Description
Book SynopsisSarah Banks emphasises the importance of reclaiming professional ethics for social work, and outlines a preliminary framework for a situated ethics of social justice.
Trade Review"Politically committed...accessible to a wide audience and gives a satisfying contribution to the debate about social work ethics." Research, policy and planning
"Taking a radical stance has never been more important in social work. This most timely and innovative series of internationally renowned authors makes a significant contribution to advancing a new politics of social work.” Professor Stephen Webb, Chair in Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University
Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Introduction; Reclaiming social work ethics: challenging the new public management ~ lead essay by Sarah Banks; A roadmap for social work ethics: reflections and a proposal ~ response by Frederic G. Reamer; Contextualising the ‘ethics boom’ ~ response by Stephen Cowden; Reframing social work ethics through a political ethic of care and social justice lens ~ response by Vivienne Bozalek; ‘Managerialism’: challenging the new orthodoxy ~ response by Chris Beckett; Ethical practice in an unethical environment ~ response by Michael Reisch; Social work ethics and social justice: the growing gap ~ response by Fumihito Ito; Working in the spaces between care and control ~ response by Merlinda Weinberg; A Marxist perspective ~ response by Paul Blackledge; Reflections on the responses to ‘Reclaiming social work ethics’ ~ concluding remarks by Sarah Banks; References
