My Code of Ethics

Brian Stenberg
Case Management

Preamble
The Code of ethics for American Veteran Barracks ,a group home for injured,homeless,unemployed,and other eligible veterans; states parameters for how the employees,vendors,counselors,and other resources for the veteran to adhere to. This code of ethics is to be adhered to in the best interest of the veteran without causing undue harm.
Our values
This institution promotes the welfare and assistance of our clients without causing undo harm to the client.
This institution seeks assist veterans in housing,employment,and other needs as they arise.
This institution tailors treatment and care plans to the individual and their needs.
All clients are to be treated with respect and the dignity.
All employees will be screened and a background check performed.
Theft of personal property will be reported and all laws applicable enforced.

Enforcement
All employees,vendors,counselors,and any others to adhere to these codes as dictated above.All infringements of these codes will be presented to the state board of those professionals that they apply to. Vendors will be investigated, upon complaint and all necessary laws that apply will be enforced by this facility.
This document will be updated on an annual basis and reformed at that time . Last update performed August 25, 2010.

Peer review:
http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=3&sid=94fc2eb5-f91c-4e13-9d10-fa8bb203f3e4%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=c8h&AN=2009923947

Summary of peer review:

A survey of two groups of social workers was given. The study was given to two groups of social workers one in a private setting and the other in a public setting. The survey concluded that there were inconsistencies in behavior, belief and code implementation. Belief in the code did not influence behavior consistent with the code. Findings were based on a validated professional opinions scale. The scores of those findings were significantly different. The lowest scores received from social workers in a private agency. Social workers who took different ethics courses were also low in score. The results of the study suggest that these professionals were perhaps doubtful about utilizing the code in the real world. This quote from the Social workers and the NASW Code of Ethics: belief, behavior, disjuncture states, “Respondents said they valued their work more with supervision; however, the amount of clinical and administrative supervision decreased with time.” The study also concluded that there was a difference between learning from modeled ethics and those that had not and that the participants of those ethics modeling classes were adequate. The study also states that social workers value their work more when the have supervision and feedback from that supervision. . Beliefs are important, but they do not always determine behavior.