GROUP 4:

RESPONSIBILITY
AS
PROFESSIONALS
Erica Ann G. Galera
March Amor N. Rodriguez
Maya Jane R. Baguio
Miazelle A. Baldado
Raymart S. Tumala
Arnold Christopher C. Munez
 ETHICAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF PROFESSIONALS
 “refers to ethical obligations that people follow
because of their professional status by
encompassing how to behave in their professional
work and how they conduct themselves.”
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers accept responsibility or
employment only on the basis of
existing competence. They strive to
Competence become remain proficient in
professional practice and the
performance of professional functions.
They critically examine and keep current
with emerging knowledge relevant to
social work.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers routinely review the
professional literature and participate in
Competence continuing education relevant to social
work practice and social work ethics.
They base practice on recognize
knowledge, including empirically base
knowledge, relevant to social work and
social work ethics.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers should not practice,
condone, facilitate or collaborate or any
form of discrimination on the basis of
Discrimination race, ethnicity, national origin, color,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
or expression, age, marital status,
political beliefs, religions, immigrations
status, mental or physical disability.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS

Private Social workers should not permit their

Conduct private conduct to interfere with their

ability to fulfill their professional
responsibilities.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS

Dishonesty Social workers should not participate in,

Fraud condone, or be associated with
Deceit dishonesty, fraud, deception.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers should not allow their
own personal problems, psycho social
Impairment distress, legal problems, substance
abuse or mental difficulties to interfere
with their professional judgement and
performance or to jeopardize the best
interest of people for whom they have
professional responsibility.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers should make clear distinctions
between statements made and actions engage
in as a private individual and as a representative
Misrepresentation as a social work profession, a professional social
work organization, or the social workers
employing agency. Social workers who speak on
behalf of professional social work organization
should accurately represent the official and
authorized position of the organizations.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers should ensure that the
representations to clients, agencies, and the
public of professional qualification, credentials,
Misrepresentation education, competence, affiliations, services
provided, and results to be achieved or
accurate. Social workers should claim only
those relevant professional credentials they
actually possess and takes steps to correct any
inaccuracies or misrepresentation of their
credentials by others.
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS
Social workers should not engage on uninvited
solicitations of potential clients who, because of
Solicitations their circumstances, are vulnerable to undue
influence, manipulation, or coercion.
Social workers should not engage solicitation of
testimonial endorsements from current clients
or from other people who, because of their
particular circumstances are vulnerable, to
undue influence
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTIONS

Social workers should take responsibility and

Acknowledging credit, including authorship credit, only for
work they have actually performed and to
Credit which they have contributed. Social workers
should honestly acknowledge the work of
contributions made by others.