Ethics in Social Work

Department

Master's Program Social Work, Social Policy & Management

Course unit code

SOA-M-3-SOA-ETP-SE

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Kállay Andrej, PhD

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Schumacher, Thomas (2013): Lehrbuch der Ethik in der Sozialen Arbeit. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa

Ferguson, Iain (2012): Reclaiming Social Work. Challenging Neo-Liberalism and Promoting Social Justice. London: SAGE Publications

Kaminsky, Carmen (2017): Soziale Arbeit - normative Theorie und Professi-onsethik. Opladen: Barbara Budrich Verlag

Herzka, Michael (2019): Gute Führung. Ethische Herausforderungen im Non-Profit-Management. Wiesbaden: Springer

Kooperationskreis Ethik (2019): Ethik in Einrichtungen der Sozialen Arbeit. Freiburg: Lambertus Verlag

Franz, Julia; Unterkofler, Ursula (Hg.) (2021): Forschungsethik in der Sozialen Arbeit. Prinzipien und Erfahrungen. Verlag Barbara Budrich. 1. Auflage. Le-verkusen-Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich (Theorie, Forschung und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit, 23).
Danchev, Dee; Ross, Alistair (2013): Research Ethics for Counsellors, Nurses & Social Workers. London: Sage Publications.

Level of course unit

Master

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

3

Language of instruction

English

Course contents

• Professional ethics of social work
• Ethics in social work science
• Theory and practice of social work ethics
• Ethics as a science and concept
• Positions of social work ethics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none