TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

Title: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services Edition: 2nd (2012) Author: Frederic G. Reamer Publisher: Perseus Book ISBN: 978-0-231-15701-8

As it is an important responsibility of the human service profession, you will become familiar with social justice issues likely to impact your work.

In this article from the Library, you will explore the term “well-being,” often used in social work and human services codes of ethics. You will explore what this means, how it can be measured and how it can be incorporated into a framework for your practice.

Gamble, D. N. (2012). Well-being in a globalized world: Does social work know how to make it happen? Journal Of Social Work Education, 48(4), 669.

In this next article, you will focus further on the definition of social justice and explore the type of advocacy that is required of the helping professions by the various codes of ethics:

Gasker, J. A., & Fischer, A. C. (2014). Toward a context-specific definition of social justice for social work: In search of overlapping consensus. Journal Of Social Work Values & Ethics, 11(1), 42.

Chapter 4 in your text, Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services, will explore the effects of obtaining personal benefits from your work with clients. This can be more likely to occur in smaller communities and can cause additional ethical issues to be aware of.

In Chapter 6 of your text, Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services, you will discover what to do when faced with unavoidable and unanticipated circumstances in working with clients, especially when living in a small community and how best to address these issues.

In your Reading, you will learn about a commonly used practice among public health practitioners: persuasion. Persuasive techniques are often used in an attempt to encourage the audience to adopt a certain belief or course of action.

In this article from the Library, you will review the persuasive tactics often used in an attempt to encourage a certain attitude or behavior. The article will go on to provide an evaluation of the ethics of these techniques. Consider this evaluation in terms of the NOHS Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals.

Rossi, J., & Yudell, M. (2012). The use of persuasion in public health communication: An ethical critique. Public Health Ethics, 5(2), 192–205.

Please also review the following in its entirety:

National Organization for Human Services. (2015). Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals. Retrieved from