Ethical Standards in Social Work, Revised 3rd Edition

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Ethical Standards in Social Work is a practical guide designed to help social workers protect clients, make sound ethical decisions, and minimize the risk of professional malpractice and disciplinary action. The revised third edition reflects the 2021 updates of the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers, which provides social workers with a comprehensive summary and analysis of ethical standards in the profession and an explicit statement of the profession’s principal mission and core values. Ethical Standards in Social Work now includes extensive discussion of new and updated ethics standards, especially pertaining to cultural competence and social workers’ self-care.

Special features:

• Essential ethics content that is a required element in social work education programs
• Extensive application of the Code of Ethics to case examples
• Evolution of ethical issues in the social work profession
• Relevant curriculum content in the areas of clinical practice; social policy; social work administration; community practice; research and evaluation; and cultural, ethnic, and social diversity
• Cutting-edge content on ethical challenges associated with social workers’ use of digital and other technology
• An appendix of challenging ethics cases