Ethical Standards in Social Work: A Review of the NASW Code of Ethics

The second edition of Ethical Standards in Social Work offers the social work profession the only indepth analysis of the NASW Code of Ethics. The NASW code provides social workers with a comprehensive summary and analysis of ethical standards in the profession and an explicit statement of the professions principal mission and core values. This is an updated overview of relevant literature with a new appendix that offers readers challenging ethics cases. This practical guide is designed to help social workers make sound ethical decisions and minimize malpractice risk.SPECIAL FEATURES:Essential ethics content that is a required element in social work education programsExtensive application of case examples to the NASW Code of EthicsEvolution of ethical issues in the social work professionRelevant curriculum content in the areas of clinical practice, social policy, social work administration, community practice, research and evaluation, and cultural, ethic, and social diversityAlso available:Humane Managed Care? ISBN 0871012944School Social Work Worldwide ISBN 0871013487NASW PressNASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad.Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.Some of the areas we publish in include:Social work in the field of agingModels of social workSocial work with children and adolescentsEthics in social workCommunity organizationProfessional development