EssentialEthicsforSocialWorkPracticeisdesignedtoempowersocialworkstudentswiththefoundationalknowledge,skills,criticalthinking,affectiveself-awareness,andresponsivenessthattheywillneedto“DemonstrateEthicalandProfessionalBehavior,“thefirstcompetencyintheCouncilonSocialWorkEducation’sEducationalPoliciesandAcademicStandards.StudentswillnotonlylearnhowtoapplytheNationalAssociationofSocialWork’sCodeofEthics,butalsohowtousearangeofethicaltheoriesandapproachestocriticalthinkingtoidentifyandmanagechallengingsocialworkissues.Whensocialworkstudentsbegintheirprofessionaleducation,itisimportanttounderstandhowtoputsocialworkvaluesandethicsintopractice.Thistextbookprovidesstudentswithguidanceonhowtoimplementcoreethicaldutiesincludingpromotingsocialjustice,practicinginacompetentmanner,fosteringhumanrelationships,ensuringclientshaveaccesstoservices,andmaintaininghighstandardsofhonestyandintegrity.Studentswillalsolearnhowtoengagewithsupervisors,coworkers,clients,attorneys,andotherstodiscussconflictingobligationsandmanageethicaldilemmas.Thistextbookincludesrichcaseillustrationsandexamplesofcriticalthinkingusingarangeofpracticesituations.Inparticular,studentswilllearnhowtoapplydeontology(duty-basedethics),teleology(consequence-basedethics),virtueethics,andnarrativeethicstoexploreethicalissuesanddetermineappropriatesolutions.Studentswillalsolearnhowtostrengthentheirmoralfortitude,thestrengthtodowhatisrightevenwhenpressureorconstraintsfromothersaremakingitdifficulttoactinanethicalmanner.
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