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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778604303321

Autore

McDowell Banks

Titolo

Ethics and excuses : the crisis in professional responsibility / / Banks McDowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Quorum Books, , 2000

ISBN

1-280-87245-4

9786610872459

0-313-00045-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Ethics - United States

Responsibility - United States

Excuses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction The Ethical Crisis; 2 Responsibility and Excuses; 3 Ethical Excuses; 4 Law and Ethics The Different Systems; 5 Defenses The Legal Excuses; 6 The Fallibility of Human Beings; 7 The Informal Moral Codes; 8 The Need to Reformulate Ethical Expectations; 9 The Professional and the Market-Is Efficiency the Predominant Value; 10 The Responsibility of Others toward the Excuse Giver: The Need for Dialogue; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the excuses professionals make when accused of acting unethically, and asks when they are valid and when not. This study of excuses aims to provide a challenging way to think about the nature of ethical problems in the professions and to suggest ways of solving them.