It is vital that social workers have a deep & critical understanding of the social work value-base & are able to analyse & apply values & ethics to their everyday practice. This fully-revised edition of one of our best-selling titles identifies current issues in social work & then applies an ethical dimension. These issues are then investigated further within an anti-discriminatory framework & against the background of the code of practice for social care workers & employers. Traditional value perspectives are clearly explained & current developments in virtue theory & the ethics of care for social work are also introduced.