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International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2022, 4(7); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2022.040705.

Exploring the Use of Power of Social Work Supervisors in Chinese Culture

Author(s)

Liang Meijung1, Yu Xiao2

Corresponding Author:
Yu Xiao
Affiliation(s)

1National Quemoy University, Jinmen, China

2Department of Social Work, Tunghai University, Taiwan, China

Abstract

When Chinese social workers face ethical dilemmas, responsibilities, and obligations conflict, how to make ethical decisions. The aims of this study include demonstrating the ethical dilemma that social workers and resource master confront when they collaborate in Chinese culture. It uses Reamer's ethical decision-making model to explore the ethical decision-making process of Chinese social workers and discuss social workers' ethical choices about whistle-blowing and human relationships. This paper applies the case of social work services for the disabled in Taiwan to analyze and research. The conclusions of this paper are the ethical value judgment and decision-making of social workers; the process of whistle-blowing, and the moral courage and practice of social workers. It is hoped that the discussion in this paper will provide a reference for the ethical decision-making of social workers in the Chinese mainland.

Keywords

ethical dilemma, ethical decision, Chinese culture

Cite This Paper

Liang Meijung, Yu Xiao. Exploring the Use of Power of Social Work Supervisors in Chinese Culture. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 7: 22-31. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.040705.

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