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Please read the case example below and address the following questions in paragraph format. Use critical thinking skills and apply terms and concepts we have discussed in class from the text. Apply the code of ethics for your major in Human Services in discussing your answers.

1) A social worker employed in a county social services department as an eligibility worker has learned that local welfare reforms direct that she report any new children born to current welfare recipients. She fears that the new reporting requirements could prevent children born into welfare families from receiving income supports later in their lives. The worker is aware of the requirement that social workers should comply with the law. However, she is convinced that reporting newborns might preclude future essential services. The social worker also believes that the new regulations will create a new class of citizens (children born to welfare mothers) that might be discriminated against in various ways. She feels caught between complying with the law and ignoring the law to prevent what she views as likely injustice.

a. what is/are the ethical dilemma (s) facing the social worker?

b. are these legitimate concerns? Why or why not?

c. As the social worker in the county agency, how would you respond in this situation? What are your possible courses of action?