background: it is the responsibility of each occupational therapist to always act ethically and professionally in a clinical setting. however, there is little information available concerning the factors influencing ethical behavior of occupational therapists at work. since no study has been conducted in iran on this topic, this qualitative study aimed to identify the factors influencing ethica...

This paper describes a course I developed on the Economics of Sin that integrates ethical and economic material.1 My hope is that this paper will be useful to economists interested in exploring ethically complex economic phenomena and to philosophers who are interested in the ethical implications of economic markets and policies. In keeping with this agenda, I proceed by discussing a framework ...

The existing literature on the socio-economic and living conditions of tribes in India and in Andhra Pradesh particular provided several factors that are directly and indirectly responsible for the socio-economic backwardness, poverty and indebtedness among different Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) and plain tribes. In this context The study of inter-tribe relations has assumed great importance ...

Despite a growing global commitment to the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART), its availability is still likely to be less than the need. This imbalance raises ethical dilemmas about who should be granted access to publicly-subsidized ART programmes. This paper reviews the eligibility and targeting criteria used in four case-study countries at different points in the scale-up of ART, wit...

This paper argues that a cost/benefit-type economic analysis of whether or not to prohibit euthanasia should not be undertaken by health services managers unless ethical issues have been resolved to a particular conclusion. A conclusion on ethical grounds in favour of the prohibition of euthanasia renders the consideration of economic criteria redundant. The case of the German euthanasia progra...

To clarify concerns that the public has with genetic technologies, the article presents the results of focus group interviews conducted in Denmark in 2000. The concerns of the public are divided into three ideal-typical categories: social (dealing with environmental and health risks), economic (dealing with both the threats and opportunities of the new technologies), and cultural (taking up eth...