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  1. Sep 2022
    1. Social workers should engage in social and political action that seeks to ensure that all people have equal access to the resources, employment, services, and opportunities they require to meet their basic human needs and to develop fully.

      Based on the Podcast Transcript, they mention a lot of negative things that came with the development of smartphones and technology. They also touched on the fact that with new technology, people who normally wouldn't have access to certain services now do. With the annotation highlighted, we can use things like facetime, zoom calls and online office spaces in order to offer services to more remote clients. This is how I would adopt the use of technology in my future profession. Since before I even thought about entering the Social Work Profession, I cleaned up my Social Media. Any pictures of videos of myself presented as intoxicated I removed. Your online presence is something that a lot of future employers and even clients will look at. It's important to ensure that, as an advocate for positive change, you present yourself well on public forums, including social media.

    1. Social workers’ primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients’ interests are primary. However, social workers’ responsibility to the larger society or specific legal obligations may, on limited occasions, supersede the loyalty owed clients, and clients should be so advised.

      I don't see anything wrong with section of the code of ethics. Although I can see how this can be seen as a struggle of equality. A Social Worker might feel conflicted as to when the right time is to intervene in a situation. That balance of power is completely one sided. If the social worker in question has a biased for, or against their client, that could shape the future of someones life permanently, for better or worse. I think this section could be fleshed out a little as it's a little vague on what determines a threat to the greater view of society. Harming one person's future for something they haven't, and never were planning on doing is causing harm. At the same time not informing the authorities based on your own intuition, and then having the client do something negative and harmful, is a violation of the Code.

    1. Social workers should not permit their private conduct to interfere with their ability to fulfill their professional responsibilities.

      Section 4.03 is a hard one for I think anyone to overcome. In my field study, I had to do a presentation on Suicide Prevention and Awareness. It's a very touchy subject that, unfortunately, to many people are familiar with, including myself. I've known a handful of people who died from suicide and even more who attempted, all of which I had some sort of interpersonal relations with. Regardless, I had to give this presentation on the awareness of suicide to highschool students. In the moment it didn't really affect me or how I was engaging with the class, until after the presentation where I opened the floor for questions. I ended up sharing some personal experiences with the class in order for them to understand that I actually do advocate for Suicide Prevention. It made me upset, not visibly, but regardless, talking about the people you once knew who had so much going for them, and understanding that there was no rhyme or reason to their deaths can make almost anyone lose their integrity. I was able to answer the questions professionally and without hiccup, even though the questions at hand were a little upsetting. It's our duty to ensure that we provide the information needed to those who need it, for their well-being and for society's well-being.