One example was included in this chapter of how the dignity and worth of clients might be violated. What are some other examples of this process? How is it that many of these situations occur without intent?
What will be an ideal response?
Below are listed some agency characteristics and situations that can unintentionally lead to disregard of clients’ dignity and worth. Students may refer to these as a basis for identifying examples of client value violations.
• A lack of clarity about the agency’s mission or program purposes
• Variable program quality within the agency
• Difficulties insuring that all clients whom the agency is intended to serve have access to those services
• Recruitment and hiring practices (ensuring that client demographics re represented by staff demographics)
• Efficiency of resource use by administrators
• The quality of interprofessional relationships
• The quality and range of interagency relationships
• The challenge to agency managers of regularly accessing information and feedback from all relevant stakeholders, including clients
• The use of client evaluations
• Negative staff behaviors related to alienation and burnout
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Issues related to ethics risk management include:
a. handling of confidential information. b. maintenance of proper boundaries with clients. c. documentation. d. informed consent. e.All of these choices
Which of the following is captured by the notion of “Respect for people's rights and dignity” in the APA ethical guidelines?
a. Protecting participants' privacy b. Treating participants as worthy individuals c. Providing equal access to all d. Protecting participants' confidentiality
The existential question "Why?" implies that we are
a. attempting to set our life goals. b. actively searching for meaning, trying to make sense of the world in which we find ourselves. c. into self-pity because we believe that life is unfair. d. reluctant to take responsibility for our own actions.
Which of the following treatment groups consists of participants who share common issues or problems and meet on an ongoing basis to cope with stress, give each other suggestions, provide encouragement, convey information, and furnish emotional support?
A. Therapy B. Support C. Educational D. Socialization