Education on social work ethics and ethical decision making
Keywords:
Social work ethics, applied ethics, ethical decision making, ethical dilemmas, ethical prácticum.
Abstract
The ethics of social work as applied ethics defines the purpose of teaching the course: to help students in their attempts to solve contemporary moral problems, associated with making an ethical decision. Social work education reflects social issues in society related to social inclusion, poverty and prosperity. Social work training at the Faculty of Medicine of Trakia University has an established tradition in cooperation with the institutions of social services and the state social agencies. This article highlights the importance of ethical education for students to acquire ethical decision-making skills, according to the specifics of practical situations. We argue that teaching by analysis of ethical dilemmas derived from the practice is one of the most effective means to develop and consolidate the practice of the real activity of performing the difficult but justified ethical choice. In this context, five groups of dilemmas that derive from the practice of social work in Bulgaria have been analyzed. The analysis and discussion of ethical dilemmas in teaching the ethics of social work are presented as a tool for orientation of students in the moral problematic situations with which they may encounter in the practice of social work.
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4. Bartels, R. (1967). A model for ethics in marketing. Journal of Marketing, 31(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224296703100105
5. Benkova, K. (2013). Ethics of social work. Kontrast. ISBN 987-954-338-061-9
6. Benkova, K., Georgiev, Y., Vlaeva, N., Kolev, G., Peeva, K. (2017). Supervision of professional burnout of social workers in Bulgaria. SGEM2017 Conference Proceedings. ISBN 978-619-7408-20-1 / ISSN 2367-5659. Book 3. Vol 3. (pp. 751-758)
7. Blennberger, E. (2006). Ethics in Social Work - An ethical code for social work professionals; The Swedish Association of Graduates in Social Science, Personnel and Public Administration. Economics and Social Work
8. Callahan D. (1980) Goals in the Teaching of Ethics. In: Callahan D., Bok S. (eds) Ethics Teaching in Higher
Education. The Hastings Center Series in Ethics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3138-4_2
9. Callahan, J. (1994). The ethics of assisted suicide. Health & Social Work, 19, 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/19.4.237
10. Council on Social Work Education. 2015. Educational policy and accreditation standards Retrieved April 5. 2019. Retrieved from https://www.cswe.org/getattachment/Accreditation/Accreditation-Process/2015-EPAS/2015EPAS_Web_FINAL.pdf.aspx
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19. Kidder, R. M. (1995). How good people make tough choices. New York: Morrow.
20. Kusev, I. (1998). Основи на социалната работа (Bases of social work). Kabri. Sofia
21. Loewenberg, F. M., Dolgoff, R., & Harrington, D. (2000). Ethical decisions for social work practice, Itasca, IL. IL: FE Peacock.
22. Mattison, M. (2000). Ethical Decision Making: The Person in the Process. Social Work, 45(3), 201-212. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23718603
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24. Minev, T. (2012). Теоретични и методически основи на социалната работа (Theoretical and methodical bases of social work). Велико Търново. Faber. ISBN 978-545-400-811-6
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27. Reamer, F. G. (1983). Ethical dilemmas in social work practice. Social Work, 28(1), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/28.1.31
28. Reamer, F. G. (1998). The evolution of social work ethics. Social work, 43(6), 488-500. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23717765
29. Reamer, F. (2013, September 03). The NASW Code of Ethics. Encyclopedia of Social Work. Ed. Retrieved 5 Apr. 2019. Retrieved from http://oxfordre.com/socialwork/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.001.0001/acrefore-9780199975839-e-829
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33. Viktoruk, E.N., Viktoruk, E.A. (2013). Ethics at university: temptations and prospects of “The user format”. Bulletin of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University. VP Astafiev, 4 (26)
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35. Zelenkova, I.L, Belyaeva, E.V (1997). Ethics: Study Guide and Workshop. Minsk: NTOOO TetraSystems
36. Zhukova, S.P. (2007). Workshop as a form of training on ethics at the university. Conditions and mechanisms for ensuring high-quality training of humanitarian specialists, 48
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2019-10-11
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Benkova, K., & Georgiev, Y. (2019). Education on social work ethics and ethical decision making. Amazonia Investiga, 8(23), 213-221. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/864
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