1240 Sarah Banks Quantity: the'ethics boom'2 One indicator of the growth of interest in social work ethics is the recent introduction of two specialist journals: The Journal of Social Work values and Ethics(a USA-based electronic open access journal with a specific focus on social work launched in 2005) and Ethics and Social Welfare (a British-based subscription journal launched in 2007 with a broader focus covering ethics in social policy and the social professions, but with a strong emphasis on social work ). The small core of student text books on social work ethics, which started to develop in the 1980s grew significantly in the 1990s. Until recently, this field was dominated n the English-speaking world by North American publications, the most significant of which is the work of Frederic Reamer(e. g. Rhodes, 1986: Reamer, 1990, 1999; Loewenberg and Dolgoff, 1996; Congres 1999: Linzer, 1999). This body of work is now growing internation- ally, with revised and new texts by Australian, British and Irish authors (e.g. Beckett and Maynard, 2005: Banks, 2006: Bowles et al., 2006 Parrott, 2006: Charleton, 2007). The availability of textbooks on social work ethics in languages other than English is difficult to assess, but reports from colleagues internationally suggest a shortage, which is now ginning to be addressed(see Diekmann(2003)for an overview of some relevant European literature). Indeed, there is evidence of an emer- ging literature on social work ethics published in various languages(e.g R ouzel, 1997; Lingas, 1999: Henriksen and Vetlesen, 2001; Martin, 2001; Barroco, 2004), although sometimes this comprises translations of existing English-language publications(Banks, 1997, 1999; Mach-Zagel and Nohr, 2007). Specific modules on social work ethics are more fre quently being taught on professional qualifying programmes, and atte tion is being paid to methods and approaches to learning and teach n this area(e.g. Reamer and Abramson, 1982: Black et al. 5望9 Banks and Nohr, 2003: Banks, 2005; Gray and Gibbon, 2007). We are also seeing a proliferation of new and revised codes of ethics/ professional conduct, alongside other ethical guidance and discussion docu- ments produced by professional associations and regulatory bodies(see Banks, 2006, Chapter 4, for an international overview). In countries here social work is a relatively new profession, codes of ethics and pro- cedures for regulation and disciplining of members are being produced for the first time(e.g. Croatia Association of Social Workers, 2004: National Federation of Social Workers in Romania, 2004), whilst significant develop ments and revisions are in evidence in parts of the world where social work is longer established(e.g. General Social Care Council, 2002, Japanese Association of Social Workers et aL., 2004: Canadian Association of Social Workers, 2005). Even in some countries and communities where Western-style codes of conduct based on individual rights and dutiesQuantity: the ‘ethics boom’2 One indicator of the growth of interest in social work ethics is the recent introduction of two specialist journals: The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (a USA-based electronic open access journal with a specific focus on social work launched in 2005) and Ethics and Social Welfare (a British-based subscription journal launched in 2007 with a broader focus covering ethics in social policy and the social professions, but with a strong emphasis on social work). The small core of student text￾books on social work ethics, which started to develop in the 1980s, grew significantly in the 1990s. Until recently, this field was dominated in the English-speaking world by North American publications, the most significant of which is the work of Frederic Reamer (e.g. Rhodes, 1986; Reamer, 1990, 1999; Loewenberg and Dolgoff, 1996; Congress, 1999; Linzer, 1999). This body of work is now growing internation￾ally, with revised and new texts by Australian, British and Irish authors (e.g. Beckett and Maynard, 2005; Banks, 2006; Bowles et al., 2006; Parrott, 2006; Charleton, 2007). The availability of textbooks on social work ethics in languages other than English is difficult to assess, but reports from colleagues internationally suggest a shortage, which is now beginning to be addressed (see Diekmann (2003) for an overview of some relevant European literature). Indeed, there is evidence of an emer￾ging literature on social work ethics published in various languages (e.g. Rouzel, 1997; Linga˚s, 1999; Henriksen and Vetlesen, 2001; Martin, 2001; Barroco, 2004), although sometimes this comprises translations of existing English-language publications (Banks, 1997, 1999; Mach-Zagel and Nøhr, 2007). Specific modules on social work ethics are more fre￾quently being taught on professional qualifying programmes, and atten￾tion is being paid to methods and approaches to learning and teaching in this area (e.g. Reamer and Abramson, 1982; Black et al., 2002; Banks and Nøhr, 2003; Banks, 2005; Gray and Gibbon, 2007). We are also seeing a proliferation of new and revised codes of ethics/ professional conduct, alongside other ethical guidance and discussion docu￾ments produced by professional associations and regulatory bodies (see Banks, 2006, Chapter 4, for an international overview). In countries where social work is a relatively new profession, codes of ethics and pro￾cedures for regulation and disciplining of members are being produced for the first time (e.g. Croatia Association of Social Workers, 2004; National Federation of Social Workers in Romania, 2004), whilst significant develop￾ments and revisions are in evidence in parts of the world where social work is longer established (e.g. General Social Care Council, 2002; Japanese Association of Social Workers et al., 2004; Canadian Association of Social Workers, 2005). Even in some countries and communities where Western-style codes of conduct based on individual rights and duties 1240 Sarah Banks at Fudan university on January 6, 2011 bjsw.oxfordjournals.org Downloaded from