ABSTRACT
There has been a resurgence of interest in applied ethics among the human service professions. Reflecting this interest, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) recently revised its Code of Ethics and schools of social work, to be accredited, must now incorporate content on ethics and values into their curricula. Using the NASW Code of Ethics as a framework, the author applies the Code's principles to social work education with some interesting results. In the context of an increasingly unethical society, he addresses such concerns as the responsibility of teachers to be honest about the limits of their knowledge and to translate their ethical principles into action outside of the academic setting. Ethical teaching is difficult to achieve in an administrative environment that condones unethical behavior. Most of the unexpected behaviors have been incorporated into policy statements by the AAUP.
