The ethical foundations of social work created by Annie Pullen-Sansfacon and Stephen Cowden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What is social work? -- Social work histories -- Ethics and values in social work -- The social dimensions of social work ethics -- Power in social work -- The idea of empowerment in social work -- Bureaucracy and social work -- Theorising ethical practice -- Respect for the person, self-determination and idea of universality : the Kantian perspective -- Social justice : the ethics of mill and rawls -- Professionalism in social work : character and relationship-based approaches to ethics -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

The Ethical Foundations of Social Work provides you with an engaging, theoretical and practice-based grounding in social work ethics. The authors first examine when, how and why principles and debates historically emerged, then explicitly map them onto everyday ethical challenges and situations in social work practice. As a result, the book promotes an ethically conscious approach where principles can be flexibly and confidently applied as tools to help you with critical problem solving.