Download Values and Ethics in Social Work Differentiates values

長榮大學 社研所
進階社會個案工作
社會個案工作哲理基礎
林娟芬
2014/10/25
PPT3b
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Values and Ethics in Social Work
Differentiates values from ethics
Details social work values
Delineates principles that guide social work
practice
Examines the stipulations of ethical codes
Analyzes the value context of social work
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Values and Ethics
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Values are foundational to social work
practice.
Social work is a value-based profession
that incorporates :
“a constellations of preferences
concerning what merits doing and how it
should be done”.
There are value and ethical dimensions to
almost every aspect of social work.
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Values Defined
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Values are the implicit and explicit ideas
about what we cherish as ideal or
preferable.
Value define norms or guidelines for
behavior.
Values influence our evaluations of
situations and motivate the actions we
take.
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Distinctions among fact, right,
and ideologies
Distinguishes values from facts, needs,
rights and ideologies,
Value express preferences, value define
desired outcomes for meeting human needs.
Facts define that which actually exists.
Right specify citizens’ legitimate
expectations for access to society’s
resources for meeting their needs.
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Translating values into actions
People’s orientations toward values provide
both the motivation and the direction for their
behavior.
Value is abstract terms
How to transform into concrete actions.
For example, people agree on the sanctity life.
Sanctity life translates into different actions
with respect to abortion?
People hold a value in common yet translate
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Ethics Defined
Values are implicit or explicit beliefs
Ethics relate to people consider correct or right
Ethics generates standards that direct one’s
conduct.
Ethics represents values in action.
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Microethics and Macroethics
Microethics deals with those standards and
principles that direct practice.
Macroethics is concerned with organizational
arrangements and values as well as ethical
principles that underline and guide social
policies.
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Ethical Behavior
Ethical behavior comprises actions that uphold
moral obligations and comply with standards
for practice as prescribed by ethical codes.
Ethical behavior is based on an interpretation
of the application of values.
Because people interpret abstract imperative
differently, they often disagree about what
constitutes ethical behavior or appropriate
actions.
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The foundation of professional
social work values
Social work values has shifted from concerns
about the morality of individual clients to
concerns about the morality of professional
behavior.
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The moral imperatives for the
profession
The social case worker has need of a thoughtout system of social values not only to clarity his
general purpose and orient him in relation to
theories of social progress, but also to guide him
in every professional contact.
Such practical questions as the following
illustrate the need of a philosophy:
P. 114.
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Common values of social work
Since is central concern is humanness and the
development of humanity, social work values
must be radically humane–
The values must include:
Equality, social justice, freeing of live styles,
rightful access to social resources, and
liberation of self-powers.
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Core values
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Respect individuals’ worth and dignity,
encourage mutual participation,
demonstrate acceptance, uphold
confidentiality, express honesty, and handle
conflict responsibly.
Encourage individual’ active participation in
the helping relationship and uphold their
right to make their own decisions.
Assist clients in securing resources needed
to enhance their social functioning.
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Core values
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Ensure that social institutions are humane
and responsive to human needs,
Accept and appreciate diverse populations.
Hold themselves accountable for ethical
conduct, the quality of their work, and
continuous professional development.
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Continuum of professional values
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Form general to specific
Value statement express the abstract ideals
usually accepted by all members of the
profession.
In concrete terms, actions operationalize
values, for example,
If social workers believe in the dignity and
worth of all people, how do their beliefs
shape their actions?
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Continuum of professional values
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If social workers believe people should have
access to resources, what are the
implications of their beliefs for advocacy?
If social workers believe people have the
right to self determination, how does this
change their approach to practice?
A value has small worth, except as it is
moved, or moveable, from believing into
doing, from verbal affirmation into action.
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The value context of social work
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The sociocultural milieu, agency settings,
clients, and social workers.
P. 117 figure 5-1 values context of social
work
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Societal value and social welfare
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Basic assumptions of the capitalist puritan
belief system include:
Man is responsible for his own success or
failure
Human nature is basically evil, but can be
overcome by an act of will.
Man’s primary purpose is the acquisition of
material prosperity, which he achieves
through hard work.
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Societal value and social welfare
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The primary purpose of society is the
maintenance of law and order in which this
acquisition is possible.
The unsuccessful , or deviant, person is not
deserving of help, although efforts should be
made, up to a point, to rehabilitate him or to
spur him to greater effort on his own behalf.
The primary incentives to change are to be
found in economic or physical rewards and
punishments.
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The client system and value
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Each client system is unique base of value
Client’s existing frameworks of value
Can be change only value conflict with
welfare of others or their own goals
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Social work codes of ethics
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P. 123
NASW code of ethics
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Ethical principles of Social work
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Acceptance
Individualization
Purposeful expression of feelins
Nonjudgmental attitudes
Objectivity
Controlled emotional involvement
Self-determination
Access to resources
Confidentiality
Accountability
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