This dissertation, named "A person, an employee in social work, as a moral being coming into contradiciton with duties assigned by an employer", deals with a theme of a person as an autonomous moral being in a position of an employee in the sphere of social work, who comes into conflict with duties assigned by an employer. The aim of this dissertation is to possess a complex analysis of the causes of these conflicts and inner preconditions of a person as a moral human being who is involved in these conflicts, and the ability for ethical reflection and questioning, which the author addresses in the processing of this theme. The study of special native and foreign literature was chosen as a way of gathering the base information for the final ethical reflection.