SOCW-404 - Ethical Practice in Aboriginal Communities - 3.00 Credits

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

• critically analyze the CASW code of ethics and the Aboriginal code of ethics;


• describe and explain Aboriginal codes of ethics;


• describe and explain utilitarian and deontological approaches to ethics;


• to articulate and review Aboriginal ethical case studies to enhance one's own ethical practice;


• demonstrate one's own personal codes of ethics;


• identify practice methods of Aboriginal ethics in profession;


• identify cultural norms of ethics when working in Aboriginal communities or with Aboriginal people;


• compare and contrast the application of Aboriginal ethics and mainstream ethics; and


• validate and revitalize Aboriginal ethics.