Bøger i Professional Ethics serien

This text re-examines and assesses the ethical systems in place and proposes new approaches. It will be of interest to all students of science and technology and all professionals involved with administrating laws in these fields.

Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes; the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.

Ethics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students, academics and practitioners.

Koehn seeks to rethink the professional-client relationship, arguing that a professional's moral responsibility is limited by his or her promise to promote a specific client good.

This work examines the morality of bankruptcy in a comprehensive study employing the tools of ethics which produces sometimes controversial reading in a decade recovering from world recession. Using Humean and Kantian views the author explores ethical concerns and assesses relevant law reforms.

This book takes nursing ethics beyond the stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It deals openly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIV

A thought-provoking and stimulating study of the moral dimensions of the teaching professions

This volume provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ethical issues of accounting, which will be valuable reading for students and teachers of Business Studies and also accountancy courses for the practising accountant.

Analyzes the questions which underlie business activities, arguing that the prime object for a legitimate business must be sustainability. The text looks at the issues between individuals and business and asks whether businesses can support their employees as an alternative to family and church.

Contributors to this book have written to analyze the major ethical issues in public and community health. They also examine all aspects of public healthcare. Up-to-date theories are used to provide a complete introduction to public health.

This comprehensive and sometimes controversial book provides an essential survey of the key issues in health insurance. It is a valuable read for students and teachers of Business Studies as well as health professionals of all kinds.

This volume examines the social and ethical issues raised in genetic counselling, testing and screening. With equal emphasis on principle and practice, contributions are drawn both from health professionals and other contributors working in the fields of social science, philosophy, and law.

This volume explores the focus of interest in community and the emerging theoretical opposition between communitarianism and liberalism, including the practical, theoretical and ethical issues that relate to community in the healthcare professions.

Analyzes the questions which underlie business activities, arguing that the prime object for a legitimate business must be sustainability. The text looks at the issues between individuals and business and asks whether businesses can support their employees as an alternative to family and church.

Ethics and Values in Health Care Management provides a valuable and much needed analysis of the ethical problems associated with health care management and offers some solutions towards ameliorating health care organisations.

Ethics and Values in Health Care Management provides a valuable and much needed analysis of the ethical problems associated with health care management and offers some solutions towards ameliorating health care organisations.

International contributors debate ethics in the built environment in all its forms. Will be of interest to architects, students of building and building design, environmentalists, politicians and readers with a general interest in ethics.

Food has become the focus of a wide range of ethical concerns. This book applies ethical principles to such concern. The contributors provide treatments of a number of topical issues - from global hunger and its ethical implications to the cultural habits affecting consumption.

It has always been recognised that the practice of social work raises ethical questions. This collection of essays explores these questions in the light of recent developments in philosophy and in social work theory and practice.

This volume provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ethical issues of accounting, which will be valuable reading for students and teachers of Business Studies and also for the practising accountant.

This volume examines the social and ethical issues raised in genetic counselling, testing and screening. With equal emphasis on principle and practice, contributions are drawn both from health professionals and other contributors working in the fields of social science, philosophy, and law.

All over the world codes of conduct have been proposed for journalists. But if the proper role of journalism is seen as providing information, then the ethical questions focus on one issue: maintaining the "quality" of the information. This book looks at ethical issues in the media.

This comprehensive and sometimes controversial book provides an essential survey of the key issues in health insurance. It is a valuable read for students and teachers of Business Studies as well as health professionals of all kinds.

International contributors debate ethics in the built environment in all its forms. Will be of interest to architects, students of building and building design, environmentalists, politicians and readers with a general interest in ethics.

It has always been recognised that the practice of social work raises ethical questions. This collection of essays explores these questions in the light of recent developments in philosophy and in social work theory and practice.