For the Common Good: Essays of Harold Lewis

For the Common Goodis an anthology of selected essays by Dr. Harold Lewis, one of the intellectual leaders of the social work profession. Social work literature often reflects powerful ahistorical tendencies which, in recent years, have produced analyses of social issues that lack awareness of both the contemporary environment and the historical forces that shaped it. Lewis' insights into the nature and purpose of social work help fill some of these historical and conceptual gaps, and present a clearer picture of social work's true place in our society.

Michael Reisch, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan

Acknowledgments

vii

Foreword

ix

Editor's Introduction

xi

Part I. Essays on Social Work Practice and Policy

1

(68)

Editor's Introduction

1. "Social Work and the Common Good" (March 1977)

3

(7)

2. "The Cause in Function" (Winter 1977)

10

(5)

3. "The Client's Interest" (January 1980)

15

(7)

4. "The Helping Process" (March 1988)

22

(7)

5. "Reasoning in Practice" (July 1975)

29

(10)

6. "The Problem with the Problem-Solving Paradigm" (November 1984)

39

(9)

7. "The Battered Helper" (April 1980)

48

(6)

8. "Management in the Nonprofit Social Service Organization" (January 1975)

54

(7)

9. "An Historical Perspective on Helping People in Times of Rapid Change" (October 1991)

61

(8)

Part II. Essays on Social Work Values and Ethics

Editor's Introduction

69

(80)

10. "The Ethical Component in Practice" (April 1987)

71

(10)

11. "Ethical Assessment" (April 1984)

81

(12)

12. "The Whistleblower and the Whistleblowing Profession" (October 1984)

93

(9)

13. "Teaching Ethics through Ethical Teaching" (Spring-Summer 1987)

102

(10)

14. "Ethics and the Private Non-profit Human Service Organization" (November 1989)

112

(10)

15. "Values and Ethics in Agency Practice for a Caring and Just Service" (May 1988)

122

(8)

16. "Morality and the Politics of Practice" (July 1972)

130

(19)

Part III. Essays on Social Work Education

Editor's Introduction

149

(70)

17. "The Intellectual in the Practical" (April 1987)

151

(6)

18. "Educational Preparation for Practice" (March 1978)

157

(6)

19. "Are the Traditional Curriculum Areas Relevant?" (Winter 1981)

163

(8)

20. "The Continuum: Issues in Social Work Education" (November 1983)

171

(10)

21. "The Micro/Macro in Social Work Education" (March 1984)

181

(10)

22. "The Teacher's Style and the Use of Professional Self in Social Work Education" (1991)

191

(10)

23. "A Framework for Forecasting in Social Work Education" (May 1990)

201

(8)

24. "Some Thoughts on My 40 Years in Social Work Education" (November 1989)

209

(10)

Permissions

219

(2)

Index

221

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