Values, Ethics and Sustainable Society (5 cr)

Objective

Students can apply the principles of sustainable social development in their actions with individuals and their communities. Students are familiar with the principal moral philosophy aspects and apply them to their professional decision-making. Students can evaluate the consequences of their ethical actions. Students are familiar with the key social philosophy aspects and their practical political implementations. Students can assess the rightfulness of social resolutions from the above-mentioned perspectives and apply them to their professional development.

Content

Socially sustainable society. Value theory, normative ethics and ethical problem-solving. Social values and equity theories.

Materials

Sosiaalialan ammattietiikka:

Arki, arvot, elämä, etiikka - Sosiaalialan ammattilaisen eettiset ohjeet. Sosiaalialan korkeakoulutettujen ammattijärjestö Talentia ry. Ammattieettinen lautakunta. Helsinki 2017

Ethics in Social Work - An Ethical Code For Social Work Professionals. Akademiker förbundet SSRA)

NASW: The Code of Ethics


Sosiaalialan ammattietiikan ja kestävän yhteiskunnan eettinen perusta:

Ben Bradley: Well-Being

John Christman: Social and Political Philosophy - A Contemporary Introduction (2nd ed.)

Guy Fletcher (ed.): Routledge Handbook of ThePhilosophy of Well-Being

Shelly Kagan: Normative Ethics, luvut 1 - 5

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Special expertise in the field of social services:

• analyses critically and considers the value foundation of global society and the operating environment of local society and its social policy as well as the needs of the population
• masters the value foundation and methods of the chosen area of expertise in detail and knows how to apply them to work
• promotes the social welfare of children, young people and families in multifaceted partnership and decreases ill-being and factors affecting it in collaboration with clients and the population.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Special expertise in the field of social services:
analyses critically and considers the value foundation of global society and the operating environment of local society and its social policy and the needs of the population from various perspectives
• masters the value foundation and methods of the chosen area of special expertise in detail and is able to apply them flexibly in demanding situations
• promotes the social welfare of children, young people and families in multifaceted partnership and decreases ill-being and factors affecting it in collaboration with clients and the population and applies alternative modes of action.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Special expertise in the field of social services:

analyses critically and considers the value foundation of global society and the operating environments of local society and its social policy as well as the needs of the population from various perspectives using the latest national and international research knowledge
• masters the value foundation and methods of the chosen area of expertise in detail as well as is able to apply them flexibly to demanding and complex situations
• promotes the social welfare of children, young people and families in multifaceted partnership and decreases ill-being and factors affecting it in collaboration with clients and the population as well as applies alternative modes of action and renews them innovatively.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Special expertise in the field of social services:

• analyses critically and considers the value foundation of global society and the operating environment of local society and its social policy as well as the needs of the population
• masters the value foundation and methods of the chosen area of expertise in detail and knows how to apply them to work
• promotes the social welfare of children, young people and families in multifaceted partnership and decreases ill-being and factors affecting it in collaboration with clients and the population.