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Social work ethics [electronic book] / edited by Eileen Gambrill.

Contributor(s): Gambrill, Eileen D, 1934- [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: International library of essays in public and professional ethics: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon. : Routledge, 2016Copyright date: ©2009Description: online resource (xxix, 594 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754624387 (hardback); 0754624382 (hardback); 9781351899277 (e-book).Subject(s): Social workers -- Professional ethics | Social service -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 174.93613 Online resources: Access eBook
Contents:
Ethical obligations and related values -- Recurrent clashes and their ethical implications -- Ethical dilemmas of being a double agent -- Ethical issues regarding the allocation of scare resources -- Competence and accountability as ethical issues -- Ethical obligations to involve clients as informed participants -- The ethics of claims making -- Ethical issues regarding professional education and schools of social work -- The obligation to attend to harming in the name of helping -- The ethics of technology -- Promising directions for the future.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This collection of essays highlights ethical issues in social work which are often overlooked as well as recurring clashes that influence how they play out, for example among different values and related moral judgements. A wide range of ethical issues are addressed such as the types of technologies incorporated into social work; issues raised by the common position of social workers as 'double agents' required to carry out state mandates while also honoring obligations to clients; and issues concerning the distribution of scarce resources. These topics are integrally related to other often neglected concerns such as harming in the name of helping; the ethics of claims making regarding what is true and what is not, and related concerns regarding empowerment and social justice. This collection, which includes essays from an array of professions and disciplines, is designed to bring these neglected topics to the attention of readers and to offer suggestions for addressing them in a manner that is faithful to obligations described in social work codes of ethics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethical obligations and related values -- Recurrent clashes and their ethical implications -- Ethical dilemmas of being a double agent -- Ethical issues regarding the allocation of scare resources -- Competence and accountability as ethical issues -- Ethical obligations to involve clients as informed participants -- The ethics of claims making -- Ethical issues regarding professional education and schools of social work -- The obligation to attend to harming in the name of helping -- The ethics of technology -- Promising directions for the future.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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