What Would I Say?
I went to lunch with Kim2 on Thursday. She asked if I could talk to my former supervisor what would I say to her?
I've been thinking about this and I know I could not talk to her, because she would not listen to me or take what I tell her to heart.
If I could be promised that she would, I would tell her that people's dislike of her has nothing to do with her skin color. I would tell her that she is intelligent and honest, but uses neither in a positive way. I would tell her she is despicable, condescending, judgmental, and controlling.
I would let her know that she consistently violates the NASW Code of Ethics:
When she speaks or gestures negatively about her colleagues:
(a) Social workers should treat colleagues with respect and should represent accurately and fairly the qualifications, views, and obligations of colleagues.
(b) Social workers should avoid unwarranted negative criticism of colleagues in communications with clients or with other professionals. Unwarranted negative criticism may include demeaning comments that refer to colleagues’ level of competence or to individuals’ attributes such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical disability.
(b) Social workers should avoid unwarranted negative criticism of colleagues in communications with clients or with other professionals. Unwarranted negative criticism may include demeaning comments that refer to colleagues’ level of competence or to individuals’ attributes such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical disability.
When she tells those without licensure they should not obtain licensure because then they will have to take clients with Medicare:
Ethical Principles
The following broad ethical principles are based on social work’s core values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence. These principles set forth ideals to which all social workers should aspire.
Value: Service
Ethical Principle: Social workers’ primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems.
Social workers elevate service to others above selfinterest. Social workers draw on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need and to address social problems. Social workers are encouraged to volunteer some portion of their professional skills with no expectation of significant financial return (pro bono service).
Social workers elevate service to others above selfinterest. Social workers draw on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need and to address social problems. Social workers are encouraged to volunteer some portion of their professional skills with no expectation of significant financial return (pro bono service).
and
Value: Dignity and Worth of the Person
Ethical Principle: Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person.
Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers promote clients’ socially responsible selfdetermination. Social workers seek to enhance clients’ capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs. Social workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader society. They seek to resolve conflicts between clients’ interests and the broader society’s interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with the values, ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession.
Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers promote clients’ socially responsible selfdetermination. Social workers seek to enhance clients’ capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs. Social workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader society. They seek to resolve conflicts between clients’ interests and the broader society’s interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with the values, ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession.
and
Value: Integrity
Ethical Principle: Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
Social workers are continually aware of the profession’s mission, values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with them. Social workers act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical practices on the part of the organizations with which they are affiliated.
Social workers are continually aware of the profession’s mission, values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with them. Social workers act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical practices on the part of the organizations with which they are affiliated.
I could never trust her. She kept telling me I could, all the while going to the COO and planning my demise. I know this from things that she said to me during meetings. I told her I could not trust the COO and she told her this.
She made derogatory comments about the way I dressed and the way my friend Kim1 dresses. She is a bully. Someone told her that she is afraid of her, and she is taking that as a racist statement and I hope she does not retaliate accordingly. She is afraid of her because she is a bully. I was uninvited to a book club because of her, and I feel she said something to the person who invited me and inevitably had to uninvite me. This was after I left my job.
I could elaborate more with examples, but I think I have done so in former posts.
2 comments:
Too bad she would never listen. A lot could be said that would benefit those who need to hear it, but, alas, they are too well defended to hear what they need to hear.
Love,
POOKA
So true.
Love you, Dad
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