Ethics category: 8196 books
by Johannes Weber
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2007
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 2,0, University of Hull, course: BA Management Course work in Ethics & Management, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When talking about the main stakeholders...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
The book is reclaiming economics as a moral science. It argues that ethics is a relevant and inseparable aspect of all levels of economic activity, from individual and organizational to societal and global. Taking ethical considerations into account is needed in explaining and predicting the behavior...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Advanced technology-driven globalization has not only revolutionized world economic growth but has also improved cross-border research methods, inevitably influencing ethical behaviors. Increases in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research collaboration have further enhanced issues surrounding ethical...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This collection provides a philosophical and historical analysis of the development and current situation of managed care. It discusses the relationship between physician professionalism and patient rights to affordable, high quality care. Its special feature is its depth of analysis as the philosophical,...
The Virtuous Psychiatrist
Character Ethics in Psychiatric Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
The context for this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician is the psychiatric care provided to those with severe mental disorders. Such a setting makes distinctive moral demands on the very character of the practitioner, it is shown, calling for special virtues and greater virtue...
Medical Education and Ethics
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
As the healthcare industry continues to expand, a higher volume of new professionals must be integrated into the field. Providing these professionals with a quality education will likewise ensure the further progress and advancements in the medical field. Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies,...
A World with Robots
International Conference on Robot Ethics: ICRE 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
This book contains the Proceedings of the International Conference on Robot Ethics, held in Lisbon on October 23 and 24, 2015. The conference provided a multidisciplinary forum for discussing central and evolving issues concerning safety and ethics that have arisen in various contexts where robotic...
Core Ethics for Health Professionals
Principles, Issues, and Compliance
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
**A timely overview of ethics, emphasizing applications to **biomedical researchers, health providers, and administrators
There are no simple rules to guide ethical conduct in daily practice, health professionals must have a basic understanding of several topics including ethical theories;...
by Christian Munthe
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Christian Munthe undertakes an innovative, in-depth philosophical analysis of what the idea of a precautionary principle is and should be about. A novel theory of the ethics of imposing risks is developed and used as a foundation for defending the idea of precaution in environmental and technological...
by Grace Ann Rosile
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Long before Columbus, American Indians had trading routes all across the Americas. How did they maintain this extensive network of trading relationships through the centuries? In this ground-breaking book, leading native and non-native scholars present a fascinating view of American Indian tribal...
A History of Utilitarian Ethics
Studies in Private Motivation and Distributive Justice, 1700-1875
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a ‘moral sense’ can actually be considered compatible with utilitarianism. The book also explores the link between utilitarianism and distributive...
The Ethics of Cosmology
Natural Right and the Rediscovery of Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Within the last one hundred years, the scientific conception of the universe has undergone radical change. As a result a new field has evolved, called "cosmology," that examines the philosophical and scientific nature of the universe. Cosmology conceives of a material universe in which the...
The Ethics of Military Privatization
The US Armed Contractor Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate.
While privatization is not a new concept for the US military, the public debate on military privatization is limited to legal, financial, and pragmatic...
Nature in Common?
Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundations of Environmental Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
This important book brings together leading environmental thinkers to debate a central conflict within environmental philosophy: should we appreciate nature mainly for its ability to advance our interests or should we respect it as having a good of its own, apart from any contribution to human well-being?...