Social work and social justice - a conceptual review.

Autor/in	Atteberry-Ash, Brittanie E.
Titel	Social work and social justice - a conceptual review.
Quelle	In: Social work, 68 (2023) 1, S. 38-46Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-8046; 1545-6846
DOI	10.1093/sw/swac042
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Ethik; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Professionalisierung; Studium; Soziale Arbeit; Kritik; Literaturübersicht; USA
Abstract	As a profession, social work has codified within its ethical guidance and educational policies a commitment to social justice. While a commitment to social justice is asserted in several of our profession's guiding documents, social work continues to lack consensus on both the meaning and merit of social justice, resulting is disparate and sometimes discriminatory practice even under a "social justice" label. This study examines how social justice has been operationalized in social work via a conceptual review of the literature. Findings show that social work leans heavily on John Rawls's definition of social justice, Martha Nussbaum's and Amartya Sen's capabilities approach, and the definition of social justice included in The Social Work Dictionary. Unfortunately, none of these adequately align with the National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics, which drives the profession. This conceptual review is a call to social workers to join together in defining the guiding principle of the profession.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1