Part one-The movie [1 1/2 pages]

1. Select a movie from the attached list or decide on your own movie idea. (The movie must have an ethical dilemma as its main theme. Please run ideas by Shantih).
2. Spend time watching the movie (and taking notes). (You may need to watch it more than once.)
3. Respond to these questions after you have watched the movie:
4. What movie did you select and why.
5. What is the movie about? In your own words.
6. A movie review: Find a movie review and include a paragraph from the review. Make sure to cite your source!
7. Please give two or three examples of ethical dilemmas that you saw in the movie. What were the characters struggling with? Be specific and cite your movie.

Part two: Create a Counseling Session from the movie [1 page]

1. Imagine you are a social worker or counselor assigned to work with a character/characters in the movie, please respond to these questions:
2. What would be challenging and why?
3. What would be exciting and why?
4. What ethical questions would you bring to your supervisor?
5. Give 2 examples of how the NASW Code of Ethics could help you in your work with the client/clients. (Cite your sources. Give 1-2 examples from your class readings.)
6. Give specific examples from the movie.

Part three: Your reflections [1 page]

1. What did you learn about Human service Ethics from watching the movie and responding to these questions?
2. Would you recommend this movie to someone else studying ethics?
3. What else would you like to add?

References must include:

1. The movie or book
2. The movie or book review
3. NASW Code of Ethics
4. Two additional chapters or articles from our class

 

 

The Movie of choice

 

Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Seventeen-year-old Autumn Callahan suspects she is pregnant and goes to a crisis pregnancy center. At the center, she takes a drugstore test that confirms she is pregnant. She is told she is 10 weeks along, given literature on adoption, and shown an anti-abortion video. After learning that she cannot get an abortion in Pennsylvania without parental consent, she tries to induce a miscarriage by swallowing pills and punching herself in the stomach. When those methods fail, she tells her cousin, Skylar, that she is pregnant. Skylar steals cash from the grocery store where they work, and the two buy bus tickets to New York City. On the bus they meet Jasper, a young man persistently interested in Skylar even though she tries to blow him off.

 

Reading list from module

NASW Code of Ethics 

Dickson, D. T. (2009). When Law and Ethics Collide: Social Control in Child Protective Services. Ethics and Social Welfare, 3(3), 264–283. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496530903209485 

McDonald, D., Boddy, J., O’Callaghan, K., & Chester, P. (2015). Ethical Professional Writing in Social Work and Human Services. Ethics and Social Welfare, 9(4), 359–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2015.1009481 

Witherell, C. S. (1997). “Real World” Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Service Professionals. Journal of Moral Education, 26(2), 227– 

Ng, W. (2008). Virtual teamwork: students studying about ethics in an online environment. Research in Science & Technological Education, 26(1), 13. https://sunyempire.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/virtual-teamwork-students-studying-about-ethics/docview/218196304/se-2 

Lee, M. Y., Mickelson, J., Quijada, L., & Orr, L. (2021). Transforming Lives of Former Foster Youths: A Campus-Based Support Program Grounded in Social Work Values. Social Work (New York), 66(3), 217–225. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swa    

Dore, I. (2019). Doing Knowing Ethically – Where Social Work Values Meet Critical Realism. Ethics and Social Welfare, 13(4), 377–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1598458b024l