This position paper argues that critical research is based on ethical concerns. Critical research is concerned with power and emancipation and intends to change the state of affairs. These three aspects are reasonable only when based on ethical assumptions. Critical IS research, while ethical in nature, rarely reflects on its ethical roots. The resulting lack of clarity of the ethical basis of ...

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...

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...

euthanasiais a serious problem in the end oflife cares. many peoples want the end of life, without the pain and suffering,and are not burdensome for their family members; besides these people, manydoctors try to prepare for them the comfortable and quiet death. many countriesare attempting to legitimize this practice and in many countries is now beingdone legally. of course, there are very seri...

As automated vehicles receive more attention from the media, there has been an equivalent increase in the coverage of the ethical choices a vehicle may be forced to make in certain crash situations with no clear safe outcome. Much of this coverage has focused on a philosophical thought experiment known as the “trolley problem,” and substituting an automated vehicle for the trolley and the car's...

This chapter surveys ethical approaches to emerging technology. In recent years, emerging technologies have become a major topic of study in the ethics of technology, which has increasingly focused its attention on early-stage intervention in technology development. A number of specific approaches and methods have now been developed for the field, which in many ways is still in its infancy. The...

A SOUND EVALUATION OF EVERY BIOETHICAL PROBLEM SHOULD BE PREDICATED ON A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF AT LEAST TWO BASIC ELEMENTS: (i) reliable scientific information and (ii) the ethical principles and values at stake. A thorough evaluation of both elements also calls for a careful examination of statements by authoritative institutions. Unfortunately, in the case of medically complex living donors nei...

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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