Ethics

I have taught professional ethics since 1989 and I am a member of the National Association for Social Workers National Ethics Committee. The following ethics textbook has been designed as a series of modules that can be used across the social work curriculum. The textbook may also be used for a stand-alone course on social work ethics.

ethics textbook

Barsky, A. E. (2010). Ethics and values in social work: An integrated approach for a comprehensive curriculum. New York: Oxford University Press.

Please click HERE for a copy of the "Framework for Managing Ethical Issues."

Suggested Ethics Websites

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: http://www.asbh.org

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Standards of practice for family mediators, parenting coordinators, and custody evaluators): http://www.afccnet.org/resources/standards_practice.asp

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics: http://www.indiana.edu/~appe

Association for Specialists in Group Work (Group Work Standards): http://www.asgw.org

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions: http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe.html

Ethics and Malpractice: http://www.kspope.com/ethics/malpractice.php

Feminist Therapy Code of Ethics: http://feminist-therapy-institute.org/ethics.htm

Florida Bioethics Network: http://www6.miami.edu/ethics/fbn/index.html

Florida Statutes: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/STATUTES (including Chapters 39 on Child Abuse, 397 on Substance Abuse, 491 SW on Licensure, and 744 on Guardianship)

Foundations of Critical Thinking: http://www.criticalthinking.org

Institute for Global Ethics: http://www.globalethics.org

Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics: http://www.jlme.org

Journal of Moral Education: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/archive/cjme-con.asp

Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics: http://www.socialworker.com/jswve

National Association of Social Workers: http://www.naswdc.org

National Institutes of Health—Human Subjects Review Training: http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/cbt/index.html

Tukegee University, National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care (including concerns specific to African Americans and other underserved people): http://www.tuskegee.edu/bioethics

World Values Survey Association, www.worldvaluessurvey.org