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Jane Smith and John Adams are both in their second-year field placement at the Good Will Rehabilitation Program. Jane discovered that John was telling fellow workers that she is a lesbian. Although Jane is open about her sexual orientation, she thinks it is inappropriate for John to share personal information about her with co-workers. When Jane approached John and asked him to stop saying that she is a lesbian because it is professionally inappropriate, he replied “Why shouldn’t tell people? Everyone knows, and you’re out anyway.” Felling disappointed and angry, Jane made an appointment to speak to her field supervisor and described what happened and complained about John’s behavior. Jane’s field supervisor responded that she was sorry this had happened, but there was nothing she could do about it because John is the relative of a very powerful board member and she is afraid that reprimanding John will cause problems for her. Given the current economic situation, the field supervisor is afraid that she could lose her job and not able to find another one. Is the field supervisor’s response ethical? To whom does the supervisor owe loyalty? How would you respond in Jane’s position? How would you respond in the field supervisor’s position? Taken from Ethical Decisions for S. W. Practice – Dolgoff, H., Harrington, D. and Loewenberg, F. (2012)