The social work field is an example of a competing system because the profession deals with ethics and values instead of statistics and facts. The intellectual standards that are found in this field are breadth and fairness because they deal with different points of view that have opposing conclusions and the focus of success on others, both intellectual standards requiring open-mindedness, as does the social work field require.
For example, the intellectual standard of breadth is always present in a social worker’s life, mostly to analyze a situation with a different approach to figure it out. In my article, this is seen in the study that is done by the authors. Thirteen social workers are interviewed and each gives their personal opinion