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Chapter 30: Global Social Work

Multiple Choice

1. What organization is the national body responsible for the social work Code of Ethics in the United States?

a. United States Government

b. Association of Social Workers per state

c. United States Council on Social Work Education

*d. National Association of Social Workers

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Work Values
Question Type: MC

2. What advances have been credited with advertising the need for global social work?

a. Communication

b. Transportation

*c. Technology

d. Travel and tourism

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: MC

3. What is the primary area of response for practitioners engaging in global social work?

a. Access to economical opportunities

*b. Social inequality

c. Poverty

d. Health disparities

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: MC

4. What percentage of the world’s resources is consumed by the United States?

*a. 7/8%

b. 1/8%

c. 5/8%

d. 3/8%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: MC

5. What industry operates in the global market as mini-economies in smaller nations?

a. Transportation industry

b. Agricultural and farming industry

*c. Tourism industry

d. Communications industry

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: MC

6. What international values are similar to that of respecting the dignity and worth of the person, as defined by the Code of Ethics?

a. Application of theories with clients

*b. Empowering and liberating

c. Competence and integrity

d. Social justice and service

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Social Work Values
Question Type: MC

7. What Federation defined the profession of social work as promoting social change, problem solving in human relationships, and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being?

*a. International Federation of Social Workers

b. Federation of School Social Workers

c. International Social Workers Organization

d. International Council of Social Welfare

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Social Work Values
Question Type: MC

8. What global document was amended in 1999 to support the promotion of human rights and equal opportunity?

a. Golden Rules

b. Kercher Principles

*c. Sullivan Principles

d. Yogyakarta Principles

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Sullivan Principles
Question Type: MC

9. What are the three areas of practice in which social workers should be competent?

*a. Cultural, social, and ethical

b. Individual, legal, and political

c. Theoretical, practical, and ethical

d. Global, national, and local

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Social Work Values: Social Justice
Question Type: MC

10. Of the five types of global social work opportunities reviewed in the text, which is the most informal, flexible, and brings about development and growth for professionals?

a. Volunteering with community-based organizations

b. Volunteering with national polling centers

*c. Volunteering with international organizations

d. Volunteering in cultural exchange programs

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Importance of global Social Work and international organizations
Question Type: MC

True/False

1. Responding to social inequality is a primary role of social workers impacting change globally.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: TF

2. Resource exchange in international communities influences global social workers and their values.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction
Question Type: TF

3. Social work is not governed by professional values.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Work Values
Question Type: TF

4. In the United States, several organizations inform the social work Code of Ethics.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Work Values
Question Type: TF

5. Social justice is a core value that implies that social workers aid in decreasing disparity, respect personal relationships, and a person’s dignity and worth.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Work Values: Social Justice

Question Type: TF

6. Social work during the industrial revolution focused on health disparities and child neglect.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Importance of global social work
Question Type: TF

7. The three most popular organizations influencing the International Code of Ethics are the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and the International Council on Social Welfare.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Social Work values
Question Type: TF

8. Examples of international organizations that have social work underpinnings include professional organizations, domestic agen­cies, as well as those within the United Nations.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: International organizations
Question Type: TF

9. Cultural exchange and international volunteering programs are similar, but differ in that one is formal and the other is informal.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definitions
Question Type: TF

10. NGOs are defined as non-governmental organizations that play an important role in responding to local health and human needs by working alongside government mandates and funding streams.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definitions
Question Type: TF

Short Answer

1. What are the six core values of social work?

*a. The six core values of social work are: (1) service; (2) social justice; (3) dignity and worth of the person; (4) importance of human relationships; (5) integrity; and (6) competence (NASW, 2008).

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Work Values
Question Type: SA

Type: S

2. What do the values of service and social justice mean in the context of global social work?

*a. Social justice and service go hand-in-hand, but mean two different things. Service is one of the foremost important values of social work largely because of its importance to the fieldwork and the commitment of helping. This commitment to help is grounded in the value of social justice. In terms of social justice, social workers aid persons to decrease disparities, have respect for personal relationships, and value individual dignity and worth.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Social Work Values
Question Type: SA

Essay

Type: E

1. Describe the similarities and differences of social work values and code of ethics locally and internationally.

*a. Some of the similarities between social work values and ethics locally and internationally rest around the values of service and social justice. These values are embraced locally and worldwide. Where they differ in some sense is that different words are used to describe similar concepts. For instance, the local terms dignity and worth are defined globally as empowering and liberating. The same can be said for the local terms of competence and integrity that are defined internationally as applying theories with clients.

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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Social Work Values
Question Type: ESS

Type: E

2. Identify three aspects of community-based organizations and why these aspects are important to them?

*a. The three main aspects of community-based organizations are that 1) proceeds and services are directed only to their members; 2) they are community-oriented, aiding their community exclusively; and 3) they work in helping the community and its members intersect. These three aspects are important for community-based organizations because they sustain them, keep members committed, and changes that occur will directly benefit them.

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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Community based organizations
Question Type: ESS