ABSTRACT

While the relatively individualistic context of micro social work practice has rich values and ethics literature from which to draw, moving into the wide contexts and variety of community practice has less philosophical and practice wisdom to elaborate the values and ethical behavior directions that macro practitioners might require (Hardcastle, Wenocur, & Powers, 1997). Micro context assumes a very small system, perhaps a dyad of “worker-client,” where rights and obligations are vested in the individuals. These behaviors are at best modified by those few ethical principles that invoke “social responsibility” (Reisch & Lowe, 2000).