Public Professions and the Private Model of Professionalism.

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Title: Public Professions and the Private Model of Professionalism.
Language: English
Authors: Howe, Elizabeth
Source: Social Work. May 1980 25(3):179-191.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 1980
Document Type: Journal Articles
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Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Comparative Analysis, Professional Occupations, Professional Personnel, Responsibility, Social Services, Social Work
Abstract: Private model of professionalism is inappropriate for public professions like social work. Alternative "new professionalism" would involve a more client-oriented social welfare system. Comparison of ethics codes for social work, medicine, law, urban planning, public administration, and university teachers illustrates publicness-privateness conflicts of social work. (NRB)
Entry Date: 1980
Accession Number: EJ223350
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Private model of professionalism is inappropriate for public professions like social work. Alternative "new professionalism" would involve a more client-oriented social welfare system. Comparison of ethics codes for social work, medicine, law, urban planning, public administration, and university teachers illustrates publicness-privateness conflicts of social work. (NRB)