caa a22 4500 397583281 CHVBK 20180308164913.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199603 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/sw/41.2.138 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/sw/41.2.138 Drower Sandra Jane Social Work Values, Professional Unity, and the South African Context [Elektronische Daten] [Sandra Jane Drower] As a subsystem of society, the profession of social work reflects the conflicting value systems at play in the broader social context. In South Africa a spectrum of social work associations have in the past and continue in the present to mirror the different value positions evident in wider South African society. The present period of social transition has stimulated debate among South African social workers concerning this divergence and subsequent lack of unity within the profession. However, such debate has failed to pay adequate attention to the effect on professional unity of the interplay among historical and sociopolitical forces, different value dimensions, and the broader social context. This article highlights this interrelationship and the complexities of forging professional unity among social workers in South Africa. Copyright © 1996 by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. ethics nationallicence professional unity nationallicence social work associations nationallicence South Africa nationallicence values nationallicence Social Work Oxford University Press 41/2(1996-03), 138-146 0037-8046 41:2<138 1996 41 sw https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.2.138 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.2.138 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Drower Sandra Jane NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Work Oxford University Press 41/2(1996-03), 138-146 0037-8046 41:2<138 1996 41 sw Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford