Difference Between ANZASW And SWRB Code Of Ethics

People have their own moral codes to guide their behaviour. However, when people take on the role of a professional social worker, they need to comply with professional code of ethics. Once the core values are established, referring to the ethics (e.g. ANZASW code of ethics) and standards (e.g. SWRB code of conduct) is the next step towards making a decision. Combination of values, ethics and standards determines practitioner’s everyday behaviour. For example, valuing privacy is one of the core values for a practitioner. The service users have rights to privacy and confidentiality, and we are to respect this. Yet, the value of confidentiality is challenged when there is a risk of harm or culturally inappropriate. ANZASW code of ethics offer guidance when faced with such dilemma and SWRB protect the service user by ensuring the competence of the social worker.
Cases of child abuse exemplify such limitations of confidentiality. Child protection workers have the duty to report and record, so they cannot guarantee that any information they receive from parents and children will not be disclosed. In such instance, the service user should be informed about the extent of confidentiality (Chenoweth & McAuliffe, 2015). It is important to remember that those values and ethics are socially constructed, influenced by societal norms and laws. In other words, they are not universal but important in the society that we live in (Banks,