Fieldwork practice is enclosed and explained in social work education in order to advance and improve the social work profession. Fieldwork discipline is the most crucial component of social work practice for creating competent, efficient, and ethical social workers. An essential fields where fieldwork trainees apply their fieldwork knowledge, skills, and techniques are human resource management. Theoretical portion of social work discipline is instructing in the classroom, and field-based education combines the academic and practical components. It is a cornerstone of social work is the fieldwork practicum. The main objective of this study is to seek the ethical issues arises in fieldwork practice of social work discipline in the context of Nepal. For the study, descriptive qualitative research design was used in the research. Secondary sources of data like journal articles, books, and reports were used in the research. Google, Google scholar, Eric, and Proquest were used for searching the relevant documents. Content analysis was used to draw the themes and results. The finding of the study suggested that fieldwork results may be unexpected. Hence, it's critical to share real-world knowledge that might assist others better understand ethical issues and difficulties and learn from them. Furthermore, disseminating such knowledge could serve as a guide for upcoming researchers and aid them in identifying approaches that can solve those problems and difficulties in their upcoming studies on social work promotion.
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