Showing papers on "Professional ethics published in 1970"

Guest editorial: Professions under suspicion: what role for professional ethics and commitment in contemporary societies?

Abstract: The rising distrust and the surveillance over expert knowledge highlights how the professions and societies maintain a paradoxical relationship: the latter both needs as much as it suspects the former. This tension requires a sociological reading able to clarify the role of ethics and professional commitments. This constitutes the underlying thread for this thematic dossier. Within its scope, readers shall encounter theoretical and empirical contribution that enable a better interpretation of the relationships between professions and societies and thereby better grasping the processes that generically frame the ideas around the suspicion of the professions.

Professional Ethics and Competence in Management Consulting

Abstract: U.S. firms are increasingly bringing in management consultants and many have benefited greatly. Unfortunately, the techniques and ethics of some consultants are disturbing. This article studies the methods used by one such consultant in working with a medium-sized corporation. The consultant is well known and has published articles in leading business journals. Suggestions on how managers and professional associations might reduce such incompetent consulting practices are made.