(a) Social workers should treat colleagues with respect and represent accurately and fairly the qualifications, views, and obligations of colleagues.
(b) Social workers should avoid unwarranted negative criticism of colleagues with clients or with other professionals...
(c) Social workers should cooperate with social work colleagues and with colleagues of other professions when it serves the well-being of clients.
ABC, easy as...basic professionalism. An exam item might ask, what do you do if you hear a colleague bad-mouthing another social worker? Answer: Before taking it up withothers, talk to the bad-mouther first. But then, that's in another part of the code. Stay tuned!