Ethics in Social Work: A Context of Caring

by Guttmann; David

• ISBN13: 9780789028532
• ISBN10: 0789028530
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-08-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Ethics in Social Work introduces students, practitioners, and educators to theoretical and conceptual approaches to professional ethics and to the practice-related aspects of dealing with ethical problems and dilemmas. This unique book equips social workers with the ability to choose among different perspectives on the place and value of ethics in their approach to clients, and to use, defend, and explain their choices to clients, colleagues, supervisors, administrators, the general public, and the courts, if necessary. The book examines classical ethics, theories, and codes of ethics, virtues and values, etiquette, professional responsibilities, distributive justice, judiciary relationships, professional misconduct, and malpractice. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
What Is Ethics?	2	(3)
Rationale for Writing This Book	5	(3)
The Structure of This Book	8	(5)
PART I: THEORETICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1. Classical Ethics	13	(26)
The Early Greek Tradition	13	(2)
Stoic and Epicurean Approaches to Happiness and Ethics	15	(3)
Ethics in the Works of Maimonides and Spinoza	18	(7)
Early Greek and Jewish Perspectives on Ethics	25	(3)
Christian and Buddhist Perspectives on Ethics	28	(2)
The Ethics of the Dalai Lama	30	(1)
The Ethics of Gandhi	31	(4)
The Ethics of Martin Luther King Jr.	35	(4)
Chapter 2. Theories of Ethics	39	(12)
The Theological Approach	41	(1)
The Intuitive or Hedonistic Approach	42	(1)
The Deontological Approach of Immanuel Kant	43	(2)
The Teleological Approach	45	(2)
The Theory of Moral Commitment	47	(1)
The Golden Rule Approach	48	(1)
Situational Ethics	49	(2)
Chapter 3. Virtues	51	(22)
Virtues in Eastern Philosophy	53	(1)
Virtues and Character in Social Work	54	(2)
Cardinal Virtues	56	(1)
Maimonides's Approach to Virtues	56	(5)
Virtues in Psychology and Philosophy	61	(3)
The Virtues According to Comte-Sponville	64	(9)
Chapter 4. Values	73	(16)
Personal Values	73	(2)
Religious Values in the Western World	75	(2)
Caring Professionals' Identification of Values	77	(2)
Professional Values in Social Work	79	(5)
Achieving Compromise Between Conflicting Values	84	(5)
Case Example: A Request for Help Having an Abortion	84	(5)
Chapter 5. Etiquette for Social Workers	89	(12)
The Concept of Etiquette	89	(2)
Hippocrates' Medical Etiquette As Guide	91	(3)
Ten Commandments of Medical Etiquette for Social Workers	94	(3)
Etiquette and Advertisement	97	(2)
Etiquette and Consultation	99	(2)
Chapter 6. Good and Bad in Professional Responsibility	101	(16)
Martin Buber's Approach to Good and Bad	101	(2)
Moral and Immoral Concepts of Good	103	(2)
Case Example: The Student Who Failed to Show Up for Work	105	(1)
Moral Responsihility	105	(9)
Case Example: A Worker with a Drinking Problem	110	(4)
Consultation with Colleagues	114	(3)
Chapter 7. Social Justice	117	(14)
Justice and Charity in Jewish Tradition	121	(2)
Maimonides's Approach to Charity	123	(1)
Social Work and Distribution of Resources	124	(3)
Case Example: Distribution of Money for New Immigrants	125	(2)
Rawls's Theory of Social Justice	127	(4)
PART II: APPLIED ASPECTS OF THERAPEUTIC WORK
Chapter 8. Social Welfare and Distributive Justice	131	(14)
Distributive Justice	134	(6)
Case Example: Allocation of Limited Resources	135	(3)
Case Example: The Man Who Chose to Travel the World	138	(1)
Case Example: The Expensive Patient	t139
Case Example: Four Different Kidney Patient Situations	139	(1)
Blasszauer's Decision-Making Criteria	140	(5)
Chapter 9. Trust in Client–Social Worker Relationships	145	(10)
Fiduciary Relationships in Social Work	145	(5)
Case Example: The Resident Who Wanted to Keep His Affair Secret	147	(1)
Case Example: The Parents Who Refuse to Accept the Doctors' Advice	148	(2)
Fiduciary Relationships in Other Caring Professions	150	(5)
Case Example: The Woman Who Refused an Operation	151	(4)
Chapter 10. Ethical Dilemmas	155	(8)
Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work	155	(8)
Case Example: The Suicidal Client	156	(2)
Case Example: A Request to Keep a Medical Diagnosis Secret	158	(1)
Case Example: The Girl Who Asked for Advice Regarding Abortion	159	(2)
Case Example: Whether to Give Financial Support Beyond the Time Allocated	161	(2)
Chapter 11. Resolution of Ethical Dilemmas	163	(18)
Termination of Treatment: Principles of Intervention	164	(1)
Ethical Dilemmas and Decision Making	165	(1)
Basic Ethical Principles	166	(4)
Phases in the Analysis of Ethical Dilemmas and Decision Making	170	(2)
Ethical Decision Making in Social Work	172	(2)
Reamer's Model of Ethical Decision Making	174	(3)
Other Models for Ethical Decision Making	177	(4)
Chapter 12. On Keeping Secrets and Confidentiality	181	(16)
Confidentiality in Social Work	181	(9)
Case Example: The Student Who Did Not Report to the Director of the School	183	(3)
Case Example: A Request to Keep a Fraud Secret	186	(4)
Confidentiality in Medicine	190	(3)
Trust and Confidentiality	193	(4)
Chapter 13. Oaths and Codes of Ethics	197	(28)
The Hippocratic Oath	197	(6)
Other Codes of Ethics in Medicine	203	(3)
On Codes of Ethics in the Caring Professions	206	(3)
Codes of Ethics in Social Work	209	(16)
Chapter 14. Professional Misconduct and Malpractice	225	(18)
Case Example: "The Good Sisters from Vienna"	225	(2)
Definition of Malpractice	227	(2)
Case Example: The Incompetent Surgeon	228	(1)
Case Example: Criminal Negligence in Medicine	228	(1)
Areas of Malpractice in Medicine	229	(2)
Malpractice in Social Work	231	(2)
Malpractice in Serving the Client	233	(1)
Malpractice in Professional Supervision	234	(3)
Professional Misconduct and Whistle-Blowing	237	(4)
Case Example: The Director Who Misbehaved	238	(3)
Malpractice in Social Work Advertisement	241	(2)
Epilogue	243	(4)
Appendix A. Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers	247	(28)
Appendix B. National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) Code of Ethics	275	(2)
Bibliography	277	(10)
Index	287