According to Reamer's Guide to Ethical Decision-making, if a client tells his social worker that he committed an armed robbery for which another person has been incarcerated, the social worker, according to______principle, should report the confession despite breaking confidentiality with her client.
A) One person's right to self-determination supersedes that same person's right to well-being
B) One person's right to well-being supersedes another person's right to self-determination
C) Rules about basic survival supersede rules governing lesser actions

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According to Reamer's Guide to Ethical Decision-making, the social worker's ethical responsibility in this situation is to balance the client's right to confidentiality with the duty to protect the public. In this case, the social worker should report the confession because another person has been incarcerated for the crime, and thus the client's right to self-determination is outweighed by the other person's right to well-being. Choice B reflects this principle.

According to Reamer's Guide to Ethical Decision-Making, If a Client