Research Guides: Human Services: Ethics & History

Sources to find Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals

Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals
From the National Organization for Human Services
National Organization for Human Services
Generic Human Services Professional Competencies

A specific agency or department may post a statement on ethics either as an internal document or public facing feature on a website. Try a site search on your organization's website to find language on ethics in the field.

Select eBooks from Shapiro Library: Ethics

Helping Skills for Human Service Workers : Building Relationships and Encouraging Productive Change
Easy-to-read resource for learning communication skills used in human services such as crisis intervention, mental health, case management, social services, rehabilitation, and patient care.
Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services : Effective and Fair Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice
This important book will be a useful source of guidance and advice for professionals working across the human services, including those in social care, health and justice settings.

Select eBooks from Shapiro Library: History

Encyclopedia of human services and diversity by Linwood H. Cousins, editor
ISBN: 9781452287485
Publication Date: 2014
Alphabetized entries for topics and specific departments. Great resource for background information.
Organizational Change in the Human Services by Rebecca Ann Proehl
ISBN: 9780761922506
Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations by Darlyne Bailey, Kelly McNally Koney
ISBN: 9780761913153
Publication Date: 2000

SNHU eBooks for Human Services

Partial list of eBooks for Human Services available through SNHU.