7.5 Conclusion
This chapter focused primarily on the role of ethics in the internship process. The issues discussed here are just a few examples of the importance of professional ethics for human service workers. While ethical dilemmas can feel particularly intimidating during your internship, you will continue to confront ethical issues throughout your career in the field. However, with time and experience, you will get more comfortable handling them.
Conclusion Licenses and Attributions
“Conclusion” by Yvonne Smith LCSW is licensed under CC-BY 4.0.
Ethics are a code of morals or a philosophy that guides an individual’s behaviors and actions. Ethics also include a set of standards or code of conduct set forth by a company or profession.
A credit class in which students apply theory to practice by using what you have learned in coursework in a real-world setting with a supervisor/mentor who is invested in your growth and development (often also referred to as fieldwork or practicum).
situations in which you are faced with unclear choices about how to handle a situation with a client. This may be a difference between your ethical guidelines and another’s, a conflict between your personal and professional ethics, or a clash between two competing ethical standards.