Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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A local shelter that receives funding from the National Institute of Health and Mental Health is upgrading its website. Along with several upgrades to the website, the web developer/consultant makes a suggestion that the shelter add a testimonial page where local citizens can describe their positive interactions with the shelter and its services. Since the web developer/consultant want to get that page up and running first, the developer suggests using some positive ratings and responses from Angie’s List® and other similar ratings sites that already have positive stories and experiences with the shelter.

The director of the shelter loves the idea of a testimonial page. She thinks it would really add to the community feel of the shelter. However, knowing her funding source, she researches the APA Ethics Code and believes the shelter would be acting inappropriately. To discuss the matter in further detail, the director of the shelter calls you for an ethics consult.

Adapted from: http://www.ethicalpsychology.com/2012/06/vignette-14-psychology-of-advertizing.html

In 500-750 words, explain the advice you would give:

  1. Describe the ethical issues involved in this situation.
  2. Discuss any other concerns about the web developer/consultant’s strategies.
  3. Explain some recommendations that you would make to the shelter.

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Consider some of the craziest alternatives you identified. Try to force them to fit your values. See if this process leads you to identify an alternative that may not be so crazy after all.

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After doing the activities below, please write at least one original post and two replies to other students in the discussion forum (for a total of 3 contributions, each worth up to 4 points).
It is up to you to which topic you cover in which posts, as long as it becomes clear from your overall contribution to the forum that you did all the exercises and tasks described below, and that you’re reading your classmate’s contributions.

1. Identifying Alternatives

Stimulus variation:

Employ different stimulus variation techniques as described in the book and in Keeney’s article that may help you identify new alternatives, beyond the ones you have already considered for your decision.
Please take your time to complete at least three different stimulus variation techniques before you engage in the discussion forum.

Force-fit:

Consider some of the craziest alternatives you identified. Try to force them to fit your values. See if this process leads you to identify an alternative that may not be so crazy after all.
I’m aware that for some of your decisions, trying to come up with additional alternatives may seem impossible or artificial. Just bear with us though and do it anyway. At the very least it will be a good creativity exercise, but I trust that for most of you it will be helpful, and for some it may lead to win-win alternatives and make a really big difference. And don’t be afraid to explore “crazy” alternatives! You may be surprised at what you come up with when you let yourself be creative. I have had students who actually ended up pursuing an alternative to their decision that at first seemed crazy, and as they explored it more, found out it was not so crazy after all. It’s really fun when that happens!

In the end, you want to have at least three different alternatives for your decision that you will keep working with.

Share and discuss this process with your classmates in the forum. You can also try to help other students in coming up with new alternatives for their decisions, especially if you can think of win-win alternatives. For that too, use the methods described in the book and Keeney’s article.

Whether you apply the technique to your own or another student’s decision, please make clear to us in your posts that you actually applied and understood the different techniques.

2. Determine your final sets of values and alternatives.

This is a preparation for the decision tables (worksheet next week) and your chance to get some feedback from your classmates about whether your final sets of alternatives and values are ready for that next step.
What are the alternatives you want to keep working with, and what are your values? Apart from the reading (revisit the values chapter!), here is an additional resource. These checklists will help you determine if you have well-structured sets of values and alternatives. Go through both checklists and revise your sets as needed.
In the discussion forum, share your final set of alternatives and values, or share parts of the process of revising, or ask questions, or give feedback to other students.

Did you like the results? Did you like the reasons for taking the action, the rationale that is part of the deontological school of thought?

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The Problem: The Case of the Troubling Inquiry

At lunch one day a friend, who is an excellent mid-level scientist in the company in which you work, tells you she wants to talk with you about a problem. She has a suspicion that she is being paid less that her male colleagues and wants your help. You have just been doing some research and know that the women scientists are in fact being paid less than the men with comparable experience and comparable education in the field. The hiring practice had been to bring people in at the lowest possible salary. You know that the research shows that because women tend to be more tentative about salary, they don’t ask for top dollar. You have just completed a salary survey in your company and know that women scientists are currently being paid 10% less then men with the same credentials in many cases. Your preliminary work indicates that to bring the women into parity with the men will cost approximately $37,500 per quarter.

Here is the assignment:

 

Worksheet 5: For this part of the Assignment, you are asked to Be Reflective, asyou consider both how you made the decision as well as your response to theAssignment. In this segment you consider how you corrected for personal bias and your own blind spots—hubris—and have attended to the common good.This part of the Assignment must have citations and references. Use the questions as headings for each section, and write no more than a paragraph on each.● Discuss whether or not the ethical analysis made sense. As you considered the section in the Baird text that described the process that those from the deontological school of thought use for ethical analysis, what were the strengths and weaknesses of this process? What were the problems with the process?What are the sticking points?● Did you like the results? Did you like the reasons for taking the action, the rationale that is part of the deontological school of thought? Do you get a sense that you would follow these results or the rationale in real life? Why or why not?● What insights do you have about this problem that you would like to share with others? What information would you appreciate from them?● How would adding the world of emotion and conscience help clarify your decision, as described on the first page of Chapter 7 of the Baird text? Ethical maturity is often defined as not only being responsible but also considering others in the decision. Why is considering others important in the particular problem you were asked to resolve?● Consider the spiritual perspective—spirituality being defined as that which gives life and work meaning and purpose. As you begin to see yourself in light of the community, how can you (and others in the organization) begin to discipline your desires so you can live fully in the present with faith and trust, avoiding self-righteousness and self-deception?

Discuss the historic and cross-cultural perspectives of psychopathology that may impact the diagnosis and treatment of Tina.

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 What does policy have to do with clinical social work? Connecting policy to direct practice can be a challenge for some micro social workers. However, policies affect the lives of each and every client who walks through your door. Policies affect clients ability to access and pay for services. Policies also affect environmental conditions that influence individual experience.

For this week’s small group discussion, you discuss ideas for your individual Social Change project. The Project will be completed individually; however, you discuss your Project in this week’s small group discussion to help you develop your idea based on peer feedback.

By Day 4 (ON HOMELESS VETERANS, 2 TO 3 PAGES ONLY)

Post your responses to the following question presented for the Group Discussion:

  • Explain what area you are interested in engaging in advocacy.
  • Briefly, identify the related social problem and types of policies that may impact the social problem.
  • Identify 2-3 ideas you are considering for your Social Change Project.
  • Explain how the project may impact clients in a clinical social work setting.Review the diagnostic criteria on pages 99-100; 160-161; 561-562 of the DSM-5.Using the case study of “Tina,” write a 500-750-word essay in which you examine your thought process about her presenting issues. Include the following in your paper:
    1. Discuss the historic and cross-cultural perspectives of psychopathology that may impact the diagnosis and treatment of Tina.
    2. After reviewing the diagnoses that could pertain to Tina from the DSM-5, discuss your diagnostic impression.
    3. Provide evidence for your diagnostic impression with appropriate criteria from the DSM-5.
    4. Discuss how historic misconceptions of mental illness could potentially impact the treatment of this client (e.g., treatment course, client referrals).
    5. Include at least five scholarly references.