On this page you will find Blog Post 2 – Center for Humane Tech. The instructions for this post are located in Module 3, Week 1.
When Being Available Becomes an Ethical Dilemma
I'll be honest, this week's readings made me uncomfortable, and I think that's exactly what they were supposed to do. As a new supervisor in a community-based behavioral health program, I've learned pretty quickly that technology is woven into almost everything I do....
Blog Post 2 – Connection, Boundaries, and the Influence of Social Media
Part One - Through the Reamer Lens One of the ethical issues that made me the most uncomfortable was the idea of clients finding or adding social workers on personal social media. The thought of clients accessing my personal life outside of our professional...
Blog Post #2
Part 1 After reading Reamer's article entitled Social Work Boundary Issues in the Digital Age: Reflections of an Ethics Expert, the one ethical tension that makes me the most uncomfortable is the social worker who searched the sixteen-year-old client's social media...
Ethical Challenges with Technology within Social Work Practice
For myself and my future practice, the ethical tension of altruism is the one that makes me most uncomfortable and the one I am most hyperaware of when it comes to boundaries (Reamer, 2024). The vast majority, if not all, social workers enter this profession because...
Ethical Challenges
Through the Reamer Lens In the article Social Work Boundary Issues in the Digital Age: Reflections of an Ethics Expert, Reamer discusses how the digital age has blurred the boundaries of practitioners and clients, increasing the risk of ethical challenges and possible...
Blog Post 2
There is nothing but a knot of discomfort in me every time I think about relying on an AI-based recommendation rather than my own clinical intuition – and the very discomfort was the result of Reamer's talk about the problem of social workers' dependence on AI. As a...
Blog Post 2
I discovered that there are numerous ethical limits that can be blurred after reading the essay on social work boundaries. Prior to reading this article, I had never considered these boundaries. Social media boundaries with clients are one area where I feel uneasy and...
Blog Post 2
Part 1 - Through the Reamer Lens The ethical issue that made me the most uncomfortable in Reamer's article was professional boundaries when communicating with clients outside of agency-approved channels. It made me uncomfortable because I have already crossed that...
Reamer and Haidt
After reading Reamer's article, Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: Emerging Ethical Issues (2023), I was surprised by how far Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown. One fact that made me uncomfortable while reading is how AI has helped clients who are at the...
Challenges and Tools for Technology-Mediated Practice A.Agyire
Part 1 The ethical issue that made me the most uncomfortable in Reamer's article was the possibility of relying too much on AI when making decisions about clients' mental health. As a behavioral health case manager, I know how important assessment and referrals are....