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This text may be freely shared among individuals, but it may not be republished in any medium without express written consent from the authors and advance notification of White Hat Communications About 8 ½ -9 years ago, Steve Marson came to me with a proposal. The idea was to publish an online, open access journal on social work values and ethics. Steve and Jerry Finn had already put together an impressive editorial board, and they were looking for someone to help get this new journal off the ground. Would I be interested?To me, values and ethics are the foundations of social work. In my other publication, The New Social Worker, I had already made a commitment to cover this important area in every issue.Yes, I was very interested in this new ethics journal that Steve and Jerry were proposing. And yes, I would agree to be its publisher.The journal was to be published twice a year, with two articles in each issue. It would be available online, free of charge, with open access to all. Steve and Jerry were concerned about whether there would be enough submissions to fill the "two articles per issue" mission. As it turned out, they had nothing to worry about.