Abstract: This paper aims to reveal the results of the mixed quantitative and qualitative research in the field of ethics expertise in social services as part of public administration. The purpose of this research is to identify the particularities of the management of institutional ethics and the social construction of ethics, as derived from the constitutive and operational values acknowledged in the organisational culture. Our interest is centered on the context that is specific to the counselling of ethics, developed at an institutional level from north-east Romania (N-E), under the consideration of the existence of ethical values, internalized at the organizational level, and assumed by the personnel of the institutions involved in the research.

Keywords: Ethics Expertise; Ethical Instruments; Social Work; Welfare Practice; Ethical Audit; Supervision of Ethics; Counselling of Ethics; Ethical Principles; Ethical Values.