ABSTRACT
The core ideas set out in the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) international statement of ethical principles are human rights and human dignity and social justice. Both of these principles are necessary to understand the values of social work as they are equally important. In addition to understanding 'community' as part of the social work value frame of reference, social development practice also has come to emphasise community as both an objective and a means of achieving development goals. In the same way as the other core values of human rights and social justice, the contribution of community values, including harmony and participation, to social development must be seen as complex and contested. Social workers have a responsibility to be clear and explicit to themselves and to others. To achieve this, it is vital that social workers integrate methods and objectives, which is the heart of professional ethics.
