WS2511 - Professional Values and Ethics

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Social Work & Community Welfare

This subject studies the values and ethics which underpin professional practice in social work and community welfare, in the context of social and moral philosophy.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to analyse value conflicts and ethical dilemmas in order to identify ethical professional action;
• knowledge and understanding of the values, principles and standards of practice articulated in the professional codes of ethics;
• understanding of alternative philosophical perspectives on the nature of ethics.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Prerequisites:	WS1006WS1006 or permission of HoS
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	WS2019

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	Ms Amanda Nickson.
Contact hours:	26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Face to face teaching 02-May-2008 to 05-May-2008 (Compulsory on campus workshop)
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	Ms Amanda Nickson.
Contact hours:	32 hours workshops/Seminars - Compulsory Workshop in Townsville
Assessment:	assignments.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Ms Amanda Nickson
Lecturer:	Assoc. Professor Wendy Earles.
Contact hours:	26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).
Mackay, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Professor Rosamund Thorpe
Lecturer:	Ms Amanda Nickson.
Contact hours:	26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.