Appendix I: Code of Ethics

• Author: Marilyn J. Samuels/Elayne M. Tanner
• Pages: 249-250

Appendix

1

Code

of

Ethics

Ontario

College

of

Social

Workers

and

Social

Service

Workers

Code

of

Ethics

The

Ontario College

of

Social Workers

and

Social Service Workers regulates

two

professions,

social

workers

and

social

service workers.

The

following

sets

out the

Code

of

Ethics

for

members

of the

College.

1)

A

social worker

or

social service worker shall maintain

the

best

interest

of the

client

as the

primary professional obligation;

2)

A

social worker

or

social service worker shall respect

the

intrin-

sic

worth

of the

persons

she or he

serves

in her or his

professional

relationships with them;

3)

A

social worker

or

social service worker shall carry

out her or his

professional duties

and

obligations with integrity

and

objectivity;

4) A

social worker

or

social

service worker shall have

and

maintain

competence

in the

provision

of a

social

work

or

social

service

work

service

to a

client;

5)

A

social worker

or

social service worker shall

not

exploit

the

rela-

tionship

with

a

client

for

personal

benefit,

gain

or

gratification;

6) A

social worker

or

social service worker shall protect

the

confi-

dentiality

of all

professionally acquired information.

He or she

shall

disclose such information only when required

or

allowed

by

law

to do so, or

when clients have consented

to

disclosure;

7) A

social worker

or

social service worker

who

engages

in

another

profession, occupation,

affiliation

or

calling shall

not

allow these

outside interests

to

affect

the

social work

or

social service work

relationship with

the

client;

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