1st Edition
Paradoxes in Social Work Practice Mitigating Ethical Trespass
By Merlinda Weinberg
Copyright 2016
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the helping professions, codes of ethics and decision-making models have been the primary vehicles for determining what constitutes ethical practice. These strategies are insufficient since they assume that shared meanings exist and that the contradictory universal principles of codes can be reconciled. Also, these tools do not emphasize the significance of context for ethical practice. This... Read more
Foreword; Introduction; Discursive fields and ethical issues; Micro relations: power, judgement, and emotion; Macro relations: broader structural issues in practice; Reducing ethical trespass; Conclusion
Biography
Merlinda Weinberg is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Canada. Prior to this she worked for 25 years as a front-line social worker, manager, consultant and practitioner in private practice.
