Social justice: social work's organizing value.(Editorial)

By virtue of the authority delegated to me, I confer upon you the degree of Master of Arts (in Social Service Administration), and I express the hope that your work will promote the welfare of individuals and the achievement of a socially just society.

With these words--for nearly 100 years--the President of the University of Chicago has conferred the social work master's degree and launched the careers of new graduates. This mandate to social work graduates expresses the essential significance of the social work profession and eloquently articulates our inherited chall