Human dignity and worth and social justice are TWO OF THE BASIC VALUES OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR SOCIAL WORK.
Social workers are those professionals, who promote social change by helping to relieve hardship and suffering. Social work is committed to five basic values, which are:
1. Human dignity and worth
2. Social justice
3. Service to humanity
4. Integrity
5. Competence.
The human dignity and self worth value holds that all human beings have intrinsic value, right to well being, right to self fulfillment and control over their own lives.
The social justice value states that there should be fair and equitable distribution of resources to meet basic human needs and all citizens should have access to public resources in order to achieve full potential.
