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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820538703321

Autore

Kultgen John H

Titolo

Ethics and professionalism / / John Kultgen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1988

ISBN

1-283-21180-7

9786613211804

0-8122-0254-6

0-585-17275-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 394 pages)

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Professional ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second paperback printing 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Normative considerations -- pt. 2. Models of professions -- pt. 3. Structural change -- pt. 4. The professional ideal.

Sommario/riassunto

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 professions.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.