1246 Sarah Bani 1. The critical commentary is not designed to offer an historical or comprehensive overview of relevant literature on social work ethics-good lists of references can be found in the many recent textbooks on the subject, such as Reamer(2006), Black et al. (2002, with a revised version due shortly ), or Banks(2006). Rather, it selects some examples of different types of published work, with an emphasis on recent English-language publications, with the aim of considering the current state of the field and the potential for future development. 2. The term'ethics boom'was used by Davis(1999), writing from a North American per spective, referring to the growth of interest in applied ethics. The " boom has contin- ued apace during the first decade of the twenty-first century References Antle, B and Regehr, C(2003)Beyond individual rights and freedoms: Metaethics in social work research, Social Work, 48(1), pp. 135-44 Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers(2008)Code of Ethics, Dunedin ANZASW Appiah, K. A (2007)Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, London, Pengui Banks, S (1997) Etica y valores en el trabajo social, Barcelona/ Buenos Aires, Ediciones Paidos iberica Banks, S (1999) Etica e valori nel servizio sociale: Dilemmi morali e operatiri riflessivi nel Ifare mix, Trento, Italy, Erickson. Banks, S(2004) Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan Banks, S(2005)The ethical practitioner in formation: Issues of courage, competence and commitment,, Social Work Education, 24(7), Pp. 737-53 Banks, S.(2006)Ethics and Values in Social Work, 3rd edn, Basingstoke, Palgrave Banks, S(2008)Ethics and social welfare: The state of play, Ethics and Social Welfare, 9569 Banks, S and Nphr, K(eds)(2003) Teaching Practical Ethics for the Social Professions. Copenhagen, FESET. Baptista, L.(1998) Etica e Educagao, Porto, Portucalense Barroco, M.(2004) Erica y Servicio Social: Fundamentos Ontologicos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Biblioteca latinoamericana de servicio Social Beckett, C. and Maynard, A. (2005)Values and Ethics in Social Work: An Introduction London s Black, P, Congress, E and Strom-Gottfried, K.(eds)(2002) Teaching Social Work Values and Ethics: A Curriculum Resource. Alexandra. VA. Council on Social Work Education Bosanquet, B.(1916) The philosophy of casework, Charity Organisation Review, 39( March),pp.117-33 Bowles, W, Collingridge, M, Curry, S and Valentine, B (2006) Ethical Practice in Social Work: An Applied Approach, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Allen and Unwin. Browning, D.(ed )(2006)Universalism vs. Relativism: Making Moral Judgements in a Changing, Pluralistic, and Threatening World, Lanham, MD, Rowman and Littlefield.1. The critical commentary is not designed to offer an historical or comprehensive overview of relevant literature on social work ethics—good lists of references can be found in the many recent textbooks on the subject, such as Reamer (2006), Black et al. (2002, with a revised version due shortly), or Banks (2006). Rather, it selects some examples of different types of published work, with an emphasis on recent English-language publications, with the aim of considering the current state of the field and the potential for future development. 2. The term ‘ethics boom’ was used by Davis (1999), writing from a North American per￾spective, referring to the growth of interest in applied ethics. The ‘boom’ has contin￾ued apace during the first decade of the twenty-first century. References Antle, B. and Regehr, C. (2003) ‘Beyond individual rights and freedoms: Metaethics in social work research’, Social Work, 48(1), pp. 135–44. Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (2008) Code of Ethics, Dunedin, ANZASW. Appiah, K. A. (2007) Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, London, Penguin. Banks, S. (1997) Etica y valores en el trabajo social, Barcelona/Buenos Aires, Ediciones Paidos Iberica. Banks, S. (1999) Etica e valori nel servizio sociale: Dilemmi morali e operatiri riflessivi nel welfare mix, Trento, Italy, Erickson. Banks, S. (2004) Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Banks, S. (2005) ‘The ethical practitioner in formation: Issues of courage, competence and commitment’, Social Work Education, 24(7), pp. 737–53. Banks, S. (2006) Ethics and Values in Social Work, 3rd edn, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Banks, S. (2008) ‘Ethics and social welfare: The state of play’, Ethics and Social Welfare, 2(1), pp. 1–9. Banks, S. and Nøhr, K. (eds) (2003) Teaching Practical Ethics for the Social Professions, Copenhagen, FESET. Baptista, I. (1998) E´ tica e Educac¸a˜o, Porto, Portucalense. Barroco, M. (2004) E¯ tica y Servicio Social: Fundamentos Ontolo´gicos, Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil, Biblioteca Latinoamericana de Servicio Social. Beckett, C. and Maynard, A. (2005) Values and Ethics in Social Work: An Introduction, London, Sage. Black, P., Congress, E. and Strom-Gottfried, K. (eds) (2002) Teaching Social Work Values and Ethics: A Curriculum Resource, Alexandra, VA, Council on Social Work Education. Bosanquet, B. (1916) ‘The philosophy of casework’, Charity Organisation Review, 39(March), pp. 117–33. Bowles, W., Collingridge, M., Curry, S. and Valentine, B. (2006) Ethical Practice in Social Work: An Applied Approach, Crow’s Nest, New South Wales, Allen and Unwin. Browning, D. (ed.) (2006) Universalism vs. Relativism: Making Moral Judgements in a Changing, Pluralistic, and Threatening World, Lanham, MD, Rowman and Littlefield. 1246 Sarah Banks at Fudan university on January 6, 2011 bjsw.oxfordjournals.org Downloaded from