Social work ethics provide practitioners with guidance on how to promote social work values such as respect, social justice, human relationships, service, competence, and integrity. Students entering the profession need to develop a real-world understanding of how to apply these values in practice while also managing the dilemmas that arise when social workers, clients, and others encounter conflicting values and ethical obligations. Ethics and Values in Social Work offers a comprehensive set of teaching and learning materials to help students develop the knowledge, self-awareness, and critical thinking skills required to handle values and ethical issues in all levels of practice--individual, family, group, organization, community, and social policy. BSW and MSW students will particularly appreciate how complex ethical obligations and theories have been translated into plain language. Additionally, the comprehensive set of case examples and exercises provides realistic scenarios to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills across a range of practice situations.

Auteur

Allan Edward Barsky, PhD, JD, MSW, is Professor in the Sandler School of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Barsky publishes a regular column entitled "Ethics Alive!" in The New Social Worker, available at http://www.socialworker.com/topics/allan_barsky.

Contenu

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I. Foundations of Values and Ethics Chapter 1. Values--Mine, Theirs, and Ours Chapter 2. Theory, Values, and Ethics--Macro Perspectives Chapter 3. Theory, Moral Decision-Making, and Ethics--Micro Perspectives Chapter 4. Research, Values, and Ethics Chapter 5. Practice, Values, and Ethics--Social Work with Individuals Chapter 6. Practice, Values, and Ethics--Social Work with Families Chapter 7. Practice, Values, and Ethics--Social Work with Groups Chapter 8. Practice, Values, and Ethics--Social Work with Organizations Chapter 9. Practice, Values, and Ethics--Social Work with Communities Chapter 10. Policy, Values, and Ethics Part II. Advanced Values and Ethics Chapter 11. Supervision, Values, and Ethics Chapter 12. Administration, Values, and Ethics Chapter 13. Psychopathology, Mental Health, Values, and Ethics Chapter 14. Child Welfare, Values, and Ethics Chapter 15. Criminal Justice, Values, and Ethics Chapter 16. Elders, Values, and Ethics Chapter 17. International Social Work, Values, and Ethics Chapter 18. Private Clinical Social Work Practice, Values, and Ethics Appendix: Worksheet for Managing Ethical Issues Glossary Bibliography Index