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Values and Ethics

Session: Resituating a Values Orientation in Social Work Research and Practice 

Bringing Values Back Into Social Work Research and Practice

Saturday, October 26, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2209
Social work has long embraced the idea of value-informed research, this paper will explore that values themselves are within the scope of research, what is called research-informed values. Social work must use scientific methods to establish the foundational normative truths (i.e., the ought) as well as the material truths.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the difference between values-informed research and research-informed values.
  2. Understand the importance of bringing values and normative truths back into the science of social work.
  3. Learn about critical realism as a potential robust philosophy for correcting the error that values were subjective and relative and thus, not scientifically researchable.