A social worker is advocating for an individual client during a case conference at a homeless shelter, asking her co-professionals to extend the stay of the client beyond the 30-day maximum stated in the agency policies. The client has been unable to find alternate accommodations and wants to stay two more weeks. Although a social worker has an ethical obligation to advocate for the needs of a client, this principle conflicts with an ethical obligation regarding:

A) the social worker's personal belief in client self-determination 

B) the needs of other clients, or in this case, the group of potential clients who may be more needy or deserving of the resources offered by the homeless shelter than her client is

C) following the laws of the state and country 

D) the client's right to informed consent

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