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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Dr. Linda Openshaw, Principal Investigator, and four other professors: Gracie Brownell, Dawn Nelson, Marta Mercado-Sierra, and Marcella Smith from the
School of Social Work at Texas are inviting you to take part in a research study. Dr. Linda Openshaw is a Professor of Social Work at Texas A&M University-Commerce in the School of Social Work at A&M University-Commerce in the College of Education and Human
Services. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">The purpose of this research is to examine attitudes of social work students, field instructors, and members of the National Association of Social workers’
attitudes about consciences clauses and how they would affect social work practice. Your part in the study is that you will be asked to complete an online survey administered through Survey Monkey that will ask you about your knowledge of conscience clauses
and how they might affect any ethical decisions that you may make in social work practice. It will take you about 15 minutes to complete the study online.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">If you are willing to participate in the study, simply click on the link below, or cut and paste the entire URL (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.surveymonkey.com_r_ConscienceClauses&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=X9Lofozv9qas-lVo_YrmRQpjHEC4T11msEoxhcwewlY&m=S3B9m2muJRF82kch_8K2ZdAW5FgEaf6jxvmlhst7swE&s=TvzeOAI3tqR61pmmuBH0tg-yiq9tA9YnhZXsV7Q4IiU&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ConscienceClauses</span></a></span><span style="color:black">)
into your browser to access the online survey. If you have any questions please email us at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Linda.Openshaw@tamuc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Linda.Openshaw@tamuc.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Linda Openshaw DSW, LCSW, ACSW</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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