Week 2: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
Human services practitioners may face situations that challenge their moral and ethical platform. For example, when working with immigrants or those seeking refugee status in your own or other countries, there might be laws that prohibit certain services or access to services that a human services practitioner normally would be able to provide. How would you balance your altruistic, humanitarian mindset with respect for law, custom, or risks associated with international conflict? As you review this week’s Learning Resources, think about how you might address moral and ethical challenges in this type of work.
To Prepare
- Review your course announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion.
- Review the Learning Resources.
- Reflect on how human services professional practitioners would face the ethical and moral dilemmas in their professional work in the scenarios and examples provided in the Hart City website.
- Search the news, internet, or Walden Library for a current event that depicts a dilemma related to human services. It may be in your local community, region, or country, or it may be a global event.
- Consider how this dilemma creates an ethical or moral challenge to human services professional practitioners. For example, consider how you would respond to the three scenarios presented in the Learning Resources and apply your reflections on those scenarios to your chosen event.
Post a description of the current event you chose and the ethical dilemma it imposes. Explain how you would address or respond in this situation. Explain how you would continue to work in the profession despite facing limitations and how your strategy ensures you are meeting your professional ethical standards.
Tutorial for Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
