Sarah Banks is Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University, UK. A qualified social worker, she is author of Ethics in Professional Life and Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions and editor of Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World: Cases and Commentaries.

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• Introduction1. Ethical challenges in social work2. Principle-based approaches to social work ethics3. Character and relationship-based approaches to social work ethics4. Principles into practice: professionalism and codes of ethics5. Service users’ rights: clienthood, citizenship, consumerism and activism6. Social workers’ responsibilities: policies, procedures and managerialism7. Ethical problems and dilemmas in practiceReferencesIndex.

Sarah Banks is Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University, UK. A qualified social worker, she is author of Ethics in Professional Life and Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions and editor of Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World: Cases and Commentaries.

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• Introduction1. Ethical challenges in social work2. Principle-based approaches to social work ethics3. Character and relationship-based approaches to social work ethics4. Principles into practice: professionalism and codes of ethics5. Service users’ rights: clienthood, citizenship, consumerism and activism6. Social workers’ responsibilities: policies, procedures and managerialism7. Ethical problems and dilemmas in practiceReferencesIndex.