THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELL-BEING AT WORK AND THE PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF SOCIAL WORKERS

The purpose of this article explores the relationship between well-being at work and the professional ethics of social workers. The study used descriptive data collection methods. The participants of this research were 396 social workers (female = 276, male = 120) has been working in hospitals, social work service centers, childcare education centers in Hanoi, ThanhHoa and QuangNinh. The study used two Scales to collect data: (i) a design scale of professional ethics shows throughfive aspects (professional responsibility, confidentiality, relationship with client, relationship with colleagues and relationship with organization, society) (ii) Well-being at work Scale of Paschoal and Tamayo (2008). Data were analyzed by correlation and regression calculations. The research results show that the more social worker follow the professional ethics in all 5 aspects, the higher positive emotionsand sense of accomplishment score and the lower negative emotions score.