Ethical issues in social work

Ethical issues in social work It hasalwaysbeen recognised thatthepractice of social workraisesethical questions and dilemmas. Recently, however, traditional ways of addressingethical issuesin socialworkhave come toseem inadequate, as a result ofdevelopmentsboth in philosophyandinsocial worktheory and practice.This collection of thought-provoking essays explores the ethics ofsocial workpractice in the light ofthese changes. Ethical Issuesin Social Workprovides up-to-date criticalanalysesof the ethical implications of new legislation in community care and criminal justice, and of trends in social work thought and policy, such as managerialism, user empowerment, feminism and anti-oppressive practice. This book provides important and stimulating reading for social work studentsandtheirteachers, and for allpractitionersand managerswho are concerned about the ethical dimensionsof theirwork. Richard Hugman is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University and waspreviously a social work practitioner. David Smith, a former probation officer, is Professor of Social Work at Lancaster University. They are jointeditorsof The British JournalofSocialWork. Professional Ethics General editors:Andrew Belsey, Centre forApplied Ethics, University of Wales College of Cardiff and Ruth Chadwick, Centre forProfessional Ethics, Universityof Central Lancashire Professionalism is a subject of interest to academics, the general public and would-be professional groups. Traditional ideas of professions and professional conduct have beenchallenged by recent social, political and technological changes. One result has been the development for almost every profession of an ethical codeof conduct which attemptstoformalise its values and standards. These codes of conduct raise a number of questions about the status of a ‘profession’ and the consequent moral implications forbehaviour. This series seeks to examine these questions both critically and constructively. Individual volumes will consider issues relevant to particular professions, including nursing, genetic counselling, journalism, business, the food industry and law. Other volumes will addressissues relevant to all professional groupssuch asthe function and value ofa code of ethics and the demands of confidentiality. Also available in this series: Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media edited by Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick Genetic Counselling edited by Angus Clarke Ethical Issues in Nursing editedby Geoffrey Hunt TheGround of Professional Ethics Daryl Koehn Ethical issues in social Edited by Richard Hugman and David Smith LondonandNewYork Firstpublished1995 byRoutledge 11New Fetter Lane,London EC4P 4EE Simultaneouslypublished inthe USAand Canada byRoutledge 29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY 10001 Routledge isan imprintof the Taylor &FrancisGroup ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor &Francis e-Library,2001. Selection andeditorialmatter© 1995 Richard HugmanandDavid Smith,individual chapters © 1995thecontributors All rightsreserved.Nopart of thisbookmaybe reprinted or reproducedorutilizedin any formor byany electronic, mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented, includingphotocopyingand recording,or inanyinformation storageor retrieval system, withoutpermission inwritingfromthepublishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Acataloguerecordfor thisbook isavailablefrom the British Library LibraryofCongress Cataloguing inPublication Data Acataloguerecordfor thisbook isavailablefrom the Library of Congress ISBN 0-415-10109-3 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-10110-7 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-01497-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-17433-X (GlassbookFormat) ... - tailieumienphi.vn