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Integrity in Professional Life: Issues of Conduct, Commitment and Capacity
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This article explores the nature of professional integrity, considering the questions ‘what is professional integrity?’ and ‘how do social welfare practitioners perform as people of integrity in the course of their professional work?’ The focus is on social welfare work, with a particular emphasis on social work as practised in England. Three versions of professional integrity are identified as: morally right conduct; commitment to a set of deeply held values; and a capacity for reflexive sense-making and reliable accountability. These are explored through examples from professional misconduct cases in social care and accounts from professional practitioners about their working lives. Key elements of professional integrity are identified and implications for policy, practice and education are considered.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Banks, S.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Banks, S.
- Venue
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-12-21
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2168-2184
- ISSN
- 0045-3102 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-263X
- OpenAlex
- W2136960560
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 7.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- The British Journal of Social Work (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- University of East London
- University of Cambridge
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Social Sciences and Policies
- Keywords
- professional integrity, social work, professional misconduct, professional values, reflexive practice, accountability, professional conduct, social care, professional education
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