Private Equity Investment and Social Work: Ethical Issues (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course explores ethical implications and challenges related to private equity investment in the field of social services. The course offers an overview of private equity in social services and uses the NASW Code of Ethics as a guide to address potential concerns. Ethical standards related to informed consent, conflicts of interest, professional integrity, administration and commitments to employers, dishonesty, fraud, and deception, and social injustice, anti-racism, and social and political action are highlighted. Examples are given.
This course is recommended for social workers and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. This course is not recommended for NBCC ethics credit.
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