Ethical Decision-Making And Code Of Social Work Ethics
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING and ETHICAL DILEMMA
“Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the study of what is good and bad, right and wrong, also includes values, principles and theories.It concentrate on values and virtues rather than facts” (GUTTMANN, 2006).Ethics related knowledge is essential for a social worker to increase their skill and abilities to deal with the situation ,such as ethical decision making and ethical dilemma .Ethics represents the conduct or standards of behavior which should be followed through out a professional field. Spreading the knowledge regarding ethics and code of ethics helps the social worker to develop self awareness, efficacy and competency in the field when working with the clients. Ethics is beneficial for not only to the service workers, but also for the safety and well being of the clients too.
I would like to write about ethical decision making and ethical dilemma for my ethics paper, because as a social worker I may have to face many challenging …show more content…
An ethical dilemma is when an incident that makes you to ask yourself how do I handle this situation based on your beliefs and deciding how to choose between right and wrong. Every day social worker may have to face with many ethical dilemmas which force them to make ethical decisions. Every Social work practioners may have to deal with ethical dilemma knowingly or unknowingly “An ethical dilemma is a situation in which professional obligations and professional duties, anchored in basic values of the profession are in conflict and the worker is asked to decide which values connected to the obligations and duties of the professional are more salient than the others” (GUTTMANN, 2006, p. 156). When a conflict occurs, a social worker need to make a choice between two or three, and to select one best out of
“Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the study of what is good and bad, right and wrong, also includes values, principles and theories.It concentrate on values and virtues rather than facts” (GUTTMANN, 2006).Ethics related knowledge is essential for a social worker to increase their skill and abilities to deal with the situation ,such as ethical decision making and ethical dilemma .Ethics represents the conduct or standards of behavior which should be followed through out a professional field. Spreading the knowledge regarding ethics and code of ethics helps the social worker to develop self awareness, efficacy and competency in the field when working with the clients. Ethics is beneficial for not only to the service workers, but also for the safety and well being of the clients too.
I would like to write about ethical decision making and ethical dilemma for my ethics paper, because as a social worker I may have to face many challenging …show more content…
An ethical dilemma is when an incident that makes you to ask yourself how do I handle this situation based on your beliefs and deciding how to choose between right and wrong. Every day social worker may have to face with many ethical dilemmas which force them to make ethical decisions. Every Social work practioners may have to deal with ethical dilemma knowingly or unknowingly “An ethical dilemma is a situation in which professional obligations and professional duties, anchored in basic values of the profession are in conflict and the worker is asked to decide which values connected to the obligations and duties of the professional are more salient than the others” (GUTTMANN, 2006, p. 156). When a conflict occurs, a social worker need to make a choice between two or three, and to select one best out of