The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work

The social capital school has proposed that one of the key mechanisms for generating good democratic outcomes is participation in voluntary associations. Of late, group-based microcredit programmes are considered as effective policy instruments for generating and strengthening civic networks of the community. However, on the micro-level we do not know enough about how membership in microcredit programmes promotes civic engagement, nurtures democratic learning process and makes their members more cooperative. In this paper I investigate whether microcredit providing NGOs have run through and nurtured democratic practices at the local level and whether they mobilize citizens politically and promote leadership among the women. The results indicate that microcredit organizations in the area that I studied failed to promote women's political capabilities or civic engagement since these organizations mainly concentrate on the services of credit distribution and installments collection, and have deviated or shifted away from community mobilization.

This paper reports research that examines general values and work values held by university students studying social work in Hong Kong. Comparison is also made with values held by similar students studying in different majors. Results indicated that social work students rated general values such as benevolence, self-direction, universalism and tradition higher than their non-social work counterparts. They also rated work values such as altruism, creativity, supervisory relations, independence and intellectual stimulation more highly. However, the social work students held lower values associated with economic returns, thus supporting a view that students with an inclination towards social work tend to espouse self-transcendence and intrinsic work values, and are less influenced by material rewards. Among the social work respondents, gender differences were found in both general and work values. Differences were also noted between the groups with different modes of study. Implications for social work education and future research are discussed.

2008年，香港大學顧問團受社會福利署的委託而進行綜合家庭服務中心服務檢討，於2010年完成研究並發表「綜合家庭服務中心服務模式實施情況檢討」報告書。

本文深入分析港大研究報告書後，發現該報告書欠缺分析過往相關文獻的討論；重複過往研究的結果，結論卻沒有進一步分析和探究；概念含混，沒有清晰的標準作評估準則；只引用社工的意見而沒有進一步分析或評論，尤其在一些重要的議題上，前後不一致；推論不合邏輯。 從這研究的資料所見，綜合家務服務中心的角色和功能不斷受到社會基層和相關持份者所修正和界定，因此我們亦應反思社會工作的政治實踐。

我們相信港大顧問團眾多學者都具備足夠能力去進行具學術水平的研究，正因為這緣故，它令我們對學者的角色和研究報告所帶來的倫理責任進行反思。

This is a research brief on a qualitative study conducted from 2009 to 2010 in Hong Kong on the experiences of sexual violence victims in dealing with the various social systems and different professionals. The findings reveal that not only did the victims suffer from being sexually assulted, they also experienced a "secondary trauma". Secondary victimization is most serious in schools, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the judical system. The police, medical and social welfare systems need to be improved as well.