ETHICAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK IN MODERN SOCIETY

Hermă­Na Marekovăˇ

doi:10.12955/cbup.v5.1012

Abstract

The basic principle for the exercise of professional social work is the respect for human rights and social justice. The social worker's activity is associated with high expectations on the part of society, although the moral standards of society are typically on a lower level. The legislative environment or norms governing the decisions of social workers are determined by legislation as well as generally applicable ethical norms. In practice, this creates ethical dilemmas consisting in the acceptance of a hierarchy or priorities of individual norms, whereas the adopted and applied values and norms can be counterproductive. This situation may cause a conflict between professional ethics and valid social norms. The following article tackles the issues in social work arising from the stereotypes surviving in society and a lack of competence of many social workers.

Highlights

The concept of ethics and its dimensions have probably been a subject of interest for each of us
These issues have been tackled in many different publications, as evidenced by the fact that upon entering the word ethics in the Google Scholar search engine, the number of results referring to this topic for the year 2016 is 133,000 in 0.08 seconds and the word morals yields 25,400 results in 0.06 seconds
We usually refer to ethics, to moral principles, and we can say for sure what is ethical and what is not, based on our values, valid norms of our society that we have acquired during our education, our socialization

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Introduction

The concept of ethics and its dimensions have probably been a subject of interest for each of us. We usually refer to ethics, to moral principles, and we can say for sure what is ethical and what is not, based on our values, valid norms of our society that we have acquired during our education, our socialization. This condition may cause a dilemma between professional ethics and valid social norms. The elements of culture are the norms and values existing in society.

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