I chose the first example because I think it is imperative that people have a good relationship with their clients but where are you supposed to draw the line to stop yourself from burnout. Social work is a job where you consistently give so it’s important to take care of yourself first. While I do think it’s a good thing to have your clients feel like they can contact you whenever to establish that trust it appears to me that it may become draining as you gain clients or a client may start to treat you more as a friend and step out of that professional threshold. An anecdote to this may be getting a work phone and having the choice to work after hours on your own without it being forced on you like it would with your personal phone also having automated responses for things you may not need to respond to directly like scheduling.

I chose ethical judgements, it is all up to discretion and what every specific person may find appropriate. Things may not be an issue to certain clients/social workers but it may be an issue to others so I think it’s smart for people to be extra cautious when it comes to these judgements. An example of this would be a social worker contacting someone after hours about their well-being, while it may be harmless, this can be taken inappropriately on many levels. After reading “Focusing on individuals’ ethical judgement in corporate social responsibility curricula” I realized that ethical judgement is also an issue people face in other professional settings such as the corporate setting with not only clients but coworkers in a business setting as well.

I definitely agree with a social media policy between client and social worker that benefits both sides. It is harmful to clients as well as it stated in the article how some like to exploit their clients’ trauma, I think this is a huge problem. In my social media policy I would require for things said during our sessions not to be shared on the media and limited access to my social media, as someone who has a few public pages, It would be okay to view but any interaction would be completely unacceptable in my policy and vice versa, nothing I see on social media will be brought up in sessions with a client. This strategy will work in my opinion because it will end the overlap between personal and professional boundaries and will solve many ethical challenges.

Maclagan, P., & Campbell, T. (2011). Focusing on individuals’ ethical judgement in corporate social responsibility curricula. Business Ethics: A European Review, 20(4), 392–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01634.x