Reference no: EM132441975

Staff need to have awareness of ethical practice in the context of the work role.

The following are ethical issues. Explain, in approximately for each, what you would do if they occurred in your workplace.

1. You overhear a staff member verbally abusing a young client.
2. Two staff members are gossiping about the behaviour of a client. They are laughing about the behaviour. One of the staff members has no responsibility for treatment of the client. Those are experienced staff members who should know that this is inappropriate behaviour.
3. You notice that sometimes when one of your clients is moved from bed to a chair there seem to be bruises on the client's arms. You check and discover that on occasions when the bruising occurs a particular staff member is responsible for moving the client.
4. You have noticed that a child in the care facility in which you work has not eaten lunch for the last two weeks. You ask the child why and are told that due to religious taboos they are not allowed to eat the food they have been given. You talk to the kitchen staff and they say it is just too bad, the child has to eat the food that has been given.

Q2. Workers need to understand the legal issues they might face in the workplace. They must know how to respond to specific issues. Duty of care is a legal issue. Explain how duty of care aligns with legal requirements.

Q3. Explain what a value system is and how it can impact on the work people do.