The Practice of Moral Action
A Balancing Act for Social Workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12902192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabrina Keinemans (Private Institution “Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz”, corresponding author), Mariël Kanne (0009-0006-3532-0292, Harefield Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 379-398 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2013.774040 |
| OpenAlex | W2001028398 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article describes the results of qualitative research into the moral issues faced by social work professionals working in projects targeted at teenage mothers. The research is part of the tradition of empirical and practice-driven ethics. The main questions were: How does morality become visible in the social services for teenage mothers and how do social workers deal with the moral dimension of their work? (How) can education, training and peer review offer space for moral reflection? Interviews and group meetings ('focus groups') were held to answer these questions. Nineteen professionals (front-line professionals as well as professionals in executive roles) participated in the research. The findings describe the moral issues and the moral actions of professionals and the organizational context respectively. The results reveal that the everyday practice of social work professionals can raise complex issues inherent to their work and that there is often no explicit reflection on the moral dimension of these issues. The authors argue that there needs to be greater focus on the complexity of moral issues and elaborate on three dimensions of this complexity
Action (physics · Context (archaeology · Engineering ethics · Focus group · Moral disengagement · Morality · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social cognitive theory of morality · Social science · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Cross-national insights into social workers’ multi-dimensional moral agency when working with child abuse and neglect
Social workers’ approaches to ethical dilemmas
Moral Injury in Social Work
Storytelling in street-level bureaucracies
Autonomy and Protection in Self-neglect Work
Outreach approaches in the private domain
Understanding the Effect of Moral Transgressions in the Helping Professions
Everyday ethics in professional life
Assessing sick-listed clients’ work ability
When doing the right thing feels wrong
Ethics in professional life
Ethics and Values in Social Work
Braintrust
The New Synthesis in Moral Psychology
The emotional dog and its rational tail
An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment
Moral understandings
Interprofessional Ethics
Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work
Dual Relationships
Moral Character in Social Work
Overt and Covert Ways of Responding to Moral Injustices in Social Work Practice
Boundary Issues in Social Work
Upheavals of Thought
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |