Ética profesional y valores en la educación superior en tiempos de pandemia desde la perspectiva del trabajador social Machala 2021

Abstract

Professional ethics constitute a series of principles and values that regulate human action within the work environment, whether public or private. The lack of its application or omission in public and private entities that direct their actions to the provision of services, constitutes a risk to human rights, so that, from Social Work, we visualize the need to know the new current ethical-professional challenges arising from the current pandemic and the protective measures adopted by the general population: social distancing, isolation, the rise of public services and benefits through digital media. This situation has caused psychological, social, economic and even medical problems for the individual, so it is necessary to rethink and improve the current conditions of people with a view to achieving welfare in pandemic times. It is for this reason that this essay aims to analyze the influence of professional ethics and values in higher education in times of pandemic, from the perspective of the social worker, therefore, it has been given use of the qualitative approach using research, compilation and bibliographic analysis as research techniques to support the results and the development of the proposal for social intervention.