• NASW Office of Ethics and Professional Review Links
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  • Codigo de Etica
    (Code of Ethics, Spanish language version)
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  • Fact Sheet
• NASW WebEd
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    You can order bulk orders of the NASW Code of Ethics  from NASW Press.
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    Code of Ethics, Spanish language version Codigo de Etica  from NASW Press.

Professional Review

NASW promotes the quality and effectiveness of social work practice. Professional Review is a collaborative process between Chapters and the national office to provide a peer review of alleged unethical conduct of its members. The process is designed to correct and improve the practice of individual social workers as needed. The actions of the process are intended to be constructive and educative rather than punitive. Only in cases of serious misconduct may penalties be imposed. For information on how to file a complaint and for a copy of the procedures go to: How To Properly File A Request For Professional Review (RPR) and http://www.naswdc.org/nasw/ethics/ProceduresManual.pdf

An addendum was added to the Procedures for Professional review in April 2010.  To review this addendum go to:
http://socialworkers.org/nasw/ethics/selfreporting2010.pdf