Showing papers on "Professional ethics published in 1988"
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01 Feb 1988
TL;DR: Kultgen as mentioned in this paper explores the ways morality and professional ideals are connected and examines both the structure and organization of occupations and the ideals and ideology associated with them, concluding that it is the practices within the professions that determine whether rules and ideals are used as masks for self-interest or for genuinely moral purposes.
Abstract: John Kultgen explores the ways morality and professional ideals are connected. In assessing the moral impact of professionalism in our society, he examines both the structure and organization of occupations and the ideals and ideology associated with them. Differing from standard treatments of professional ethics, "Ethics and Professionalism recognizes that it is the practices within the professions that determine whether rules and ideals are used as masks for self-interest or for genuinely moral purposes. "This book provides a functional analysis of what it means to be a profession or a professional society."--"Journal of Mass Media Ethics
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01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: This book is organized around issues; it raises a particular ethical question and examines it in the context of different professions and includes essays both by philosophers and people working in the professions.
Abstract: This is an anthology of readings intended for use as a primary text in first-degree courses in professional ethics. Increasingly, universities are offering such general courses as an alternative to the proliferation of specialized courses in the ethics of particular professions, for example engineering, business, and law. As yet, however, no satisfactory text has appeared. This book is organized around issues; it raises a particular ethical question and examines it in the context of different professions. It includes essays both by philosophers and people working in the professions. The editor has supplied a wide variety of pedagogic aids, including introductions to and study of discussion questions for each set of readings, cases for discussion, and an appendix on preparing cases for class discussion and preparing position papers.
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TL;DR: In this paper, utilities' investment in nuclear-generating technology and prior earnings growth were used to predict variations in three measures of plant-operating safety, and the pattern of results is consistent with the results reported in this paper.
Abstract: Utilities' investment in nuclear-generating technology and prior earnings growth were used to predict variations in three measures of plant-operating safety. The pattern of results is consistent wi...
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28 Oct 1988TL;DR: Written for professionals and consumers in the mental health field, Sex in the Therapy Hour bridges the gap between professional understanding and public awareness on the issue of sex between therapists and their patients.
Abstract: Written for professionals and consumers in the mental health field, Sex in the Therapy Hour bridges the gap between professional understanding and public awareness on the issue of sex between therapists and their patients.
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TL;DR: In this article, a brief overview of models of ethics training and specific strategies for preventing counselor-client sexual contact are presented, including knowledge, activities that promote self-awareness, and provision of a climate that enhances the development of moral values and behavior.
Abstract: Most programs spend little or no time addressing the prohibition against sexual contact with clients, yet it is the most commonly violated of the ethical principles. This article provides a brief overview of models of ethics training and addresses specific strategies for preventing counselor-client sexual contact. These strategies include knowledge, activities that promote self-awareness, and provision of a climate that enhances the development of moral values and behavior. The responsibilities of training programs are addressed, including the provision of clear statements of the rights and responsibilities of trainees and of a due process and grievance procedure for review of impaired or problematic trainees.
TL;DR: Practical application of issues deriving from esthetics and ethics suggests that dentists must be sensitive to esthetics in their diagnosis and treatment planning and that a structured, formal consultation with a patient must be conducted to educate the patient regarding the goals of treatment, alternative therapies, prognosis, and costs.
Abstract: Esthetic dentistry has assumed an integral position in the provision of oral health care for society. Esthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with beauty. Beauty is both enjoyable (subjective and cosmetic), and admirable (objective and definable). Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with morality. Morality relates humans to one another in a responsible way using rationality. Dentists assume unique moral duties in presenting themselves to society as being uniquely qualified to care for their oral health. Three principles of ethics relate directly to professional duties in esthetic dentistry: beneficence, autonomy, and justice. These principles have moral force in committing dentists to gain informed consent and to execute therapy in keeping with professional standards of care. Practical application of issues deriving from esthetics and ethics suggests that dentists must be sensitive to esthetics in their diagnosis and treatment planning and that a structured, formal consultation with a patient must be conducted to educate the patient regarding the goals of treatment, alternative therapies, prognosis, and costs. Only through such an effort can dentists gain informed consent. The goal of esthetic dentistry is the achievement of admirable (objective) and enjoyable (subjective) beauty, which is possible only through patient participation in decision making and excellence in technical performance.
