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Home  SUMMER 2009, VOL. 6, #2
SUMMER 2009, VOL. 6, #2
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A special comment on this special issue on international ethics and values, by Senior Editor Stephen M. Marson, Ph.D. |
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An editorial comment on the special international issue, by special guest editor Jason L. Powell, Ph.D. |
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A letter to the editor from CSWE executive director, Julia Watkins, in response to JSWVE's special issue on disabilities. |
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Social work codes of professional ethics in the United States and the United Kingdom are juxtaposed to reveal differences in form, content, structure and historical development. The approach taken in the two countries to professional regulation, through codes of ethics, is strikingly different; tentative explanations are offered. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 June 2009 )
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This paper compares the International Statement of Principles in Social Work (IFSW/IASSW, 2004) with the Code of Ethics for British Social Workers (BASW, 2002). First, similarities and differences in the structure and language of the two documents is discussed and while both sit firmly within the tradition of Western liberal ethics, the latter is argued to pursue a stronger commitment to duty. However, both rely on voluntary acceptance as neither can be enforced beyond restricting membership. This is particularly embarrassing for the BASW code, as there also exists a code of practice in the UK that retains the capacity to sanction rogue practitioners. Beyond minor differences, both documents are also prone to a range of criticisms from sources that reject Western liberal hegemony providing the contradictory position where the aims of these organisations are challenged as discriminatory. |
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This exploratory study was designed to develop an understanding of how social workers use the code of ethics. Through focus groups and written surveys, social workers provided information about the factors that influenced their knowledge about and ability to interpret the 1994 version of the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Code of Ethics. The literature demonstrates that code of ethics documents are not consistently utilized as a tool to resolve ethical dilemmas in social work practice, and a number of barriers have been identified. The findings from this study demonstrate that incorporating the code of ethics in social work education and integrating the document into the workplace is associated with increased knowledge and use of the code of ethics in practice. A narrative approach will be used to discuss the findings, and a reflective tool for practitioners, educators, and students to enhance their own use of the code of ethics will be presented. |
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In the UK, the move from a Welfare State to welfare “markets” has changed the nature of social work and its relationship to the State and to those receiving services. The definition of social work adopted by the international and UK professional social work bodies is therefore no longer applicable, and a code of ethics unachievable. |
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This paper explores the relationship between the IFSW code of ethics and the Australian Association of Social Workers code of ethics. It begins by conceptualising the notion of “ethics” before interrogating the respective standpoints, differences, and commonalities of IFSW and AASW. The paper not only highlights the problems of social work ethics in national and international contexts, but also raises serious questions relating to the impact on service users. In particular, there are implications for the quality of social care for older people despite the rigidity of codes of ethics. The paper ends by examining the important differences between international and national social work codes of ethics and implications for older people as service users. |
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Book review of Experiments in Love and Death: Medicine, Postmodernism, Microethics and the Body |
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