Social Work

Authors: Gibbons, Jill ; Gray, Mel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Australian Social Work
Abstract: The author advocates an approach to teaching ethics in social work that helps students recognise the moral implications of their work and develop a deep understanding about ethical issues and their personal responsibility for makin...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/03124070701323840

Authors: Sewpaul, Vishanthie ; Jones, David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Social Work Education
Abstract: This paper details the nine sets of standards in respect of school's core purpose or mission statement, program objectives and outcomes, program curricula including fieldwork, core curricula, professional staff, student social worke...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1080/0261547042000252244

Authors: Burke, Beverley ; Clifford, Derek
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Social Work Education
Abstract: This paper describes the development of an anti‐oppressive ethics and values module in the United Kingdom appropriate for the new social work degree. The paper proposes a rationale for an anti‐oppressive ethics module that will ena...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500185101

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study raising issues of culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman. When doctors at a local hospital discover brain abnormalities in the unborn child of a young woman from Afghanistan recently admitted to the hospita...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/fetal-abnormality.html

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A woman working as an immigrant farm laborer in the United States is admitted to the hospital to give birth, and needs an emergency operation. Her primary language is Mixteco, and she speaks only a smattering of English and Spanish...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/difficult-birth.html

Authors: Shanks, Thomas, S. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: What are the ethical questions involved when asked to help out an illegal immigrant in desperate need of help?...
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/wu.html

Authors: Adams, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Abstract: This article explores the relevance to social work of those aspects of applied ethics that are not primarily about identifying and resolving dilemmas. The author discusses how virtue ethics can guide and enrich our understanding of ...
Year: 2009

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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When the mother of a mentally handicapped girl of fourteen is forced by poor health to place her daughter, Sophia, in assisted living, she worries about Sophia's sexual and reproductive anatomy. Sophia loves playing with her doll...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Forbidden%20Pleasure.pdf

Authors: Kosta, Eleni ; Pitkänen, Olli ; Niemelä, Marketta ; Kaasinen, Eija
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Ambient Intelligence provides the potential for vast and varied applications, bringing with it both promise and peril. The authors discuss five scenarios that demonstrate forthcoming MINAmI-based applications focusing on healthcare,...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9150-5

Authors: Hugman, Richard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The article discusses efforts of the International Federation of Social Workers in the development of an international code of ethics, one that employs ideals and terminology from Western philosophy. The author explores how a profes...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Gardiner, Chris
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This paper reports on a project undertaken by the Aged Services Association of New South Wales to explore the potential for a program of professional development in the area of ethics for senior aged-care managers. Researchers on th...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Farrell, Brian J. ; Cobbin, Deirdre M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: Among the traits of a profession, ethics is unexceptionally included. For this paper, a research model of 'mainstreaming' is introduced to ascertain the strength of commitment to an ethics culture by respondents from 47 associations...
Year: 1996

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Authors: Kaplan, Laura
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article discusses ethical issues surrounding dual relationships for social workers. The author explores the history of dual relationships, how dual relationships are discussed in the social work literature, and the literatures ...
Year: 2001

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Authors: McAuliffe, Donna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article presents findings from a research study conducted with social workers that explored familiarity with, use of, and attitudes towards the professional code of ethics developed by the Australian Association of Social Worke...
Year: 1999

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Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Presents a case study of a family with a problem, about which they lie to their family physician, and provides commentary both for and against the decision and its potential impact. Questions capabilities of social service agencies ...
Year: 1992

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Authors: Danis, Marion ; Grady, Christine ; Soeken, Karen L. ; O'Donnell, Patricia ; Taylor, Carol ; Farrar, Adrienne ; Ulrich, Connie M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: American Journal of Bioethics
Abstract: This study focused on how ethics education and training, as well as ethics resources influenced nurses and social workers' confidence in the moral decisions they made in their professional work. The researchers found that individua...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802166017

Authors: Joffe, Steven ; Kesselheim, Jennifer C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: American Journal of Bioethics
Abstract: The article comments on the study by C. Grady and colleagues on ethics education for nurses and social workers. It mentions that Grady and colleagues' work is intriguing not only because of its direct findings, but also because it h...
Year: 2008
URL: 10.1080/15265160802147132

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study of how cultural misunderstandings interfere with medical care for a cancer patient. An Iranian patient who speaks fluent Farsi but limited English, is admitted to the hospital. The language barrier proves extremely d...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/cancer.html

Authors: Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University ; Ogden, Joslyn
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student working in an academic and mentoring program in a Durham, North Carolina, housing project must decide how to respond to a disruptive 6-year-old whose mother needs the childcare the program provides to stay in her own job....
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/McDougaldTerrace.pdf

Authors: Li, Ming Jiu ; Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student working in a Costa Rican slum community must decide how to respond to a request for financial assistance from a local woman she has befriended....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/LaCarpioFriendship.pdf

Authors: Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University ; Li, Ming Jiu
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student working in La Carpio, a Costa Rican slum, faces pressure from a local church congregation doing charity work in the same area....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/LaCarpioCompromise.pdf

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a social worker in New York City. One morning you receive instructions to investigate a child protection situation involving a West Indian mother and her twelve year old daughter, living in a West Indian neighborhood in Broo...
Year: 1997
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Corporal%20Punishment.pdf

Authors: Li, Ming Jiu ; Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student working for an American volunteer-based organization in Kenya must decide how best to allocate the funds she has raised for her project....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/Kakamega.pdf

Authors: Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University ; Li, Ming Jiu
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student interning at a domestic non-profit is frustrated with having to assume the tasks of a receptionist, rather than working on the projects for which she had planned. ...
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/RolesResponsbilities.pdf

Authors: Sweifach, Jay
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics
Abstract: Conscientious Objection is a deeply held religious or moral convention that precludes an individual from participating in an act that is perceived to be against their beliefs. This paper reports on a national study which explored c...
Year: 2012

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