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    1. (a) Social workers should take adequate measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and correct the unethical conduct of colleagues, including unethical conduct using technology.

      Allen Barsky believes that social workers should avoid communicating online with groups that involve political affiliations or any type of political cause. This is a practice that I will abide by to avoid unethical conduct using technology. If I have colleagues on social media that are violating this code of conduct, I will remind them about the adequate measures we must take as social workers to prevent the unethical conduct of colleagues, including unethical conduct using technology.

    1. Social workers should be aware that posting personal information on professional Web sites or other media might cause boundary confusion, inappropriate dual relationships, or harm to clients.

      This section of the NASW code of ethics raises important questions regarding power and structural inequality because it is not clear and concise about what is personal information that should not be shared. I would assume that the personal information includes personal email, personal number, home address, etc. I believe this code should go into more detail to deter a violation.

    2. Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social workers may limit clients’ right to self-determination when, in the social workers’ professional judgment, clients’ actions or potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to themselves or others.

      This ethical standard is applied in my field work daily while serving adults with disabilities who are seeking competitive employment. The vocational counselors and I work together to assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their employment goals. If the goal poses a potential risk to themselves or others, the counselor's and their guardians limit their right to self-determination. Safety comes first.