Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice

Antonio Sandu (Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania) and Ana Frunza (LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Romania)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781522530909

EISBN13: 9781522530916

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3090-9

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Today’s practitioners and researchers are looking, now more than ever, at the ethical issues that are raised through the practice of social work and social services. As such, it is crucial that they are up-to-date on the latest data on how to address, manage, and overcome ethical issues in their practice.

Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the role of moral values within social work and the ethical dilemmas that arise in the profession. Highlighting extensive coverage among a variety of applicable perspectives and themes, such as governing principles of social work practice, ethical analysis of social work cases, and individual and social responsibility in social services, this book is ideally designed for professionals and researchers working in the field of social work and social services as well as academics and upper-level students seeking cutting-edge research on ethics in the practice of social work.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Ethical Frameworks of Social Programs and Strategies
Ethics Management in Social Practice
Good Practice and Codes of Ethics
Organizational Ethical Audit
Promoting Individual Autonomy
Social Work and Bioethics
Strength-Based Social Work Practice

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Antonio Sandu is Professor PhD at “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania, and Senior Researcher at the LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi, Romania. His main areas of interest include ethics, bioethics, social work and social philosophy. The original contributions of the author’s scientific activities start from the social construction of reality and social constructionism as seen from a semiological perspective. He analyses the social construction of reality by developing his very own version of social constructionism operating at the intersection between the constructionist paradigm and the theory of communicative action. He is the author of the book: Social Construction of Reality as Communicative action, published at Cambridge Scholar Publishing (2016), and also of “Social Work Practice: Research Techniques and Intervention Models: From Problem Solving to Appreciative Inquiry”, “Appreciative Ethics: A constructionist version of ethics” and “Social-Constructionist Epistemology: A transmodern overview”, all three published by Lap Lambert between 2012 and 2013. He has also authored more than 20 volumes in Romanian and English language.

Ana Frunza obtained a PhD in philosophy at Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, in 2014, presenting a thesis entitled “A deconstructive approach to ethical values. Ethics expertise.” She obtained an MA degree in Supervision and Social Planning in 2011, with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work in 2009. She is a Scientific Researcher III at the LUMEN Center for Social and Humanistic Research. Her main scientific interests are applied ethics, applied philosophy, social work, supervision and ethics expertise. She is a university assistant PhD "Stefan cel Mare" University from Suceava, Faculty of Law & Administrative Sciences, Romania. Ana Frunza is currently working on defining a new model of ethics expertise – the supervision of ethics, in conjunction with Professor Antonio Sandu, Doctor in Philosophy at LUMEN Center for Social and Humanistic Research from Iasi, Romania. She is the author of three books, Etica si dezvoltarea comunitara/Ethics and community development, Catre o noua expertiza etica. Deconstruind valorile etice/Towards a new ethics expertise – deconstructing the ethical values, and Supervizarea si dezvoltarea profesionala a asistentilor sociali/The supervision and the professional development of the social workers published by LUMEN Publishing House between 2013 and 2017. Her research interests are ethics, research ethics, ethics expertise, supervision of ethics, and applied philosophy.

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