In defense of ethical guidelines

Ethical Guidelines for Internal Audit Reporting Lines

The present study identifies ethical ways of auditing reporting, which define the relationship between internal audit and the various authorities of the organization. Defining these lines as determinants of impartiality and independence of internal audit is of great importance. In this research, the structural equation model has been used to test the proposed model. The information required for...

A defense of ethical relativism.

Relativism is usually a derogatory word in philosophical bioethics in the West. If people make the mistake of trying to understand radically “different” points of view, an accusation of relativism is quickly forthcoming.1 But why should this be an accusation? My aim in this paper is to demonstrate that it should not. My demonstration is simple, and it consists of filling in the empty boxes of T...

Ethical guidelines for a superintelligence

Nick Bostrom, in his new book SuperIntelligence, argues that the the creation of an artificial intelligence with human-level intelligence will be followed fairly soon by the existence of an almost omnipotent superintelligence, with consequences that may well be disasterous for humanity. He considers that it is therefore a top priority for mankind to figure out how to imbue such a superintellige...

Medical-ethical guidelines: Coercive measures in medicine

Compassionate use programs in Italy: ethical guidelines

BACKGROUND This article proposes a retrospective analysis of a compassionate use (CU), using a case study of request for Avelumab for a patient suffering from Merkel Cell Carcinoma. The study is the result of a discussion within a Provincial Ethics Committee (EC) following the finding of a high number of requests for CU program. The primary objective of the study is to illustrate the specific e...