Your final assignment 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.

Final Paper

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Present the ethical dilemma in one or two sentences.
4. Identify any value conflicts that may be present in the ethical dilemma.
5. Identify ethical principles and prima facie duties as they pertain to the ethical dilemma.
6. Utilizing either the Ethical Justification Model of Beauchamp & Childress or Mattison’s Model apply the model to your case. Begin with the background information.
7. Identify possible courses of action and the benefits/costs and possible outcomes of each.
8.  Make the decision/resolution and explain how you prioritized and why you arrived at that decision.
9.  Discuss how your personal values entered into the decision-making process.