1. Full name of PhD student: Pham Thi Huyen Trang 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: March 29, 1988 4. Place of birth: Thai Binh
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 1745/2017/QD-XHNV dated July 13, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process:
- Decision No. 3129/QD-XHNV on adjusting the doctoral thesis topic of a graduate student, dated October 30, 2018 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 557/QD-XHNV on adding a doctoral thesis supervisor, dated March 6, 2019 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1444/QD-XHNV on extending the study period of PhD students of course QH-2017-X, dated August 17, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1743/QD-XHNV on changing the scientific advisor for doctoral thesis, dated September 29, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1184/QD-XHNV on adjusting the title of the doctoral thesis of PhD student Pham Thi Huyen Trang, dated June 8, 2021 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1695/QD-XHNV-DT on extending the study period of PhD students of course QH-2017-X, dated August 11, 2021 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
7. Thesis topic: Professional ethics of social workers today (Research in Hanoi city).
8. Major: Social Work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Scientific advisor 1: Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thi Hong Thai
Scientific advisor 2: Dr. Nguyen Ba Dat
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
The thesis is one of the few research works on professional ethics of social workers in Vietnam (case study in Hanoi), the research results have the following new points:
- With the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the thesis analyzed the current status of professional ethics of social workers in Hanoi city in 5 aspects: (i) professional responsibility; (ii) information confidentiality; (iii) relationship with clients; (iv) relationship with colleagues; and (v) relationship with the organization. Specifically, in the 5 research aspects, the subjects had professional ethics that were consistent with the highest professional ethical standards in the aspect of relationship with clients and the lowest in the aspect of professional responsibility.
- The thesis points out and analyzes the factors affecting the professional ethics of social workers. The demographic/social characteristics of the research subjects (such as gender, age, training level, work experience) have an impact on the professional ethics of social work practitioners. In particular, female subjects have a higher average score on professional ethics than male subjects. The group of subjects aged 31 to 40 years old, the group of subjects with postgraduate training and the group of subjects with 10 years or more of work experience have the highest appropriate professional ethics scores in all ethical aspects. The thesis results also show the impacts from both organizations and individuals on the professional ethics of the research subjects. Specifically, from an organizational perspective, increased opportunities for “ethical learning” and higher “income” were predictive of positive changes in social workers’ professional ethics. At an individual level, social workers’ perceived happiness in their work was associated with increased scores on all five dimensions of professional ethics examined in the study.
- From the analysis of the above situation, the thesis makes some recommendations for social workers, agencies, organizations providing social work services, training institutions, Vocational Education Associations and the social work profession that can be considered to improve the professional ethics of social workers.
12. Practical application:
- Social workers; agencies, organizations providing social work services, and social work training institutions can refer to the research results of the thesis, thereby creating a basis for systematically developing programs, teaching content, and policies on professional ethics to improve the ethical practice capacity of social workers.
13. Further research directions:
- Professional ethics of social workers in the context of online helping practice.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2019), “A review of research on violations of professional ethics by social workers in practice in Vietnam and from international experience”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference: Social work in Vietnam - theoretical and practical issues, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 32-44.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), "Social workers' awareness and behavior regarding client information confidentiality situations", Hanoi Capital University Science Journal (47), pp. 47-55.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The relationship between well-being at work and the professional ethics of social workers”, International Journal of Advanced Research Vol. 9(4), pp. 971-975.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The ethics of the social workers in professional responsibility aspect in context of practice in Vietnam”, American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science Vol. 4(6), pp. 32-39.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The influence of socio-demographic characteristics on professional ethics of social workers”, Journal of Human Studies (5), pp. 69-76.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang, Pham Thi Hang Nga (2021), “The ethics of the hospital social workers in professional responsibility aspect in Hanoi, Vietnam nowadays”, Conference Proceedings The 2nd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences & Humanities 2021, pp. 445-454.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Pham Thi Huyen Trang 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: March, 29th, 1988 4. Place of birth: Thai Binh
5. Admission decision number 1745/2017/QD-XHNV Date July 13rd, 2017 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process:
- Decision No. 3129/QD-XHNV on changing the name of the PhD thesis topic of the PhD student, dated October 30th, 2018 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 557/QD-XHNV on the addition of PhD thesis supervisor, dated March 6th, 2019 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1444/QD-XHNV on extending the training period for PhD students in the course QH-2017-X; dated August 17th, 2020 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1743/QD-XHNV on changing the PhD thesis supervisor, date September 29th, 2020 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1184/QD-XHNV on changing the name of the PhD thesis topic of the PhD student Pham Thi Huyen Trang, date June 8th, 2021 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Decision No. 1695/QD-XHNV-DT on extending the training period for PhD students in the course QH-2017-X; dated August 11st, 2021 by Headmaster of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
