Ethics in Social Work
Recommended Readings
Becket, C., & Maynard, A. (2013). Values and ethics in social work (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.
Corey, G., Corey, M.S., Corey, C., & Callanan, P. (2014). Issues and ethics in the helping professions. (9th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.
Grise-Owens, E., Miller, J. J., Escobar-Ratliff, L., & George, N. (2018). Teaching note—teaching self-care and wellness as a professional practice skill: A curricular case example. Journal of Social Work Education, 54(1), 180-186.
Reamer, F.G. (2013). Social work values and ethics (4th ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
Ward, K. (2018). The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 23(1), 331-333.
Weinberg, M. (2016). Paradoxes in social work practice: Mitigating ethical trespass. Contemporary Social Work Series. London: Routledge.
Recommended Videos
- Ethics: Utilitarianism, Part 1 (2014) by Julia Markovits. 4 min 33 sec. Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/value-theory-1/v/utilitarianism-part-1
This short video, available free from Khan Academy, explains utilitarianism in simple, easy-to-understand terms.
Recommended Audio
- Singer, J.B. (Host). (2013, March 11). Social Work Ethics: Interview with Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD [Episode 78]. Social Work Podcast.
http://socialworkpodcast.blogspot.ca/2013/03/social-work-ethics-interview-with-allan.html
- Singer, J.B. (Host). (2018, March 18). Self-care for Social Workers: Interview with Erlene Grise-Owens, Justin “Jay” Miller, and Mindy Eaves [Episode 118]. Social Work Podcast.
http://www.socialworkpodcast.com/2018/03/selfcare.html
- Information Morning – NS. (2016, May 25). How Social Work is Changing. CBC Radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2689290775/