What are the ethical obligations of social workers?
The social work profession takes ethics very seriously. The primary document relating to social work ethics is the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics. It can be found online at http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.htm. State licensing boards may also have their own codes of ethics. If you are a licensed social worker, please check with your state licensing board for its code of ethics (also called code of conduct or something similar). We will be adding to this list periodically. If you have questions you would like us to consider for this list, please send them to Linda Grobman. For more detailed answers to these and many more questions about social work grad school, see Jess Reyes’ book, The Social Work Graduate School Applicant’s Handbook.
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