TL;DR: Several measures related to individual values, ethical attitudes and moral reasoning exist and are being increasingly applied for research in business and professional ethics as discussed by the authors, including the England Personal Values Questionnaire, the Rokeach Value Survey, and Rest's Defining Issues Test.
Abstract: Various measures related to individual values, ethical attitudes and moral reasoning exist and are being increasingly applied for research in business and professional ethics. The England Personal Values Questionnaire, the Rokeach Value Survey, and Rest's Defining Issues Test have received stronger support and application for management and organizational behavior research than other instruments, such as Gordon's Survey of Personal Values and Hogan's Survey of Ethical Attitudes. Beyond research usage, many of these measures offer potential for instructional purposes. Knowledge of the characteristics and limitations of values and ethics-related measures allows business educators to make better selections of possible supplements to traditional instructional methods.
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01 Jan 1988TL;DR: Informed consent, autonomy, and paternalism: respecting the patient in research and practice as mentioned in this paper, the Hippocratic tradition in medicine and psychiatry, Confidentiality, trust, and the therapeutic alliance.
Abstract: Preface. Introduction: A divided profession. The place of ethics in the definition of a profession. The Hippocratic tradition in medicine and psychiatry. The tasks and methods of ethics. Confidentiality, trust, and the therapeutic alliance. A critique of Szasz's critique: The mind-body problem won't go away. Informed consent, autonomy, and paternalism: respecting the patient in research and practice. The place of virtue and character in ethics: psychiatry's contribution to ethics. Idealism in medical ethics: The pursuit of moral perfection. The impeachment of altruism. The meaning of medical responsibility. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.
TL;DR: This paper described the rationale, method, and evaluations for such a course and discussed broader issues, such as liberal arts versus specific, disciplineoriented outcomes for graduate courses and the teacher as scientist-practitioner, in relation to my experience with teaching ethics.
Abstract: Despite an increasing emphasis on ethical issues in recent textbooks and journal articles, teaching the graduate course in ethics and psychology has received almost no attention. This article describes my rationale, method, and evaluations for such a course. Broader issues, such as liberal arts versus specific, discipline-oriented outcomes for graduate courses and the teacher as scientist-practitioner, are also discussed in relation to my experience with teaching ethics.
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of purchasing managers was conducted to investigate the perceived ethics of back-door selling and how the practice would affect the purchaser's choice of a supplier and the effect of the practice on the purchaser career.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the results of a pilot study inquiring into the attitudes of undergraduate students before and after exposure to forensic science ethical standards and problems and make recommendations concerning those terms and concepts with which students should be familiar and the skills they need to acquire.
Abstract: Higher education programs in forensic science seldom devote attention to issues of professional ethics in their curricula. This paper describes the results of a pilot study inquiring into the attitudes of undergraduate students before and after exposure to forensic science ethical standards and problems. Recommendations are offered concerning those terms and concepts with which students should be familiar and the skills they need to acquire.
TL;DR: The authors provides five "commandments" designed to help principals develop a sound basis for professional ethics, which can affect the quality of teacher evaluations, and the biases principals hold can affect teacher evaluations.
Abstract: The biases principals hold can affect the quality of teacher evaluations. This writer provides five "commandments" designed to help principals develop a sound basis for professional ethics.
01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: Quality assurance has become a common term of reference for both principles and activities that reflect professional attention to quality services as discussed by the authors, and it has become contiguous with professionalism and serves as a cornerstone and touchstone for professional commitment to quality and service.
Abstract: Among the most frequently encountered terms in the health services’ literature and at meetings of various health professional disciplines is quality assurance. Since the early 1970s, the term has spread well beyond the health sciences to other fields, so that now it serves as a common term of reference for both principles and activities that reflect professional attention to quality services. In this context, quality assurance has come to represent the profession’s attention to its innate concern about quality services reflected in professional ethics, identity, science, and training. It has thus become contiguous with professionalism and serves as a cornerstone and touchstone for professional commitment to quality and service.
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