Meaningful work : rethinking professional ethics / / Mike W. Martin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825931803321
• Autore: Martin Mike W. <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-988109-X; 1-280-47299-5; 9786610472994; 0-19-535091-X; 0-585-35464-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Collana: Practical and professional ethics series
• Disciplina: 174
• Soggetti: Professional ethics; Ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction; PART I. MEANING AND PERSONAL COMMITMENTS; 2 Meaningful Work; 3 Responsibilities; 4 Voluntary Service; PART II. CARING AND CLIENT AUTONOMY; 5 Caring about Clients; 6 Professional Distance; 7 Advocacy in Education; PART III. SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY; 8 Respect for Authority; 9 Whistleblowing; 10 Religion Ethics; PART IV. THREATS TO INTEGRITY; 11 Explaining Wrongdoing; 12 Self-Betrayal; 13 Integrity and Integration; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. Martin challenges this ""consensus paradigm"" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals, of which many are not mandatory. Using specific examples from a wide range of professions, including medicine, law, high school teaching, journalism, engineering, and ministry, he explores how personal commitments motivate, guide