The study of ethical issues in social work practice: Organisational ethical audit Prof. Dr. Jadhav Babasaheb R.1, Prof. Mehare Bhushan2 1Assistant Professor, Dr. Vishwanath Karad Mit World Peace University, Faculty of Management, Pune, India, Email id: babasaheb.jadhav@mitcoe.edu.in 2Assistant Professor, Dr. Vishwanath Karad Mit World Peace University, Faculty of Management, Pune, India, bhushan@mitsom.co Online published on 20 September, 2018. Abstract In recent years, auditors have become more aware about ethical challenges, issues and risks in the organizational audit. Social work education, continuing education and staff development now routinely include discussions of ethical dilemmas; ethics risk management and ethical audit. The purpose of this research paper is a way of measuring, understanding, reporting and ultimately improving an organizations social and ethical performance. An organisational social audit helps to narrow gaps between vision/goal and reality between efficiency and effectiveness. It is a technique to understand, measure, verify, report on and to improve the ethical performance of the organization. This research paper summaries overview of social audit, overview of ethical audit, risk and requirements of ethical social audit, organisational responsibility in auditing, purpose of ethics audit, process and steps in ethics audit, professional conduct of ethics audit, PDCA cycle in auditing, ethical dilemmas in audit, tips for ethical audit, essentiality of ethics audit for organisations etc. Top Keywords Social audit, Ethical audit, Risks in audit, Dimensions, Requirements, Organisational responsibility, Principles, Benefits, Purpose, Process, Steps, Conduct, Dilemmas, essentiality of audit etc. Top |