Ethics and Values in Social Work An Integrated Approach for a Comprehensive Curriculum

by Barsky, Allan E.

• ISBN13: 9780195320954
• ISBN10: 0195320956
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In a unique and student-friendly package, Ethics and Values in Social Work offers a series of learning modules that will ensure graduates receive a comprehensive ethics and values education. Designed to be easily incorporated into any curriculum, each module helps students integrate the knowledge, skills, self-awareness, and critical thinking abilities required for dealing with ethical issues. From applying basic ethical standards of practice to managing complex ethical dilemmas, this textbook equips readers with a range of tools and strategies for responding to ethical questions and concerns. Traditional ethics textbooks provide students with a model for ethical decision making. This breakthrough textbook goes beyond ethical decision making by providing students with a strategic framework for managing ethical issues that includes guidelines for engaging others in ethical discussions and using conflict resolution theory to promote collaborative solutions. Some textbooks introduce students to ethical theories, such as deontology, teleology, and virtue ethics. This textbook goes beyond describing these theories by providing students with opportunities to apply, compare, and contrast these approaches as they relate to various contexts of social work practice. A wealth of case scenarios, discussion questions, and role-play exercises make this an engaging, thought-provoking teaching and learning tool. At a basic level, this textbook teaches students the essential principles and standards that define ethical practice. At a more profound level, Ethics and Values in Social Work inspires students to reach for the highest values of profession: service, dignity and worth of the person, human relationships, integrity, competence, social justice, human rights, and scientific inquiry.

Author Biography

Allan Edward Barsky, MSW, JD, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University.

Table of Contents

Foundations of Values and Ethics	p. 1
Values-Mine, Theirs, and Ours	p. 12
Theory, Values, and Ethics-Macro Perspectives	p. 30
Theory, Moral Decision Making, and Ethics-Micro Perspectives	p. 44
Research, Values, and Ethics	p. 69
Practice, Values, and Ethics-Social Work with Individuals	p. 94
Practice, Values, and Ethics-Social Work with Families	p. 119
Practice, Values, and Ethics-Social Work with Groups	p. 131
Practice, Values, and Ethics-Social Work with Organizations	p. 165
Practice, Values, and Ethics-Social Work with Communities	p. 190
Policy, Values, and Ethics	p. 219
Advanced Values and Ethics	p. 243
Supervision, Values, and Ethics	p. 281
Administration, Values, and Ethics	p. 301
Psychopathology, Mental Health, Values, and Ethics	p. 318
Child Welfare, Values, and Ethics	p. 342
Criminal Justice, Values, and Ethics	p. 364
Elders, Values, and Ethic	p. 389
Glossary	p. 413
Bibliography	p. 417
Index	p. 439
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