Plenary Session 2 & Day 1 Closing Remarks

5:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)

PLENARY SESSION 2

Environmental Justice and Social Work Ethics (Ethics CE)

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. In this session we will apply the code of ethics core principles of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence to determine how to remain an ethical social worker when faced with environmental injustices.

6:00pm – 6:15pm

CLOSING REMARKS - ADJOURN DAY ONE

Frederic G. Reamer, PhD

Professor Emeritus

School of Social Work, Rhode Island College

Frederic Reamer is on the faculty of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College. He chaired the national task force that wrote the NASW Code of Ethics and served on the code revision task force. Dr. Reamer chaired the task force sponsored by NASW, ASWB, CSWE, and CSWA that developed standards governing social workers’ use of technology. He has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics. In 2016 Dr. Reamer was named a NASW Social Work Pioneer.

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW

President, National Association of Social Workers

Associate Professor, University of Alaska

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is Professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She received her PhD from Norfolk State University and her MSW from Howard University. Her extensive leadership experience at the NASW chapter and national levels included: president of the Alaska chapter, member of the boards of NASW and the NASW Assurance Services, Inc., chair of the NASW National Committee on Inquiry and the Task Force on Professional Review; member of the NASW Foundation Gosnell Memorial Scholarship Panel and the NASW Competence Certification Commission renamed the Credentialing Committee. Currently she serves as board member & treasurer, NASW Assurance Services, Inc. Organizational affiliations include the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice (Formerly American Orthopsychiatry Association), and editorial board for the Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. Chase has obtained the LCSW in the State of Alaska and holds NASW’s ACSW credential.