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Ethical dilemmas in the decision-making process of placing infants and toddlers in substitute family care from the perspective of Social and Legal Protection of Children workers
URBÁNKOVÁ, Štěpánka
Diploma thesis is dedicated to the analysis of ethical dilemmas combined with the decision making proces of placing infants and toddlers in subtitute family care and their possible return to their biological family addressed by social workers of the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. One of the possible tools for dealing with ethical dilemmas and struggles during assessment and resolution of situations regarding children is using ethical theories. The main goal of the thesis is to find out what are the most common ethical dilemmas related to the decision making process of placing infants and toddlers in substitute family care and their possible return to their biological family dealt with by social workers of the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children and what strategies and techniques they use. Chosen method and technique of the research is qualitative research strategy combined with using the technique of an interview.
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Issues of confidentiality and reporting obligations in low-threshold facilities for children and youth
ŘÍHOVÁ, Sabina
The thesis focuses on the conflict between the duty to report and the duty of confidentiality in a low-threshold facility for children and youth. The first part of the thesis characterizes the low-threshold facility for children and youth. This is followed by a definition of the legislative framework of the reporting obligations and the duty of confidentiality. The thesis briefly introduces the social and legal protection of children and the activities of the OSPOD. Then the possibilities of cooperation and NZDM with OSPOD and the Police of the Czech Republic and the most common reasons that prevent this cooperation. The last part of the thesis focuses on ethics and ethical dilemmas in social work with regard to professional ethics of social workers and ethical dilemmas occurring in the work in NZDM. The thesis offers possible solutions to ethical dilemmas and recommendations on how to to prevent them. The thesis combines a theoretical approach with a research part. The qualitative research is conducted through semi- structured interviews with social workers in low-threshold facility for children and youth.
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Ethical dilemmas of social workers with drug addicts
LIŠKOVÁ, Erika
The work deals with the ethical dilemmas of social workers when working with drug addicts. It lists specific ethical dilemmas solved in the contact center and describes the impact of the solved dilemmas on the professional and private life of social workers. To clarify the assigned topic, it first explains addiction and the causes of its emergence. It also describes what the social workers of the contact center do and the most common problems that are solved with drug addicts within the framework of social work. The thesis describes the ethical dilemmas that were discovered through a semi-structured interview with contact center workers, which was supplemented by participant observation, carried out during the interviews. The thesis shows how workers perceive ethical dilemmas and how they overcome them. The research probe contains conclusions from the statements of the contact center social workers and transcripts of interviews.
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Ethical dilemmas of social workers of an asylum for mothers with children
HLAVÁČKOVÁ, Tereza
The thesis deals with the ethical dilemmas of social workers in the asylum and its analysis through the selected ethical direction. Utilitarianism is chosen as the key ethical direction. In its introductory part, the thesis deals with the characteristics of the target group of shelters for mothers with children. It portrays the diversity of needs of the target group of the asylum for mothers with children. It also discusses the possible effects of single parenthood and the state apparatus used to resolve their social situation. The second part of the thesis presents a presentation of a specific shelter for mothers with children, taking a closer look at explaining what an ethical dilemma or ethical problem is, and what the possibilities of solving them are in practice. The above-mentioned topics help us to better understand the next part of the thesis, which will deal with the real ethical problems of social workers in an asylum for mothers with children. In a particular asylum home for mothers with children in Prague, an investigation is conducted through semi-structured interviews that will find out what ethical dilemmas social workers face most often in their practice. The thesis aims to find out the ethical dilemmas that social workers deal with and to look at them through the lens of an ethical approach. The ethical approach chosen is utilitarianism. During the reflection on ethical dilemmas, the thesis relies mainly on professional literature. Analyzing an ethical dilemma through the aforementioned ethical approach provides a broader view of the issue and can help social workers in solving ethical problems.
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Ethical aspects of social work with problem children and youth from the perspective of the curator for children and youth OSPOD of the Karlovy Vary region
JUŘÍKOVÁ, Marcela
The diploma thesis deals with the ethical aspects of social work in performing the profession of social guardianship for children and youth. The curator for children and youth works with at-risk children who show problematic behavior and the need to solve their life situation. The work contains not only the definition of basic concepts related to the topic of the work, but also the possibility of solving ethically challenging situations through social work and ethics. The aim of the work is to find out and describe the ethical issues that the curators of the Karlovy Vary Region deal with in their profession. The diploma thesis also deals with their attitude and opinions towards working with problem children. The identification of ethical aspects, attitudes and opinions of curators was carried out with the help of qualitative research.
