Professional Ethics and Human Rights
Degree programme | Social Work |
Subject area | Social Work & Health |
Type of degree | Master Part-time Winter Semester 2023 |
Course unit title | Professional Ethics and Human Rights |
Course unit code | 058425010203 |
Language of instruction | English |
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
Teaching hours per week | 2 |
Year of study | 2023 |
Level of the course / module according to the curriculum | |
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
Name of lecturer(s) | Smera REHMAN |
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This course deals with human dignity as the basis of human rights. Their integration is self-image and regulative within social work.
- brief overview of the historical development of human rights
- in-depth examination of the historical, philosophical, religious and empirical perspective and its significance for a society
- implementation of human rights in different regions and using current examples
- definition and meaning of ethics based on selected authors
- professional standards in social work (IFSW / IASSW)
- ethics, human rights and human protection as a challenge for social work
- transdisciplinary approaches to research ethics taking into account human rights principles
After successfully completing the course, students can:
- integrate human dignity as the basis of human rights as a self-image and a regulatory element in social work
- have an in-depth understanding of ethics and take an argumentative position in relation to the debate about universality versus the contextuality of human rights
- deal profoundly and critically with international human rights documents and instruments for the protection of human rights
- explain different ethical perspectives and their representatives in a differentiated manner
- develop an ethical awareness of human rights conventions and reflect this on the basis of their own values
- reflect on professional ethical problems and dilemmas and justify the resulting decisions accordingly
- recognize the interaction between economic, social and political conditions and social work with “vulnerable groups” and apply mechanisms to protect the human rights of these groups
Integrated course:
- impulses with activating elements
- self-organized learning
- dialogue in small groups
- reading and discussion of texts
- debate
- reflection
Seminar paper in german or english
- in English as the language of instruction
- no compulsory attendance
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Presence teaching combined with distance learning