According to the Tarasoff decision, social workers must _________.

Since the Tarasoff case in 1974, duty to warn has become an important concept in social work. Being able to protect potential victims from harm and protecting clients from self-harm are ethical obligations. Duty to warn means that social workers must verbally tell intended victims that there is a foreseeable danger of violence. In addition, social workers have a duty to protect, so social workers who determine that their clients present a serious danger of violence to others have an obligation to use reasonable care to protect the intended victims against danger. This may entail police notification or other necessary steps.