child and youth care practice.
In every organization there is need for ethical practices and the Child and Youth Care field is not an exception. Stuart (2009:181) defines a code of ethics as a set of rules or standards for behavior or as a set of principles to follow in making decisions about how to behave. These set of rules will be the yardstick for right and wrong in the field of Child and Youth Care work. Below is going to be a discussion on the importance of ethical practices, the writers’ view on what the consequences of unethical practice should be and the reasons why it should be so. More so, one can expect to see a case study of an unethical practice that occurred at an orphanage in Zimbabwe. Just …show more content…
These are selling of drugs to young people, having sexual relationships with them, sharing pornographic videos, embezzling agency funds and turning up to work drunk These are just some of the many unethical things that can happen in this field. Every action that one takes whether good or bad always has consequence. There might delay but they always come. In this case if one who was entrusted with children does something that is against the organizations’ values they have to pay the consequences. For instance if one decides to turn up to work drunk those in authority after giving the person warnings have to fire that person. This is so because the practitioner in question might be bad influence to the children. And at the end of the day the reputation of the organization will be in …show more content…
In the case of one whom rapes children in his care, stiffer penalties like life imprisonment should be given. This is so because if such people are kept around chances are that they might continue with their behaviors or others practitioners might repeat the same error because they will be confident that no punishment would be given to them. It is also important for one to note that if unethical practices occur it might affect the whole organization in the sense that they may lack funding from their sponsors which will result in the suffering of the children. In the following paragraph is gong to be an example of an unethical practice that was done by a practitioner in the field and the consequences that he faced.
A man in Zimbabwe, who used to be a practitioner in the field of child and youth care work, had the tendency of sexually abusing young girls at the orphanage that he worked. When his actions became known by the authorities investigations were made and he was found guilty of raping about ten young girls. He got the sentence of life imprisonment. This is a really sad thing to happen to someone who had vowed to work with children because being in the field is a clear indication that one loves children and that one has personal strong ethical