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Homework: What Is Poverty
Instructions
Your final homework for this course is to use everything you have learned from the course literature to write a paper on a topic that is of interest to you.
Select a topic, preferably from your practice, that has general social importance. Choose a topic that is not only of interest to you, but that reflects at least one of the topics presented in this course.
If you are uncertain, obtain prior approval of the topic from your instructor. To assist you below is a list of topics that would work for this paper:
1. Immigration
2. Poverty
3. Child Welfare
4. Domestic Violence
5. Women's Health Rights
6. Religious Rights
7. Discrimination
8. Elder Abuse
9. Research
Task
Question A. Discuss the history or genesis of the social problem and why social work should be concerned about this issue, why it poses ethical dilemmas for social workers and the moral societal values underlying the topic - from the perspectives of general society, the profession, religion, the agency, and your own personal values.
Question B. Present a case in which the social worker is in conflict with a family, agency, colleagues, group, or community over this ethical dilemma. Describe the specific conflict situation.
Question C. Present the ethical dilemma in one or two sentences.
Question D. Identify any value conflicts that may be present in the ethical dilemma.
Question E. Identify ethical principles and prima facie duties as they pertain to the ethical dilemma.
Question F. Utilizing either the Ethical Justification Model of Beauchamp & Childress or Mattison's Model apply the model to your case. Begin with the background information.
Question G. Identify possible courses of action and the benefits/costs and possible outcomes of each.
Question H. Make the decision/resolution and explain how you prioritized and why you arrived at that decision.
Question I. Discuss how your personal values entered into the decision-making process.