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 Education54(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 Work23(1), 331-333.

Weinberg, M. (2016). Paradoxes in social work practice: Mitigating ethical trespass. Contemporary Social Work Series. London: Routledge.

Recommended Videos

  1. 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

  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Information Morning – NS. (2016, May 25). How Social Work is Changing. CBC Radio. 
    https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2689290775/
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