Whilst there has been considerable debate about the fit between moral theory and moral reasoning in everyday life, the way in which moral problems are defined has rarely been questioned. This paper presents a qualitative analysis of interviews conducted with 15 general practitioners (GPs) in South Australia to argue that the way in which the bioethics literature defines an ethical dilemma captu...

The acid test of humankind’s relationship to natural systems is the degree to which ecological damage caused by humans is repaired by humans. Technology and science are available, so the remaining stimulus needed for implementation of ecological restoration is the ethical responsibility to do so. Ecological restoration can be regarded as enlightened self-interest for humankind since it increase...

National health care registries in the Nordic countries share many attributes, but different legal and ethical frameworks represent a challenge to promoting effective joint research. Internationally, there is a lack of knowledge about how ethical matters are considered in Nordic registry-based research, and a lack of knowledge about how Nordic ethics committees operate and what is needed to obt...

Executive Overview The strategic leadership of ethical behavior in business can no longer be ignored. Executives must accept the fact that the moral impact of their leadership presence and behaviors will rarely, if ever, be neutral. In the leadership capacity, executives have great power to shift the ethics mindfulness of organizational members in positive as well as negative directions. Rather...

Abstract Research integrity is fundamental to the validity and reliability of scientific findings, for ethical conduct research. As part PRINTEGER (Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension Excellence in Research), this study explores views researchers, research managers, administrators, governance advisors Estonia, Italy, Norway UK, focusing specifically on their understanding institutional...

concurrently, organizations must respond effectively to social expectations and moral law and to achieve success in all areas and by respecting professional ethics adopt an appropriate procedure to achieve these expectations align with organizational goals to facilitates promotion of social accountability and realization of higher goals. in this study, we have formulated a framework by reviewin...

G.M. Marakas states [20] “Suggesting that ethics are an important element in any business endeavor seems intuitive. In systems analysis (IS) 1 , however, personal integrity and ethics are often at the center of the conduct of a development effort.” At Edinboro University of PA the Computer Science (CS) program specifies that CS courses contain a section on ethical issues related to the course t...

Extensive United States combat operations commenced for the first time in over decade in 2003. Early in 2004 there was no human research protection regulatory review and approval mechanism based in a deployed military combatant command. The absence of such a system presented a critical impediment to implementation of the time-honored tradition of a robust combat casualty care research effort. A...

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Important ethical principles and decisions are involved in almost every aspect of scientific literature publication. All too often, these principles and the decisions that flow from them are not shared with readers. In this brief review, I would like to discuss some aspects of scientific integrity and the ethics of publishing scientific material that impact medical publishing to raise awareness...