Describe professional ethics and the purpose of the NASW code of ethics in your own words.

• Read the NASW Code of Ethics in its entirety, including Preamble, Purpose of the NASW Code of Ethics, Ethical Principles, and Ethical Standards.
• Your Instructor will assign you to one of the following Standards to focus on based on the first letter of your last name.

o Last Name A–D: Standard 1 to Clients (THIS IS MINE!!!)
o Last Name E–I: Standard 2 to Colleagues
o Last Name J–M: Standard 3 in Practice Settings
o Las Name N–R: Standard 4 as Professionals
o Last Name S–T: Standard 5 to the Social Work Profession
o Last Name U–Z: Standard 6 to Broader Society
• Note: Your Instructor may change the assignments to standards to achieve a more even distribution of students to each standard. Check the Announcements to determine if this has occurred.
• Consider how you might explain to a peer the relevance of the NASW code of ethics generally and your assigned section of the code specifically.
By Day 3
Post the following as it relates to your assigned standard:
• Describe professional ethics and the purpose of the NASW code of ethics in your own words.
• Explain the section of the code that you were assigned.
• Describe the standards within that section in your own words.
• Provide a specific example of how a social worker would apply these ethical standards in their practice.