Eye on Ethics: Help! My Supervisor is Unethical
Document Type
Article
Department (Manual Entry)
School of Social Work
Abstract
Many social workers have encountered instances when supervisors or administrators have asked or instructed them to participate in, condone, or overlook unethical practices. Examples include supervisors who ask social workers to exaggerate service utilization data supplied to funders, ignore eligibility criteria for agency services to enhance revenue, and alter client records in advance of a site visit conducted by an accreditation agency. In these instances, social workers must make difficult ethical judgments about how they will respond to unethical requests or mandates.
Citation
Reamer, Frederic G., "Eye on Ethics: Help! My Supervisor is Unethical," Social Work Today, June, 2013, available at http://www.socialworktoday.com/news/eoe_062113.shtml