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Autore |
McDowell Banks |
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Titolo |
Ethics and excuses : the crisis in professional responsibility / / Banks McDowell |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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979-84-00-64755-0 |
1-280-87245-4 |
9786610872459 |
0-313-00045-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 169 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethics - United States |
Responsibility - United States |
Excuses |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-166) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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