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Tables of Contents for Ethical Decision Making in Social Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Cases
viii
Preface
xi
Ethics in Social Work: Tracking Harms
1
26
Difficult Ethical Cases
2
6
The Method of Tracking Harms: Working through a Case
8
17
How the Method Works
8
13
Learning a Skill
21
2
A Synopsis of the Guide to Ethical Decision Making
23
2
Questions
25
2
Reasons for Acting
27
47
Self-Interest and Self-Sacrifice
29
2
Acting out of Prudence
31
1
Doing What Is Legally Permitted or Required
32
1
Doing What Is Standardly Done
33
2
Appealing to the Code of Ethics
35
5
Doing What Is Ethical
40
31
Getting the Facts
40
2
Discounting Our Biases
42
2
Giving Reasons
44
1
Finding True Ethical Premises
45
26
Questions
71
3
Clients
74
44
Intervention and Self-Determination
74
11
A Difficulty with Understanding the Client
74
3
When Self-Determination Is Possible
77
3
Problems with These Criteria
80
1
Choosing Harm
81
3
Impaired Self-Determination
84
1
Conflicts with Self-Determination
85
7
Relations with Clients
92
14
Dual Relationships
92
2
Further Kinds of Dual Relationships
94
3
Conflicts of Interest
97
1
The Obligation to Serve a Client Competently
98
1
Reciprocity and Obligations in a Professional Relationship
99
1
Drawing Boundaries
100
2
Virtues
102
1
``Recalcitrant'' Clients
103
3
Who Is the Client?
106
10
Choosing One's Client
106
2
No Choice
108
3
The Family as Client
111
2
Diversity among Clients
113
3
Questions
116
2
Relations among Social Workers
118
38
Difficulties among Colleagues
118
17
The Ideal
118
5
Questions of Competence
123
5
Failures to Communicate
128
7
Less than the Ideal
135
14
Relations with Other Professionals
149
4
Questions
153
3
Agencies
156
38
Maintaining Autonomy
157
7
Professional Autonomy
157
3
Wearing Different Hats
160
4
Integrity and Agency Policies
164
9
Internal Ethical Problems
164
1
External Ethical Problems
165
5
Having an Ethical Character
170
1
Professional Character Traits
171
2
Agency Goals
173
9
Discretion and Benign Neglect
173
3
Clarity of Goals and Professional Discretion
176
3
Lack of Clarity about Goals
179
3
Conflicts between Agencies
182
8
Agencies in Competition
183
2
Cooperative Endeavors?
185
5
Questions
190
4
Justice
194
27
Particular Justice
195
9
The Formal Principle of Justice
196
1
Substantive Principles of Justice
197
2
Using Principles of Justice
199
1
The Agency's Role
200
1
Procedural Justice
200
3
Discretion
203
1
Social Justice
204
13
Conditions of Justice
205
1
Justice as Free Transactions
205
2
The Implications for Social Work
207
1
Natural Features and Social Circumstance
208
2
Difficulties with Justice as Free Transactions
210
2
Justice as Fairness
212
1
The Implications for Social Work
213
1
Difficulties with Justice as Fairness
214
1
Alternative Theories of Justice
215
2
Questions
217
4
Appendix I Cases
221
23
Appendix II Additional Case Studies
244
11
Endnotes
255
13
Index
268