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Suppose an accountant discovers evidence of shady practices while ex­ amining the books of a client. What should he or she do? Accountants have a professional obligation to respect the confidentiality of their cli­ ents' accounts. But, as an ordinary citizen, our accountant may feel that the authorities ought to be informed. Suppose a physician discov­ ers that a patient, a bus driver, has a weak heart. If the patient contin­ ues bus driving even after being informed of the heart condition, should the physician inform the driver's company? Respect for patient confidentiality would say, no. But what if the driver should suffer a heart attack while on duty, causing an accident in which people are killed or seriously injured? Would the doctor bear some responsibility for these consequences? Special obligations, such as those of confidentiality, apply to any­ one in business or the professions. These obligations articulate, at least in part, what it is for someone to be, say, an accountant or a physician. Since these obligations are special, they raise a real possibility of con­ flict with the moral principles we usually accept outside of these spe­ cial relationships in business and the professions. These conflicts may become more accentuated for a professional who is also a corporate employee-a corporate attorney, an engineer working for a construction company, a nurse working as an employee of a hospital.

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Author:   Wade L. Robison ,  Michael S. Pritchard ,  Joseph Ellin
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9781461256274

ISBN 10:   1461256275
Pages:   331
Publication Date:   25 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Professional Ethics.- Professional Responsibility: An Introduction.- Professional Responsibility and the Responsibility of Professions.- Professionalization: The Intractable Plurality of Values.- Moral Responsibility in Professional Ethics.- Professionals, Clients, and Others.- II: Business Ethics.- Business Ethics: An Introduction.- Is Action Within the Law Morally Sufficient in Business?.- The Theoretical Twist to Irresponsibility in Business.- A Laissez Faire Approach to Business Ethics.- The Business of Ethics.- The Moral Status of Bluffing and Deception in Business.- The Social Business of Business.- III: Professionals In A Corporate Setting.- Moral Leadership in the Corporate Setting.- Accountability and the Bureaucratization of Corporations.- Evaluating Codes of Professional Ethics.- Professional Autonomy and Employers’ Authority.- Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Workplace: A Philosophical Inquiry.- Whistleblowing: Its Nature and Justification.- On the Rights of Professionals.

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