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Ethics and Moral Reasoning Week 1 Quiz

Ethics and Moral Reasoning Week 1 Quiz

Ethics and Moral Reasoning Week 1 Quiz

1. In “Active and Passive Euthanasia”, Rachels claims that if a person desires active euthanasia: (Points : 1)

[removed] they have decided that death is no greater an evil than their continued existence.
[removed] they have shown themselves incapable of moral reasoning.
[removed] they must be suffering from a severe psychological disorder.
[removed] they are likely being manipulated by others.

Documentation in Social Service Programs

Data requirements within programs have increased with changes in government funding and programs

Most social service agencies are required to provide data but the use of management information is underutilized.

Effectiveness based program planning requires that data be generated that will support decision making based on what is in the best interests of clients-on information about what services are most effective with what types of clients and what types of problems.

Experience with Data

What are your experiences collecting program data or data for your employer?

For your future career plan, how will data impact your professional decisions?

Considerations in Developing a Data Collection System

Consider the evaluation context of data collection and aggregation

Develop a strategy for analysis

Identify the data elements needed

Program planners should ask themselves:

1. What questions do I need the system to answer?

2. What data elements should be included?

3. What type of routine reports do I want the system to generate?

Designing a Data Collection System for a Program

Step 1: Consider the Evaluation Context of Data Collection and Aggregation

In Developing Evaluation Strategies Program Planners are Attempting:

To assess the relative success of programs in meeting their objectives

Identify areas for program improvements

Well-planned evaluations begin at the beginning of the program planning process.

Categories of Evaluation

Formative Evaluation

Conducted during the actual operation of the program

Focuses on process objectives.

Summative Evaluation

Carried out at either the end of the program cycle or component

Focuses on outcome objectives

Types of Evaluation

Type of Evaluation Description Questions Answered Components Addressed
Effort Evaluation Concerned with documenting characteristics of participants and amount of service provided How much and what type of service is provided? Throughputs Inputs
Efficiency Evaluation Looks at cost of providing service How much does it cost and how much time does it take to provide a unit of service? Outputs
Outcome Evaluation Examines results and progress towards outcome objectives What results does the program produce for clients? Did the program meet objectives? Outcomes
Impact Evaluation Concerned with how the communities needs have been met by the project How has the program met community needs? Impact
Cost-Effectiveness Looks at cost of achieving results Cost per successful outcome How much does it cost for clients to achieve outcomes? Outcomes Outputs

Step 2: Identifying the Programmatic Questions to Be Answered

Revisit the problem analysis and working intervention step

Ask questions related to the services provided and demographic of clients:

How can we be sure that clients meet specific profile?

Do clients have specific characteristics?

Are members of the at-risk population receiving the amount of services as intended?

Step 3: Identifying Data Elements

Data elements present a profile of the program in terms of client populations being served, the services being provided and the results being achieved.

Data elements should be organized around program inputs, throughputs, outputs, and outcomes.

Data Elements

Program Inputs

Client demographics and descriptive characteristics.

Client Social History Data

Client Problem/Strength Profile

Material Resources

Facilities

Equipment

Staff Description

Program Throughputs

Service Tasks

By defining service tasks, it is possible, for example, to determine how many units of service (either in the aggregate or by a particular worker) are devoted to each task.

Method Intervention

Defining the method of intervention will help evaluators and program staff to learn whether one particular method is more effective than others with certain types of clients.

Tracking method of intervention provides an opportunity to discover whether the method being used currently works best.

Program Outputs

Intermediate Outputs

Units of service

Measure of productivity

Final Outputs

service completions and requires that each service provided have a definition of what is meant by “completion.”

Program Outcomes

Intermediate client outcomes

The purpose of intermediate client outcomes is to determine whether there has been progress in solving the problems presented at intake, whether they have remained the same, or whether they have gotten worse.

Conducted using baseline and treatment measures

Final Outcomes

Measures taken in follow up contact with clients

Uses numerical counts, standardized measures, level of functioning scales, or client satisfaction measures

Step 4: Develop Strategy for Analysis

Strategy for analysis should maintain a focus on hypothesis of intervention and framework for analysis

Can be dictated by stakeholders

Ethics and Moral Reasoning Week 1 Quiz

Question 2. 2. According to Glaukon from the “Ring of Gyges” excerpt from Plato’s Republic, people are: (Points : 1)

[removed] Naturally egocentric
[removed] Naturally self-sacrificing
[removed] Naturally just
[removed] Naturally benevolent

 

Question 3. 3. In the article “Trying Out One’s New Sword,” what does Mary Midgley mean by “moral isolationism”?  (Points : 1)

[removed] The view that each individual moral value or concept is isolated from all others.
[removed] The idea that cultures are so isolated from each other that people cannot understand, and thus cannot pass moral judgment upon, the practices of another culture.
[removed] The claim that we should isolate those who fail to act morally.
[removed] The view that being isolated from morality is necessary for authentic self-realization.

 

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