Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions

ISBN-13: 9780333751664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 221 str.

Sarah Banks

Opis

This book explores the far-reaching ethical implications of recent changes in the organization and practice of the social professions (social work, community and youth work), drawing on moral philosophy, professional ethics and new empirical research by the author. What does the development of external regulation and audit mean for the autonomy, discretion and creativity of practitioners? How does inter-professional working in community mental health, youth offending or neighbourhood regeneration challenge conceptions of professional identities and roles? What relevance does an ethics of proximity, care or virtue have for professional ethics, alongside more abstract, principle-based approaches?

Spis treści

Introduction: Exploring Professional Ethics.- The Social Professions and the Calling to Care.- Philosophical Perspectives I: Professional Ethics and Ordinary Ethics.- Philosophical Perspectives II: Professional Ethics and Moral Philosophy.- From Philosophical Principles to Professional Practice: The Form and Function Codes of Ethics.- Practitioner Perspectives I: Interprofessional Working Issues of Identity, Values and Culture.- Practitioner Perspectives II: The New Accountability and the Ethics of Distrust.- Called to Account: The Response of the Social Professions.- Appendix.

O autorze

SARAH BANKS is Senior Lecturer in Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK. She has worked in the Social Services in County Durham and in the voluntary sector as a community development officer. Her current research interests include professional ethics, community development, and work with young people and communities in rural areas.