Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Social welfare.
Social workers should promote the general welfare of society, from local to
global levels, and the development of people, their communities, and their
environments. Social workers should advocate for living conditions conducive to
the fulfillment of basic human needs and should promote social, economic,
political, and cultural values and institutions that are compatible with the
realization of social justice.
B.
Public participation. Social workers should facilitate informed participation
by the public in shaping social policies and institutions.
C. Public emergencies. Social workers should
provide appropriate professional services in public emergencies to the greatest
extent possible.
D. Social and
political action.
(1) Social workers should
engage in social and political action that seeks to ensure that all people have
equal access to the resources, employment, services, and opportunities they
require to meet their basic human needs and to develop fully. Social workers
should be aware of the impact of the political arena on practice and should
advocate for changes in policy and legislation to improve social conditions in
order to meet basic human needs and promote social justice.
(2) Social workers should act to expand
choice and opportunity for all people, with special regard for vulnerable,
disadvantaged, oppressed, and exploited people and groups.
(3) Social workers should promote conditions
that encourage respect for cultural and social diversity within the United
States and globally. Social workers should promote policies and practices that
demonstrate respect for difference, support the expansion of cultural knowledge
and resources, advocate for programs and institutions that demonstrate cultural
competence, and promote policies that safeguard the rights of and confirm
equity and social justice for all people.
(4) Social workers should act to prevent and
eliminate domination of, exploitation of, and discrimination against any
person, group, or class on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin,
color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief,
religion, or mental or physical disability.
