Ethical decision making is frequently encountered within the social work profession. Chapter 13 of Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice provides an outline to help social workers understand their responsibility in ethics, as well as providing resources for social workers in working through these difficult situations. Social workers must presume that ethical decisions will arise when working with clients. Often times a social worker may be alone in the field of practice when they encounter an ethical dilemmas. Therefore being confident and aware of their own professional values and ethical practices is important, however, they should have a network of support to rely on back at their agency, within the treatment team or professional
