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Why Child Abuse?

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Why Child Abuse? Child abuse forms may outlooks within the social work profession. These outlooks can shape social workers views ethically, personally, and professionally. Social workers have a challenging time with ethical values. This is because of the ethical dilemmas that arise. Due to these dilemmas social workers have to choose between their duties, values, and rights. Ethical dilemmas come about when the expected obligations of the social worker collide with the clients, employers, the social work profession, and the surrounding society (Reamer, 2008). When it comes to personal values one may find abusing a child to be extremely inappropriate. They may think it is inappropriate even if they are using force, like a spanking, to stop

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