Globalization has placed modern organizations in tremendous competition locally and regionally across borders; thus, the ultimate goal of every organization is the same which is profitable survival. In order to make sure that this profitable survival goal does not come at the cost of harming others, guiding principles are needed to bring goodness and fairness for the stakeholders’ interests. Th...

ethics are related to the structure and culture of the society. in addition to specialized ethics for every profession, individuals also hold their own personal beliefs and values. this study aimed to investigate iranian occupational therapists’ perception of ethical practice when working with children. for this purpose, qualitative content analysis was used and semi-structured interviews were ...

This paper reports the effect of a moral education programme on the ethical judgement making ability of university students. The programme comprises two forms of intervention: a dedicated ethics course and subsequent practical training. A total of 113 accounting students from six Malaysian universities participated in a longitudinal study including three points of data collection, prior to an e...

PURPOSE Despite increased emphasis on medical ethics and professionalism in medical education, concern about unethical and unprofessional behavior by physicians is widespread. This study sought to identify and classify the range of work-related ethical conflicts experienced by medical house officers. METHODS We performed a qualitative study using data from in-depth interviews conducted in 200...

This study was undertaken to describe the performance of health research ethics review procedures of six research centres in Tanzania. Data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire and personal interviews. The results showed that there were on average 11 members (range = 8-14) in each Research Ethic Committee. However, female representation in the committees was low (15.2%)...

An instrument to assess 'ethical sensitivity' has been developed. The instrument presents four clinical vignettes and the respondent is asked to list the ethical issues related to each vignette. The responses are classified, post hoc, into the domains of autonomy, beneficence and justice. This instrument was used in 1990 to assess the ethical sensitivity of students in all four medical classes ...

Ethics is important in organizational life, and business organizations devote a great deal of time, attention, and money to ethics training (Carroll & Buchholtz, 2003). Ethics, however, is not always a “cut and dried” issue with clear demarcation lines between “ethical” and “unethical” conduct. Therefore, part of the purpose of ethics training is (or should be) to provide individuals with tools...

The training of invasive procedures, which require both eye-hand coordination as well as ambidextrous maneuvers are hardly to learn in theory or virtual environments. The benefit of simulation training enables the veterinarian-in-training to repeat procedures without ethical concerns as often as necessary and even mistakes can be admitted without harming the patient. In order to enable realisti...

— Educating scientists and engineers with respect to the ethical implications of their professional actions is an increasingly urgent, demanding, and complex task, and we do them and society a disservice if they inadequately grasp the ethical significance of the work they do. Education in ethics in engineering and the sciences has been recognized as intrinsically important. Paso brings together...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to characterize the processes of ethical and professional nursing transacted at the Regional Nursing Council of Santa Catarina (Coren/SC), considering their factual elements (events/offenses, causes and outcomes). METHOD This descriptive, exploratory and documentary research with a quantitative approach was developed at Coren/SC. Data was collected from 128 p...