background as a legitimate and credible role-model, the ethical nurse leader engages in the proper structuring of the workplace and plays a significant role in improving the organizational climate. despite the importance of the subject, no studies have yet examined the effect of ethical nursing leadership in improving organizational climates in iran. objectives the study was conducted to explor...

background ethical climate is an important component of organizational culture. nurses’ perception of hospital ethical climate can influence their performance and attitudes related to ethical issues. this investigation explores a survey of nurses in different cultural settings to divulge their perceptions of ethical position responsibilities applicable to nursing practice. material and methods ...

Title of dissertation: ARTISTIC AND ETHICAL VALUES IN THE EXPERIENCE OF NARRATIVES Alessandro Giovannelli, Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation directed by: Professor Jerrold Levinson. Department of Philosophy The ethical criticism of art has received increasing attention in contemporary aesthetics, especially with respect to the evaluation of narratives. The most prominent philosophical def...

a r t i c l e i n f o Across four studies, we explored why a gender gap emerges in negotiator ethics, such that men set lower ethical standards than women. The male pragmatism hypothesis suggests men, more than women, are motiva-tionally biased in setting ethical standards. Experiment 1 demonstrated how negotiations' masculinity implications underlie this gender gap in ethics. Experiment 2 demo...

during medical training, students obtain enough skills and knowledge. however, medical ethics accomplishes its goals when, together with training medical courses, it guides students behavior towards morality so that ethics-oriented medical practice is internalized. medical ethics is a branch of applied ethics which tries to introduce ethics into physicians’ practice and ethical decisions; thus,...

Background: This paper considers whether the development of oocyte freezing raises any new or distinctive ethical issues. It will examine the ethical issues raised by this technique: the ’social’ use of egg freezing and how that might be defined; the use of egg freezing for cancer patients; and limitations and benefits of the technique. Materials and Methods: A consideration of the literature a...

We are entering an era where “intelligent” machines have unprecedented power over humans, including, sometimes, the literal power of life and death. Machine learning algorithms are increasingly used to classify humans as suspected terrorists or deserving recipients of financial aid. While military drones are currently flown by human operators, discussions about fully autonomous robotic soldiers...

background: researches indicated that spirituality in workplace and ethical leadership have important role in creating and developing of psychological capital. for this reason, main purpose of this research was to study simple and multiple relationships between spirituality in workplace and ethical leadership with psychological capital. methods: research method of this study is a descriptive-co...

BACKGROUND: As part of an empirical study investigating how life scientists think about ethical and societal implications of their work, and about life science research in general, we sought to elucidate barriers that scientists might face in considering such implications. METHOD: Between 2005 and 2007, we conducted a study consisting of phone interviews, focus groups, and a national survey of...