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



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Autore: McDowell Banks Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ethics and excuses : the crisis in professional responsibility / / Banks McDowell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000
London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)
Disciplina: 174
Soggetto topico: Ethics - United States
Responsibility - United States
Excuses
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Ethics and excuses  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-84-00-64755-0
1-280-87245-4
9786610872459
0-313-00045-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826582103321
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