Integrity in Professional Life

Issues of Conduct, Commitment and Capacity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10898511
AutoresSiobhan Banks (0000-0002-7489-0929, Durham University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume40
Fascículo7
Páginas2168-2184
Data de publicação2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjsw/bcp152
OpenAlexW2136960560
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas7

This article explores the nature of professional integrity, considering the questions ‘what is professional integrity?’ and ‘how do social welfare practitioners perform as people of integrity in the course of their professional work?’ The focus is on social welfare work, with a particular emphasis on social work as practised in England. Three versions of professional integrity are identified as: morally right conduct; commitment to a set of deeply held values; and a capacity for reflexive sense-making and reliable accountability. These are explored through examples from professional misconduct cases in social care and accounts from professional practitioners about their working lives. Key elements of professional integrity are identified and implications for policy, practice and education are considered.

Accountability · Engineering ethics · Misconduct · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional Conduct · Professional development · Professional studies · Public relations · Reflexivity · Set (abstract data type) · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics) · Ethics in medical practice · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work