The NASW Code of Ethics provides social work practitioners with resources for ethical decision making, serving as a guide to professional code of conduct. The Code of Ethics is divided into four sections, which summarize the profession’s mission and values, an overview of the Code’s main functions which includes a guide for dealing with ethical issues and dilemmas, and it provides ethical principles which are based on the core values that inform practice (NASW, 2008). The NASW provides resources and useful information when faced with ethical decision making, such as ethics consultation. Through the application of the NASW Code of Ethics, my work is guided by values, ethical principles, and ethical standards. In this instance, the Code is
C8 Core competency eight involves engaging in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being. I think that engaging in policy could consist of multiple aspects of social work. I had to chance to participate in some policy practices through my experience in the classes, and internship. This core competency is associated with two practices that I will be linking to specific artifacts. The first practice behavior is analyzing, evaluating, formulating, and advocating for policies that respond to emerging local, regional, and societal trends to advance well-being.
A comprehensive set of ethical standards in the social work profession has evolved significantly since its founding in 1960. The ethical standards are created to take up ethical concerns in practice and to offer guidelines for establishing what behavior is ethically acceptable or unacceptable behavior is. Over the years with historical trends, such as The Civil Rights Act 1964, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and gender equality, the ethical standards have been crafted to provide a comprehensive guide to ethical practices. The NASW Code of Ethics is a guide for ethical decision making, and social workers vow to abide by the fundamental values of the profession.
Values Conflict in Homelessness The National Association of Social Workers (NASW, 2009) Code of Ethics is a guide to social workers’ practice by offering standards, values, and principles. The Code of Ethics is useful in facilitating the social workers’ decision-making process when he is presented with complicate ethical issues. Ethical issues arise with conflicting values, principles, and standards.
Another, core values of the NASW code of Ethics is services. Through services, social workers provide services to others. Social workers provide on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need and to address social problems (Code of Ethics). Furthermore, social workers can help people in need to reach their full potential through resources. I believe services is important because this is where people in need are provided services to overcome their
Employee rights and responsibilities are necessary to prevent chaos or confusion with employees. They are aware of what is expected from them in addition to receiving fair treatment from employers. For instance, TechFite's employees have a right to a fixed full time working hours. Shifts between 8-12hours a day or through flexibility depending on company needs and any overtime hours worked would receive overtime pay. Employees also have the right to have affordable medical and health benefits to help keep employees healthy.
Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice The social work profession and its Code of Ethics dictate that social workers must act in the best interest of the client, even when those actions challenge the practitioner’s personal, cultural and religious values. In practice; however, ethical decision-making is more complex than in theory. As helping professionals, social workers are constantly faced with ethical decision-making or ethical dilemmas. As noted by Banks (2005), an ethical dilemma occurs “when a worker is faced with a choice between two equally unwelcome alternatives that may involve a conflict of moral principles, and it is not clear what choice will be the right one” (as cited in McAuliffe & Chenoweth, 2008, p. 43).
- Cicero believes that people are required to keep integrity and not just do what is best for one’s self but also for their neighbor. Therefore, with selling merchandise it is to be enclosed all the defects that it could possibly conceal, to avoid any misrepresentation of the product. This also keep a man from being guilty and immoral. Cicero adds that it is good to play to win but do the right thing by not cheating. - This quote relates to business today in several ways.
The Code reviews broad ethical principles that reflect the profession's center values and builds a set of particular ethical standards that should be used to manage social work practice. 3. The Code is meant to help social workers recognize relevant considerations when professional obligations conflict or ethical uncertainties arise. 4. The Code provides moral standards to which the general public can take the social work profession responsible.
First, before I start this analysis, I would like to provide definitions of the theories and perspective, I am about to mention in this paper. Starting with the first dominant ethical theory, utilitarianism that states that your set of actions right or wrong evaluated through morality that can produce their own consequences. For example, the moral theory focuses on the consequences of the action of the United States dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War 2. Henceforth, the action, as a result, the United States dropping the atomic bomb nearly wiped out Japanese towns ' populations entirely causing to end Japan’s quest for world domination. Next, the second dominant ethical theory, deontology that states the right
I am also able to implement a range of interventions based on a comprehensive client assessment. I also have the ability to apply social work knowledge and theory to practice using critical thinking in a practice approaches and decisions. It also gives me the ability to engage in social work practice that is sensitive to issues of culture, ethnicity, religion, race, class, sexual orientation, age, gender, and physical and mental abilities. It also instill in me the appropriate and the effective communication skills. I am also able to demonstrate self-discipline, the ability to reflect upon and resolve ethical dilemmas.
What is Ethical Leadership some may ask. It is leadership that shows through the actions of having respect for ethical beliefs and values, and for the dignity and rights of others. Ethics is associated with the morals and values an individual finds desirable. It is a philosophical term originating from Greek word “ethos” meaning custom or character. While in the United States Marine Corps, the definition of ethics in an organizational setting was as follows:
Since social workers work with a variety of populations, they experience some dilemmas during delivering their services to clients, hence the need for ethical conduct. According to Barker (2003) an ethical dilemma refers to a situation that occurs when two or more moral values seem to be equally legal but contradictory and the practitioner is required to make the best possible choice from among them. So it is important to have ethics that will help in taking ethical decisions. Barker (2003) defines ethics as a system of moral principles and perceptions about right versus wrong and the resulting philosophy of conduct that is practiced by a
Introduction Nowadays, ethics and integrity has played a vital role in our daily lives especially in the workplace. Ethics is defined as being concerned with judgements involved in the moral decision, whether it is good or bad, true and fair (Velasquez 1999); whereas, integrity is defined as the honesty and having strong moral principles in reporting. The purpose of this assignment is to find out and understand how importance of ethics and integrity has played in the business and workplace. Responses and Evidences Why compliance with Ethics and Integrity?
Review of Literature Unethical behavior can tarnish a company’s image and reputation. If a company is unethical, they may have to spend additional money to improve their public image, as well as gain back as many customers as possible. The reason I have chosen to use articles that are quite a few years old and that are not so recent is because I feel that they are very good examples of what I am trying to prove in the terms of ethical behaviour within companies and these specific articles relate well to my chosen topic.
