As social workers, how often do we hold the expectation that people should tell us the truth?
How does that contradict with our mainstream entertainment, a tv show that is focused on lies and deception?
In this short episode I'm inviting you to think about why people lie, and why we should avoid taking it personally as social workers.
Recommended reading:
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/the-traitors-unconscious-bias
A great read on organisational deception with definitions of different types of lies:
Jenkins, S., & Delbridge, R. (2020). Exploring Organizational Deception: Organizational Contexts, Social Relations and Types of Lying. Organization Theory, 1(2).
An alternative perspective on lying for patients in dementia care:
Frederik Schou-Juul & Sigurd Lauridsen. (2024) Caregivers’ perceptions of lying to people with dementia in Denmark: a qualitative study. Aging & Mental Health 28:11, pages 1471-1478.
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