widespread challenge faced by social workers is the idea of dual relationships. Dual relationships occur when there is an additional relationship between the provider and client‚ besides the professional relationship‚ ranging from social relationships‚ sexual relationships‚ business relationships‚ to even religious relationships. According to the National Association of Social Workers‚ it is unethical for social workers to enter into any dual relationships with clients (National Association of Social Workers
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Dual Relationships Page 1 Ethical Dilemma: Dual Relationships Professional‚ Ethical‚ and Legal Issues in Human Services Instructor Fowler Shawna Sparlin University of Phoenix Dual Relationships Page 2 Mary has been seeing her counselor for some months now to work on commitment issues. She has been dating Robert on and off again for the past year. Robert has asked her to marry him and she has said yes. Mary feels ready to take this step due to
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Dual relationships are “either sexual or nonsexual and occur when counselors assume two (or more) roles simultaneously or sequentially with a client.” When this occurs‚ it can be very harmful to the counselor-client relationship and in some cases it is illegal. Many factors including ethical concerns have to be taken into consideration before a counselor assumes another role. The first and highly unethical dual relationship is a sexual encounter with a client. This is strictly prohibited because
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Facilitator Advocacy and mediation are integrated into various spectrums of the human services field‚ but when two methods of helping present challenges for one another there may pose a problem. Ethical‚ moral‚ and legal challenges of potential dual relationships are common‚ there are approaches that can be put into play which can help alleviate these stressors. This paper will provide perceptive on the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field‚ as well as personal philosophy
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without crossing boundaries while avoiding dual relationships from forming. For example‚ a close friend of yours is having difficulty with her teenage daughter. She knows you are a psychologist who specializes in adolescents. She asks if you would be willing to see her daughter for a few sessions to straighten her out. Pope asks "What would each person consider the most ethical response?"The first problem given this scenario‚ there is already a dual relationship that is beginning because the therapist
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where it discussed extensively about dual relationships and also about ethical challenges specifically for social workers working in rural areas. After reading this article‚ it helped me better understand the special challenges and concerns that social workers face when working in rural areas One of the main things that stood out to me was when I read that the NASW Code of Ethics does not say anything against dual relationships. I always thought that dual relationships between the social worker and the
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Challenges of Dual Relationships in Mediation and Advocacy Robert Hands University of Phoenix Advocacy and Mediation 441 D. Smith June 19‚ 2010 Challenges of Dual Relationships in Mediation and Advocacy A mediator is a neutral go-between who convenes with two or more people or parties to smooth the progress and help with communicating in order to agree about a matter or close over a difference that is present between the two people or parties. The mediator does not decide the matter
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Background: Tanzanian Mary’s cultural and/or religious beliefs: In my culture‚ my male friends are not allowed to speak to me while my brother and father are around. Dating is not common practice where I come from. If I wanted to start a serious relationship my parents would have to give permission. I usually meet people through my family at social gatherings. Alex Sex: Female or male Background: Australian born from an Italian family Alex’s cultural and/or religious beliefs: I greet all
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are the conceptual underpinnings of a dual-brand strategy? A dual brand strategy is the association of two or more already well recognized trademarks in a synergistic retail setting designed to benefit each‚ is one of the fastest growing areas in franchising. Numerous systems are learning that they’re significantly more effective in presenting their products and services to the public when they do so in association with another brand. A company may use dual branding when they want to increase the
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There have been many of the events that led to the change in the relationship between state and federal government. The relationship and authority of states and the federal government are governed by the U.S. Constitution. At first‚ states had the majority power‚ but over time federal government gained more control. Their relationship has changed over time because the federal government delegated certain enumerated powers while the state government reserved all the other powers by the Constitution
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