7. Official thesis title: Professional ethics of social workers nowadays (research in Hanoi, Vietnam).
8. Major: Social work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Supervisor 1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bui Thi Hong Thai
Supervisor 2: Dr. Nguyen Ba Dat
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
The thesis is one of the few researches on professional ethics of social workers in Vietnam (research in Hanoi, Vietnam), the research has the following new results:
- With the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the thesis analyzes the current situation of professional ethics of social workers in Hanoi city in five aspects: (i) professional responsibility; (ii) privacy and confidentiality; (iii) the relationship with clients; (iv) the relationship with colleagues and (v) the relationship with the organization. Specifically, in the 5 research aspects, the subjects have professional ethics with the highest professional ethical standards in the aspect of relationship with the client and the lowest in the professional responsibility aspect.
- The thesis points out and analyzes the factors affecting professional ethics of social workers. Socio-demographic characteristics of research subjects (such as gender, age, training level, work experience) influencing the professional ethics of social workers. In which, female had higher mean scores of professional ethics than male. The group of subjects aged from 31 to 40 years old, the group of subjects with post-graduate training and the group of subjects with over 10 years working experience had the highest professional ethics scores in the ethical dimensions. The thesis results also show that the impacts of both organizations and individuals on the professional ethics of research subjects. specifically, from an organizational perspective, the increase in opportunities for “learning about professional ethics” and “high income” which contributes to a positive change about professional ethics of social workers. From a personal perspective, well-being at work of social workers can increase scores in all five professional ethics aspects that the study covers.
- From the analysis of the above situation, the thesis proposes recommendations for social workers, social service agencies, education and training institutions, Association of Vocational Education and Social Work Profession may be considered to improve the professional ethics of social workers.
12. Practical applicability, if any:
- Social workers; Social service agencies, social work education institutions can refer to the thesis results, thereby serving as a basis for building programs, teaching programs and policies scientifically on professional ethics to promote ethical practices of social workers.
13. Further research directions, if any:
- Professional ethics of social workers in online practice context
14. Thesis-related publications:
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2019), “Research on violations of professional ethics of social workers in practice in Vietnam and international experience”, Proceedings of the International Conference: The Vietnamese social work profession – theoretical and practical issues, ISBN: 978-604-73-6810-5, VNUHCM Publishing House, pp. 32-44.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “Perceptions and behavior of social workers about information security situations of clients”, Scientific Journal of Hanoi Metropolitan University (47), pp. 47-55.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The relationship between well-being at work and the professional ethics of social workers”, International Journal of Advanced Research Vol. 9(4), pp. 971-975.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The ethics of the social workers in professional responsibility aspect in context of practice in Vietnam”, American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science Vol. 4(6), pp.32-39.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang (2021), “The influence of socio-demographic characteristics on professional ethics of social workers”, Human Studies (5), pp. 69-76.
- Pham Thi Huyen Trang, Pham Thi Hang Nga (2021), “The ethics of the hospital social workers in professional responsibility aspect in Hanoi, Vietnam nowadays”, Conference Proceedings The 2nd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences & Humanities 2021, pp. 445-454.