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Ethical dilemma in working with people with Asperger's syndrome
KAŠPAROVÁ, Eliška
This diploma thesis deals with theme of Ethical dilemma of social workers when deciding whether to create a collaborative plan based on the wishes of an adolescent with Asperger syndrome or a parent. The goal was to find out how social workers decide to interview, what factors influence their decisions. The topic is discussed both in the field of developmental psychology and theoretical knowledge about Asperger's syndrome, but this work also mentions theoretical knowledge of ethics in the field of decision-making. Qualitative research was focused not only on interviews with five social workers, but also on the view of adolescents with Asperger's syndrome and their parents on the given issue. In the research results, I emphasize the importance of elaborated internal regulations, which describe the procedure of working with the client, and which can help to solve the ethical dilemma.
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Ethical problems in nursing
Audrlická, Marie-Anna ; Votroubková, Michaela (advisor) ; Kutnohorská, Jana (referee)
Author: Marie-Anna Audrlická Institution: Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Department of Nursing Title: Ethical problems in nursing Supervisor: Mgr. Michaela Votroubková Number of pages: 92 Year of defense: 2023 Keywords: nursing ethics, ethical problem, ethical dilemma, morality, ethical principle, time pressure, lack of care The goal of my bachelor's thesis was to evaluate the influence of time pressure on the quality of nursing care, to assess this problem from an ethical point of view and to propose a solution. In the theoretical part, I dealt with the ethics of nursing, its principles and history and I described some ethical problems of nursing. In the practical part, I focused on the time pressure as an ethical problem. The research was conducted using a qualitative method of investigation in the form of a semi-structured interview. I interviewed 6 sisters. In the analysis of the interviews, I focus on the frequency of occurrence of time pressure, nurses' attitude to the documentation in time pressure, patient care during time pressure, errors and solutions. On the basis of the studied sources and the obtained data, I established and proposed possibilities on how to solve the time pressure problem. The contribution of my work is the...
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The specifics of social work with seniors and possible ethical dilemmas of work from the point of view of a social worker
STAŇKOVÁ, Magdalena
The bachelor thesis deals with the ethical dilemmas of social work in residential services for the elderly. The first chapter defines the concept of old age and describes the accompanying phenomena of the aging process. The second chapter describes the methods of social work with the elderly and defines residential services for the elderly. The third chapter deals with the ethical aspects of social work with the elderly and describes the role of the social worker. The fourth chapter defines the concept of ethical dilemma and conflict of values. The next part presents dilemmatic situations on specific examples from the literature. The fifth chapter is devoted to empirical research, which is based on real statements of social workers in residential services, illustrates what ethical dilemmas social workers most often encounter and how to solve them. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to specify social work with seniors, to describe the ethical dilemmas of social work with seniors in residential services and to show, on specific examples from qualitative research, which solution social workers prefer.
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Ethical dilemmas in crisis telephone intervention among seniors
VOSIKOVÁ, Kristýna
The thesis is of a theoretical nature. The thesis deals with the ethical dilemmas of telephone crisis intervention workers while working with seniors. This thesis aims to define the moral dilemmas of telephone crisis intervention workers, which are exposed every day, and to reflect on their solutions with the help of ethical theories. The first chapter presents the characteristics of age and ageing, age changes, and preparation for age. The second chapter contains the aspects and features of crisis intervention and the causes, phases, types and solutions of the crisis. Chapter three presents the topic of telephone crisis intervention as a form of help. Chapter four describes senior crisis intervention, the most common crises in old age and senior telephone crisis intervention. The last chapter contains the topic of ethical dilemmas in the senior telephone crisis intervention and the reflection of ethical theories responding to moral dilemmas of the line workers.
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Dilemmas of organizations providing services to people with autism
ŠPAČKOVÁ, Barbora
The diploma thesis focuses on ethical dilemmas of organizations which helps people with autism spectrum disorders. The preface part describes methodical steps which were taken to elaborate this thesis. The thesis is divided into six parts. The first part focuses on target group and its specific varieties. The second part deals with the specifics of the social work with autistic people. The next part is dedicated to ethics in the field of social work, mostly to ethical code, problems and dilemmas of social workers. In the fourth part the three ethical theories are described: Deontology, Utilitarianism and Antiopressive Theories.The fifth part follows, where the specific dilemmas of organizations helping to people with autism are introduced. The last part focuses on application of above-mentioned theories to specific dilemma. The research probe was done in particular organization which deals with people with autism. Obtained information were processed in discussion.
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