puff 622 Ethics and Social Work Education

Firstly, we've got to come to grips with what it is
we're trying to do here-which is to equip students
with tools to apply ethical principles in their mahi?
So.....what essay might be helpful for this standard?

Ethics and social work education

What is it that we have in common in social work and in social work education? Before we consider ethics in social work and social work education we need perhaps to think about what it is that we do how we do it and why. After that we might be able to codify common ethical values that help to prevent professional abuse.

Above the policies and practices of local organisations there are national codes of ethic in different countries and, since 1994, a Code of Ethics of the International Federation of Social Workers. The ethics and values of these Codes are mostly influenced by the western, European countries (Banks, 1995). Four main principles are found;
1 respect for the individual person/case
2 self-determination of the client/user
3 promotion of social justice
4 working for the interests of the client/user

The present Post builds on an earlier paper (Cleave and Khulmann 2000). As pointed out there most ethical codes sometimes forget to say that in practice there is inevitably a tension between the business of supporting the interests of clients and social justice on the one hand and their duties to control and save money on the other (Payne 1995). In addition to this the 'Codes' place more emphasis on the individual's rights to respect and support than on the duties of the societies towards those who have been 'crushed and downtrodden' (Salomon 1923) during their fight for economic survival. Those are- all over he world- mostly women and children, often from minority or oppressed groups.

Most ethical codes concentrate more on the professional-user relation and less on the society-social problems relationship. In the beginning of the profession there was a broader approach to social work ethics mainly in the works of Alice Salomon as she began he task of looking at the tradition of help ind the Judeo- Christian world.

We might also learn from the ethic of mutual aid found in other cultures such as the Maori tradition. This might be elicited in a study of aroha and other terms. Aroha indicates support, care, affection and identificatio with the user of the social work service. There has been a great deal of influence from the Judeo-Christian traditions on Maori and other Polynesian cultures simply through historical exposure and in some ways this makes comparisons and contrasts difficult.

Sometimes an ethic as a matter of reflection. It is found in the way people think about society the way they inquire. The Polynesia tradition involves shared talk. This may seem to the outsider as a lot of shared talk by as many people as possible, by a committee of the whole for any given situation to sort out or sort through an issue.

This process of talk also involves the following of ritual guidelines in the form of the protocols of the marae, te kawa o te marae in the Maori case. This in turn involves distinctions between locals and visitors, tangata whenua and manuhiri and other matters in a culturally specific form of inquiry or rangahau (cf Post 148 http://puffcom.blogspot.com/)

There is, in this ethic, also the affirmation of an ethic position. Maoritanga or the Fa'a Samoa which some see as 'a whle way of life' and others see as 'a whole way of struggle' (Webster 1998). This may be like Weber's 'Protestant ethic' or wht came to be known as a 'work ethic'. Ways of life, ways of struggle are involved.
To return to the Judeo-Christian tradition there is also the matter of mutual aid traditions including those of ethics surviving industrialisation, urbanisation and the vanishing of extended families. Traditional structures of social support broke down and the state neglected to build up new ones.

Into this vacuum stepped people like Heinrich Wichern who founded the 'inner mission' in 1848. He demanded a special welfare organisation in order to adapt Christian welfare to an industrialised society. At he same time diakonia, thforms of social support in the first Christian communities, were emphasised (Cleave and Khulmann, 2000:163).

Christian and Jewish traditions of welfare were involved ni the establishment of social work in Germany (Cleave and Khulmann 2000: 162-6).For Alice Salomon (1872-1948), the founder of IASSW in 1928 social justice was the main obligation of social work.As suggested by Cleave and Khulmann ibid the destructive power of the developing capitalistic market, the colonisation of traditional structures of care and support forced those who were engaged in social work to einvent or call up again an ethic other than an ethic of the market or the 'free' workingma and consumer.

It may be the case that social work in Aotearoa has seized on the ethic of a minority group, the Maori, in much the same way as that suggested in Europe. The language of the minority offers tools for challenging the prevalent ethic.

To return to the four points raised earlier;
1 respect for the individual person/case
2 self-determination of the client/user
3 promotion of social justice
4 working for the interests of the client/user

In the case of Aotearoa to Point One might be added respect for the whanau or extended family of the individual concerned. A reference to he Treaty of Waitangi would be a significant addition to Point Two. Similarly social justice, the third matter, might also involve the Treaty or initiatives like Puaoteatatu. The last point, working for the individual might also involve the whanau and the Treaty as well as the hapu and the iwi.

Where the iwi or the hapu and in some cases the whanau are social work providers there are matters that may apply to all of the four points.

In any given country there will be local characteristics. In Aotearoa one feature must be the primacy of the Maori child. In Europe the situation with respect to gender rights might be more acute when Muslim minorities are concerned although gender rights are important in all countries as are the rights of the child.

It is important to appreciate the functions of a social work ethic. Not only is there the guidelines for the correct and just ways of doing things. There is also the possibility that the ethic is a kind of underground railroad where the values and aspirations of minority and repressed groups might be carried along in times of threat or repression. It may be the case that sometimes the ethic is subverted and used in the interests of the power structure. It is important for the student of social work to work through these possibilities to arrive at their own understanding of the ethics involved.

Bibliography

Banks, Sarah 1995 Ethics and values in social work Macmillan Press, Hampshire and London
Cleave, Peter and Khulmann, Carola Language and mutual aid, in Cleave edit. The Nurturing Shield, Campus Press, Napier
Payne, Malcolm 1985 The code of ethics, the social work manager and the organisation in Watson edit A code of ethics for social work: the two step, London 104-122
Salomon, Alice 1923 The relation of the church to social workers in Proceedings: National Conference of Social Work in Washington
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Two songs in C. Long Black Jar and Colin both composed and performed by Peter Cleave

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Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave.Red Bus and Long Black Jar. Chords on Red Bus have a structure! Recorded on the Wetlands.

