The development of educational technologies is enhancing a distinctive feature of learning environments: the learner’s personalized environment. However, the current literature in e-learning seems to neglect an important discussion: will individuals (learners and lecturers) and organizations face an enhancement concerning ethical dilemmas due to this evolution? To promote this discussion, this ...

Theoretical models of marketing ethics propose that people first must perceive the presence of an ethical issue before the process of ethical decision making can begin. Through the concept of ethical sensitivity, the authors explore why some marketing researchers and not others recognize and ascribe importance to the ethical content in their decision situations. The authors examine two rival de...

Engineering faculty address the topic of ethics from two different perspectives. The first is as required content related to the ABET outcome that engineering graduates will have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. The second is as practitioners who face a range of ethical dilemmas and challenges, from plagiarism to “passenger” team members to professional relationships...

Background: Organizational commitment has attracted the attention of many researchers as one of the main issues in managing the organizations. Therefore, the study of this concept requires the consideration of numerous influential factors. In this regard, the present study was conducted to analyze the relationship between professional ethics, organizational commitment, and organizational justic...

This paper addresses the past, present and future aspects of African leadership and organizational ethics that have, are and will be key for any organization to sustain its systems and structures. Organizational ethics revolves around written and/or unwritten guidelines, ethical values, principles, rules and standards, that are drawn from the harmonious coexistence with the biosphere and it is ...

RAPID AND RADICAL CHANGE in almost every facet of society has brought in its wake community anxiety, suspicion and hostility. Current examples in Australia include the impact of globalisation, the introduction of the goods and services tax, and the actions of the banks in phasing out local branches. Even the health industry faces increased levels of public scrutiny and criticism. A recent examp...

Introduction: Professional ethics is a very important issue for managerswho are role models for students and staff. It can also be very effective in organizational activities. The main objective of this research is to describe the result of managers’ self assessment in Shiraz teaching hospitals.Methods: The present research is a cross-sectional study. The statistical society of this research in...

This article provides a systematic analysis of the cognitive processes required for acquiring skill in practical ethical reasoning in a professional domain. We undertook this NSF-supported research project in part to study relationships between case-based instruction in professional ethics and cognitive analyses of ethical reasoning strategies. Using a web-based experimental design, we report s...

Background: “Always doing what is in the best interest of the patient” should be the ethical behavior of doctors.The recent increase in litigation against doctors is an issue of immediate concern which says that Doctors and health professionals are confronted with many ethical problems in there profession regularly. The reasons for these are social, economic, professional, judicial and others.O...

The 3rd Pan-African Ethics Human Rights and Medical Law (3rd EHRML) conference was held in Johannesburg on July 7, 2013, as part of the Africa Health Congress. The conference brought together bioethicists, researchers and scholars from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria working in the field of bioethics as well as students and healthcare workers interested in learning about ethical issue...