Everyday ethics in professional life: social work as ethics work

Autonomy and Protection in Self-neglect Work: The Ethical Complexity of Decision-making

“…Counselling against early closure of a decision, he recognises that "professionals meantime have to live creatively with the discomfort of no immediately available solution, as well as the discomfort that the time available to find a solution is often strictly limited" (p131). Banks (2016) proposes the notion of 'ethics work', differentiated from textbook ethics by its focus on social workers as moral agents in the context of how they make sense of situations encountered, work out the right course of action, and justify who they are and what they do. Her conceptualisation of the 'work' of ethics work -embedded and embodied in the emotions and relationships of everyday practice -resonates strongly with research findings on the components of effective practice in self-neglect (Braye et al, 2014).…”

Pendampingan Implementasi Model Pembelajaran OIDDE untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Pembelajaran Berorientasi Etika di MA Muhammadiyah 1 Plus Malang

“…Etika memiliki peran penting dalam kehidupan (Banks, 2016;Elliott, 2009;Gülcan, 2015). Etika mengacu pada kode perilaku yang memandu seseorang dalam berurusan dengan orang lain (Gilman, 2005;Lesna-Wierszolowicz, 2012).…”

Embodied Austerity: Narratives of Early Austerity from a Homelessness and Resettlement Service

“…Austerity, Banks (2011Banks ( , 2016 argues, has increased the tension between two dimensions of ethical practice in social care work. Ethical practice, defined as accountability, is privileged as part of new public management (Banks 2011).…”

“…Ethics of care in practice, defined as embodied ethics work of emotional, identity and interactive work, formed the basis for relationships between staff and homeless people or those at risk of homelessness (Dobson 2011, Banks 2011. Ethical practice defined as ethics of care as relational work between service users and key workers in the caring services is under-resourced during times of recession (Banks 2011(Banks , 2016. The staff of the charity, in common with many homelessness professionals in the community and voluntary sector, regulated and amended their practice within an externally changed market driven and audit context for their work (Colley 2012, Renedo 2014.…”