CHRIS CLARK is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, having previously worked in social development and community work. His previous books include Social Work and Social Philosophy (with R. Asquith) and Theory and Practice in Voluntary Social Action.

• IntroductionEthical Issues in PracticeSocial Workers and ValuesThe Rules of Social Work EthicsFounding Social Work Ethics: the Critique of TheoryLaw, Legitimacy and Professional AccountabilityWelfare, Politics and Social WorkFour Stocks of Ethical PracticeIssues and ApplicationsAppendixReferences.

'...required reading for students of social work. It is a most timely addition to the lexicon of texts concerning social work ethics.' - Social Work Education 'Social Work Ethics is a book that marks the territory, and defines social work in ways that should cause the profession to think more carefully about the publicly defined and coercive aspects of its role.' - European Journal of Social Work '...a wise and provocative book.' - Martin Davies, Community Care

CHRIS CLARK is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, having previously worked in social development and community work. His previous books include Social Work and Social Philosophy (with R. Asquith) and Theory and Practice in Voluntary Social Action.

• IntroductionEthical Issues in PracticeSocial Workers and ValuesThe Rules of Social Work EthicsFounding Social Work Ethics: the Critique of TheoryLaw, Legitimacy and Professional AccountabilityWelfare, Politics and Social WorkFour Stocks of Ethical PracticeIssues and ApplicationsAppendixReferences.

'...required reading for students of social work. It is a most timely addition to the lexicon of texts concerning social work ethics.' - Social Work Education 'Social Work Ethics is a book that marks the territory, and defines social work in ways that should cause the profession to think more carefully about the publicly defined and coercive aspects of its role.' - European Journal of Social Work '...a wise and provocative book.' - Martin Davies, Community Care

CHRIS CLARK is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, having previously worked in social development and community work. His previous books include Social Work and Social Philosophy (with R. Asquith) and Theory and Practice in Voluntary Social Action.

• IntroductionEthical Issues in PracticeSocial Workers and ValuesThe Rules of Social Work EthicsFounding Social Work Ethics: the Critique of TheoryLaw, Legitimacy and Professional AccountabilityWelfare, Politics and Social WorkFour Stocks of Ethical PracticeIssues and ApplicationsAppendixReferences.

'...required reading for students of social work. It is a most timely addition to the lexicon of texts concerning social work ethics.' - Social Work Education 'Social Work Ethics is a book that marks the territory, and defines social work in ways that should cause the profession to think more carefully about the publicly defined and coercive aspects of its role.' - European Journal of Social Work '...a wise and provocative book.' - Martin Davies, Community Care