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Two songs performed and composed by Peter Cleave.You're Free, Red Bus. Recorded

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Two songs composed by Peter Cleave. We got lucky, Idol. Recorded on the Wetlands.

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Two songs composed by Peter Cleave. Red Bus, Lady so Far. Recorded on the Wetlands.

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Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave. Idol and You're Free. Recorded at the Stomach, Palmerston North

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Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave. Long Black Jar, You're Free. Recorded at the Stomach, Palmerston North




Composed by Peter Cleave. Bass by Leo Cleave. Guitar and vocal by Peter Cleave. For Paula Miranda for her role as Mia Hill in Perfect Stranger

Sweet Killer Love

Sweet Killer Love

Come from the stars above

You smile

The devil is in your detail

The devil is in your detail
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You walk into the market

Hand up on your hip

You look

The price is way too high

The price is way too high

Sweet Killer Love

Sweet Killer Love

Come from the stars above

You smile

The devil is in your detail

The devil is in your detail

You touch the base of your neck

You set your shades down on your nose

You look again

Who are you waiting for?
Who are you waiting for?

Sweet Killer Love

Sweet Killer Love

Come from the stars above

You smile

The devil is in your detail
The devil is in your detail

Moving right along now
Looking down the line

Who will take you home?

Who will take you home?

Sweet Killer Love

Come from the stars above

You smile

The devil is in your detail

The devil is in your detail


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Concert for gold diggers, claim jumpers, future super stars, foxes and trout. 女子高生 Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave Concert for gold diggers, claim jumpers, future super stars, foxes and trout. 女子高生 Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave: Johnny Rockaway and Red Bus

Johnny Rockaway
For Johnny Rockaway
The gangsters came to play
To throw a rose
into the grave
of Johnny Rockaway
Brando on the screen
so high on his machine
waves a hand to all the fans
along the way

Wear your hair up high
Turn your collar to the sky
No surrender
No sweet goodbye

(guitar break)

For Johnny Rockaway
The gypsies came to pray
to light a bonfire
at midnight
for Johnny Rockaway
Bardot on a motorbike
The chrome so bright
so lost, so lost
in her shades

Wear your hair up high
Turn your collar to the sky
No surrender
No sweet goodbye

Johnny Rockaway
loved Jimmy Dean
the Dodge, the De Soto and the Galaxy
Go Johnny Go ,
Go, Go said Chuck,
the American King,
Johnny Rockaway





Red Bus
On the Red Bus
nothing seems to matter much
say what you like or what you don't
the bus runs on

she was a claim jumping, gold digging future super star
I sold cars on Saturdays

we met on the Red Bus
where nothing seems to matter much
say what you like or what you don't
the bus runs on
and on

she was a city girl and a foxy trout who left nothing out
I was a valley boy

we talked on the Red Bus
about anything that came to us
about life after life after life
and the bus ran on



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Concert for the Batcave 女子高生Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave: Broken Road and We got lucky



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We got Lucky

It was all over before it had begun
it was good night nurse on the midnight shift
it was red, red wine, blue bubbles in the bath

we got lucky
there was a ring around the moon
we got lucky
and we slept till noon
gave cream to the cat
and that my friends was that

It had just begun when she said she'd won
so it was lights for the tree and wood for the fire
candles, blue bubbles in the bath

we got lucky
there was a ring around the moon
we got lucky
and we slept till noon
gave cream to the cat
and that my friends was that



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Concert for the Black Hawk 女子高生Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave: Johnny Rockaway and We got Lucky.



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Concert for Spiderman 女子高生 Two songs composed and performed by Peter Cleave: Long Black Jar and Johnny Rockaway



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Long Black Jar

Saw your picture on the wall
thought I heard you in the hall
put flowers in a long black jar

Now I'm playing such a sad guitar
and I'm wondering where we are
o darling talk to me

talk to me about the way things used to be
don't talk about setting me free

Thought I heard you in the driveway
Thought I felt you behind me
but there's only one person here
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Two songs in new keys. Another concert for Mary J Blige. Long Black Jar and Idol. Both songs written and composed by Peter Cleave




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Idol
It was just a wish
From high on a wish list
but it had to be you
cos you are so fine

And the idol smiles
there is a door in the wall
the traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

Latrice and Labelle
are lost in LA
But they find a sign
meant for you and me

And the idol smiles
look out the window in the wall
The traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

Way on down the hall
Uncle Phil is asleep
You whisper to me
about Dragon Ball Zee

And the Idol smiles
it is written on the wall
the traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

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On the deck...Idol and Broken Road for the Goo Goo Dolls...concert by Peter Cleave

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Idol
It was just a wish
From high on a wish list
but it had to be you
cos you are so fine

And the idol smiles
there is a door in the wall
the traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

Latrice and Labelle
are lost in LA
But they find a sign
meant for you and me

And the idol smiles
look out the window in the wall
The traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

Way on down the hall
Uncle Phil is asleep
You whisper to me
about Dragon Ball Zee

And the Idol smiles
it is written on the wall
the traffic stops
the rain begins to fall

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Concert for Donnie Darko. Long Black Jar and You're Free composed and performed by Peter Cleave
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Colin


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A concert for the Metaverse



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A concert for Mary J Blige by Peter Cleave featuring songs dedicated to Ana Carolina Reston and Daniela Cicarelli


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