Code of Ethics Definition -

Running head: CODE OF ETHICS
CODE OF ETHICS
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CODE OF ETHICS
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................2
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................5
References............................................................................................................................5

CODE OF ETHICS
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Introduction
The code of ethics includes all those principles that are designed for helping professionals
conduct their business with integrity and honesty (Hughes, 2016). Moreover the code of ethics
can include- business ethics, code of conduct for professional practice for employees and others.
The Code of Ethics of the Australian Association of Social work includes- the social work values
of the practitioner that is respect for others, professional integrity and social justice (Marson &
McKinney Jr, 2019). It also includes- responsibilities of the professional workers such as their
general responsibilities, responsibilities towards their clients, responsibilities in their workplace
and responsibilities in various contexts and also their responsibilities to the profession (Colby &
Dziegielewski, 2016). The main aim of the paper is to provide an argument for or against the
topic “a professional code of ethics takes away the need for our own judgments and lets us hide
behind the rules and guidelines.” The papers will therefore discuss about argument’s against the
topic by showing the different ethical issues that may be involved in following the code of ethics,
finally make a decision based on the arguments against the topic.
Discussion
I do not agree with the statement “a professional code of ethics takes away the need for
our own judgments and lets us hide behind the rules and guidelines.” because code of ethics only
provide for a set of instructions that can guide the social workers in their work and that cannot
help the social workers in making decision that are based blindly in the code of ethics. The social
worker is required to use his or her own judgment for arriving at a decision in case they are faced
in an ethical dilemma (Congress, 2017). There have been many cases where just because a
professional social worker kept quiet in order to fulfill his responsibility towards the client that