- To provide an analysis of the ethical dimensions of practice across the series of case studies for weeks 7 to 13. With the exception of the week 7 case (which is in the text book, accessible in Course Reserve of the library), these case studies are in the Learning Resources folders for each week.
- What you should achieve:
- Identification and analysis of 3 ethical considerations/ themes for practitioners across a series of provided cases;
- Which use the ethical concepts, perspectives and models presented in the unit, supplemented by relevant research you undertake. In particular you must use in your analysis:
- the 4 ethical lenses (consequentialist, deontological, virtue and relational)
- the Chenoweth & McAuliffe inclusive model for ethical decision making. You may also use the Crane core questions model, though this is optional.
- In undertaking your analysis you should refer to the interface between social work and human services ethics and legal/ other dimensions of the case. This is described in the unit as an ‘integrated’ approach.
- Show you have a detailed familiarity with and capacity to apply relevant specific sections/statements/principles contained in your Code of Ethics to practice situations. Human services students may also refer to the AASW Code in addition to the ACWA Code. Social work students may also refer to the AASW Practice Standards.
- Your above analysis should communicate your own emerging/ beginning framework for undertaking practice in an ethical manner.
