WS2511 - Professional Values and Ethics

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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This subject studies the values and ethics which underpin professional practice in social work and community welfare, in the context of social and moral philosophy.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to analyse value conflicts and ethical dilemmas in order to identify ethical professional action;
• knowledge and understanding of the values, principles and standards of practice articulated in the professional codes of ethics;
• understanding of alternative philosophical perspectives on the nature of ethics.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively.

Prerequisites:	WS1004 or permission of HoS
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	WS2019

Availabilities
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Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Dr Desley Harvey
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
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Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	jc126068.
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
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Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	swldb.
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	swldb.
Contact hours:	10 hours - 10 hours of study required per week.
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

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