VALUES AND ETHICS
Overview
Part of becoming a professional social worker is reflecting on how your personal values and professional ethics will play a role in your practice. This assignment will give you an opportunity to define some key terms, consider potential ethical challenges in your present or future practice, and place your discussion in a scholarly context.
Description
For this assignment, prepare a three-page paper (page number refers to the body of the paper and does not include the title page, abstract, or reference pages in APA format) addressing the difference between your personal and professional values and examining how personal values can create bias. In addition, address how values will play a role in social work practice and ethical decision making based on the lens and content of the assigned reading.
Instructions
Include the following in this paper:
Address the difference between your personal and professional values and examine how personal values can create bias.
Discuss the concepts of competency, integrity, boundaries, and social justice.
Address how values will play a role in social work practice and ethical decision making.
Discuss any ethical challenges you anticipate in the field and areas or concepts on which you can improve.
Being insightful and using the critical thought process is imperative for this paper.
Describe how you could advocate for clients to secure resources to support their efforts to change behaviors and how this relates to ethics and values.
This paper must be based on the assigned readings and a minimum of two other scholarly literature sources. This is not a personal reflection paper. The goal is to shift away from personal bias and values and into the literature and lens of professional ethics.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free from errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA Style and Format.
Cited resources: Minimum of two scholarly sources. The assigned reading must be utilized. All literature cited should be peer-reviewed and current, with publication dates within the past five years.
Length of paper: Minimum of three double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
