Re-imagining Social Work Ethics: Variations on a Theme

This article comprises a series of discrete reflections by different authors on the theme of ‘re-imagining social work ethics’. It takes its inspiration from a workshop hosted by the Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) in partnership with the Ethics and Social Welfare journal. The authors consider the meaning and motivation of calls to ‘re-imagine’ social work ethics in the light of current practical, political and philosophical challenges to the western, universalist and anthropocentric values underpinning the profession. They conclude that the process of re-imagining ethics is a necessary and valuable exercise, while challenging to implement in practice.

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Ethics and Social Welfare
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2026-04-15
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2026.2638818
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Social Work Education and Practice
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This article comprises a series of discrete reflections by different authors on the theme of ‘re-imagining social work ethics’. It takes its inspiration from a workshop hosted by the Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) in partnership with the Ethics and Social Welfare journal. The authors consider the meaning and motivation of calls to ‘re-imagine’ social work ethics in the light of current practical, political and philosophical challenges to the western, universalist and anthropocentric values underpinning the profession. They conclude that the process of re-imagining ethics is a necessary and valuable exercise, while challenging to implement in practice.

Ethics and Social Welfare
University of Alicante (ES), University of Lisbon (PT), Hanze University of Applied Sciences (NL), Durham University (GB), University of Trento (IT), Haute École de Bruxelles (BE), University of Modern Sciences (AE), Southern Cross University (AU), Carleton University (CA), Tel Hai Academic College (IL), University of Haifa (IL)
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