to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. This Code includes four sections. The first Section, "Preamble," summarizes the social work profession's mission and core values. The second section, "Purpose of the NASW Code of Ethics," provides an overview of the Code's main functions and a brief guide for dealing with ethical issues or dilemmas in social work practice. The third section, "Ethical Principles," presents broad ethical principles based on social work's core
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This course examines the basic ethical issues and current trends affecting the counselor working in a contemporary school or agency. Topics include: the nature and scope of counseling, the definition of ethics and its meaning for professional counselors, and the relationship between counseling and professional ethical practice as defined by the American Counseling Association. The variety of agency and school settings are examined to illustrate the specific ethical guidelines that apply to schools
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for a student to use a solutions manual to answer a problem or case lies at the core of the Delta State Graduate Catalog. According to the Delta State Graduate Catalog, the university expects all students to adhere to the highest moral academic standards while attending the university. In compliance with this policy, it would be unethical for a student to use a solutions manual to help solve any problem or case assigned. Using a solutions manual would fall under the definition of cheating that
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Abstract Within the accounting profession there are many complex ethical issues that must be dealt with quite often. It is important that the people working within the industry provide high quality financial statements and always pay close attention to ethical concerns that may arise. Since ethics is such a major concern in the accounting industry, a rules based system is in place for enforcing ethical concerns. There are many regulating bodies that exist that enforce many highly detailed
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Professional Values and Ethics Integrity is defined as personal ethics and values of the individual involved in the decision-making process. This can create different paths to success, depending on the choices made toward each individual goal. Gandhi explains that looking into a person's thought process presents who he or she is in the present and future. He is the perfect example on ethics and values because of the way he set his goals and how he implemented to obtain his goals. Using peaceful
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relationship is that of a professional towards his or her client. Because accounting is a skill that demands expertise, and because accountants have clients’ who depend on that expertise, accounting can be included among the professions. Accounting ethics in the field of accounting refers to the guidelines (consisting of judgments and moral values) that a professional needs to follow while practicing accounting. People using the service of accounting professionals rely on their professional competency to take
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It’s Time For Principles-Based Accounting Ethics More than Establish Minimum Acceptable Standards Professionals often face grey areas in life that have no clearly defined right or wrong answer, where there is no obvious choice. The manner is deciding what choice one should make in such a circumstance is frequently guided by ethics, which help to decide what the correct moral path should be. Although doing the right thing is desirable, figuring out exactly what that should be has been a philosophical
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Association revolutionized medicine in the United States. Members of this newly formed organization, met in Philadelphia as the first national professional medical organization in the world, dedicated themselves to establishing uniform standards for professional education, training, and conduct. They unanimously adopted the world's first national code of professional ethics in medicine. For more than 160 years since, the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics has been the authoritative ethics guide for practicing
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Auditing and Assurance Services, 15e (Arens) Chapter 4 Professional Ethics Learning Objective 4-1 1) Ethics are: A) needed in the professions, but is not needed for society in general. B) a set of moral principles or values. C) not formed by life experiences. D) always incorporated in laws. Answer: B Terms: Ethical Principles Diff: Easy Objective: LO 4-1 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities 2) ________ means that a person acts according to conscience, regardless
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Institution: Subject: Date: Moral Dilemma: Is it in Order to Breach an Ethical Standard to benevolently Offer Altruistic Support to the Destitute? Introduction The social diversity that is evident in the society pose great challenges to peaceful coexistence and harmony. Humans are varied both in nature and their actions and activities. In many instances, people have been faced with myriad moral/ethical dilemma concerning what actions to take in order to serve two conflicting interests
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