Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World

"Editor Banks et al. presents this book focusing on global ethics in social work. The academic and practicing contributors present case studies and commentary relating to various ethics themes in social work. Each chapter also contains three discussion questions. The volume is intended as a versatile study aide providing ethics guidance with each section serving as a stand-alone reference. This material is intended for students and practitioners of international social work and professional ethics."Book News "This book provides a valuable commentary on this debate which it illustrates by including accounts of real-life cases from around the world life." - Richard Martin, Probation Journal 2012 "The editors have certainly done us a favour by bringing together so much rich material in one place. I confess that I have already used one of the cases in my teaching (to good effect I think) and I will be plundering the book for more inspiration in the future. I will also be recommending it to students particularly those on post-qualifying courses I also think that many will welcome the light that the cases and the commentaries throw on the difficult worlds that they work in." - Practice: Social Work in Action, June 2013

Sarah Banks is Professor in the School of Applied Sciences, Durham University, UK. She teaches and researches in community, youth and social work and is co-director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action. She is co-editor of the journal Ethics and Social Welfare, and author of several books on ethics for the social professions. Kirsten Nhr is a qualified social educator, MA in Higher Education, currently working at Hogeschool van Amsterdam (University of Applied Sciences) in the Netherlands. She was a senior lecturer for social educators in Denmark for many years and co-editor of the journal, Dansk Pdagogisk Tidsskrift (Danish Journal of Education).

1. Global ethics for social work? A case-based approach. Sarah Banks; 2. Negotiating roles and boundaries; Introduction, Frank Philippart; Case 2.1: Doing harm with a good heart: volunteer social work in a post- disaster situation in China; Case 2.2: When the tables turned: a social work interns moral dilemma in a Botswana police station; Case 2.3: When is it right to accept a gift? A Lithuanian social work students dilemma; Case 2.4: Why should I have to reveal anything about my personal life? a dilemma for a lesbian student in Britain; 3. Respecting rights. Introduction: Linda Briskman and Mara Jess riz Pemn; Case 3.1: Issues of choice and coercion: working in a psychiatric hospital in the USA; Case 3.2: The reluctant vegan: the case of an older man in a Swedish care home; Case 3.3: Social work in Vietnam: a Dutch students perspective; Case 3.4: Ethical issues in international social work research: a case from India; 4. Being fair. Introduction: Frederic Reamer; Case 4.1: Dilemmas in working with an illegal migrant: a case from Japan. Case 4.2.: A young man waiting for a transplant: dilemmas for a hospital-based social worker; Case 4.3.: Dilemmas in working with a gypsy family: a story from a Portuguese social educator; Case 4.4: A gay applicant who wants to adopt a child: a case from Turkey 5. Challenging and developing organizations. Introduction: Donna McAuliffe; Case 5.1: Establishing the facts: issues for organizations working with young women in Iran; Case 5.2: Deciding on the right to health care insurance: a case from Peru; Case 5.3: The vicious cycle: issues for a church-based social worker in Australia; Case 5.4: Bending the Law? A case about reporting child abuse in Denmark; 6. Working with policy and politics; Introduction: Derek Clifford; Case 6.2: Maintaining organizational integrity in an area of conflict: a womens NGO in Pakistan; Case 6.3: The shrinking welfare state: caring for older people in Finland; Case 6.4: Maintaining professional integrity in an area of conflict: working with a sexually abused girl in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; 7. Working with cases and commentaries; Introduction: Kirsten Nhr; Case 7.1: Taking money from a dubious source: a dilemma for a social worker in China; Case 7.2: Maintaining professional secrecy: a French ethical situation Case 7.3: Institutional pressures and social work ethics: a case from Jamaica; Case 7.4: Between education and punishment: dilemmas for a Malaysian youth worker; Case 7.5: Maintaining the rules: a dilemma about a homeless person in Spain; Case 7.6: Balancing a girls need with a mothers decision: a dilemma for a youth worker in Finland; Using cases and commentaries in teaching and learning: Sarah Banks and Kirsten Nhr; Exercises