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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798688003321

Titolo

Contemporary issues in applied and professional ethics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marco Grix, Tim Dare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78635-443-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Research in ethical issues in organizations, , 1529-2096 ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

GrixMarco

DareTim, LLB.

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Business Ethics

Business ethics

Business & management

Economics, finance, business & management

Applied ethics

Professional ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Supply and demand in the development of professional ethics / Hugh Breakey -- How should the concept of a profession be understood, and is the notion of a practice helpful in understanding it / Stephan Millett -- Transformation: an examination of the virtuous character from the perspective of process philosophy / Giuseppe Naimo -- Model litigant guidelines - current and emerging issues / Ian Gibson -- Local action, global shame / Nicholas Munn -- Posthumous donation and consent / Frederick Kroon -- Altruism and generosity in surrogate motherhood / Ruth Walker, Liezl van Zyl -- Contemporary issues in the professionalisation of child care in Australia / Stephen Kemp -- Measuring ethical and empirical consequences of de-institutionalisation / Paul Jewell, Matthew Dent, Ruth Crocker -- Risky business - the ethics of judging individuals based on group statistics / Vanessa Scholes.

Sommario/riassunto

The latest volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations addresses a range of contemporary issues in applied and professional



ethics and explores the unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a pluralistic, free enterprise economy. It is ideally suited to researchers, postgraduates and professionals whose interests include such key issues as tax avoidance, global justice, information sharing and corporate privacy.