Social Work Law and Ethics

Catalog description

This course will prepare students to navigate through the ethical situations social workers encounter in practice. Students develop the necessary skills to assess and manage potential conflicts of interest, ethical dilemmas, cultural differences, and difficult choices related to personal values. Students will also learn social work professional ethical standards, and laws related to the profession of social work. Students will analyze how human rights and social justice, as well as social welfare and services, are mediated by policy implementation at the federal, state, and local levels.