Kitchener's Ethical Model

As a social worker, it is my responsibility to report a fellow social worker who is not following the codes we live by. Mary Smith is a certified alcohol and drug counselor at a “drop-in” clinic. A patient came in seeking help with a situation that hit very close to home for Mary. Suzanne was having relationship issues with a current boyfriend that she lived with. The boyfriend reportedly was a drug addict and abusive to Suzanne. When helping Suzanne, Mary was encouraging her to do things out of fright for her due to being able to relate and understand the possibilities of what would happen to Suzanne if she were to stay with her boyfriend. When Mary Smith was suggesting ideas to Suzanne she was doing it in a fashion that was to the point of pushing to do it rather than a suggestion. Further into the meeting with Suzanne, Mary went on and made actions that also questioned the code of ethics. To understand fully which areas were violated we will be using the Kitchener’s Ethical Model to explain in detail. In Kitchener’s Ethical Model there is five moral principles that are spelled out. The first listed is the autonomy
This one is kind of backwards for this section of the case study. When Mary found out that Suzanne is going through a similar situation that Mary have previously gone through she started to treat her differently, with extra sympathy for the simple fact that she knows what it feels like to go through that. Mary needed to handle it on a more professional level. She was right with suggesting that Suzanne needed to get out of the situation, yet made have made a rash call when she stated that she needed to leave him immediately and go to the shelter. For each hospital, there is protocol for certain situations, and ones like this have it as well. How to get them help, how to get them to a shelter, how to make sure they are safe. Mary took it into her own