SW 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Cengage Learning, Professional Responsibility, Continuing Education
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Chapter 11: values, ethics, and the resolution of ethical dilemmas. Values: what you consider important and what you do not: deals with what is good and desirable, deals with what beliefs are appropriate. Ethics: principles that specify what is good and bad: deals with what is right and correct, deals with what to do or how to apply these beliefs. Ethical dilemmas: problematic situations whose possible solutions all offer imperfect and unsatisfactory answers. Dilemma: situation where one must make a difficult choice among two or more alternatives. Ethical dilemmas: problematic situations where possible solutions all offer imperfect and unsatisfactory answers in terms of what ethically should be done. Ambiguity: the state of being indistinct or of having the potential to be viewed from different perspectives. 3) based on the six core values described earlier, and sets forth standards to which all practitioners should strive.
