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From Professional Ethics to Ethics in Professional Life: Reflections on Learning and Teaching in Social Work

Banks, S.

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D. Zavirsek
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B. Rommelspacher
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S. Staub-Bernasconi
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Abstract

This chapter offers some reflections on features of the traditional professional ethics literature used for teaching in the English-speaking world, which tends to focus on codes, conduct and rational decision making in difficult cases. It is argued that this kind of approach offers a rather artificial, abstract and narrow conception of ethics. Consideration is then given to what might be the implications for learning and teaching of shifting emphasis towards a more embedded conception of ethics in professional life, with a focus on the commitment and character of professional practitioners and the specificities of the contexts in which they work.

Citation

Banks, S. (2010). From Professional Ethics to Ethics in Professional Life: Reflections on Learning and Teaching in Social Work. In D. Zavirsek, B. Rommelspacher, & S. Staub-Bernasconi (Eds.), Ethical dilemmas in social work : international perspectives (119-132). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana

Publication Date Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date Nov 7, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Pages 119-132
Book Title Ethical dilemmas in social work : international perspectives.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1683655
Publisher URL http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:doc-76PA9HV8