scholarly journals Maintaining Professionalism in Today's Business Environment: Ethical Challenges for the Pain Medicine Specialist

Pain Medicine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1152-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Lebovits
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J. Brenner ◽  
Karsten Kueppenbender ◽  
Jianren Mao ◽  
Jeffrey Spike

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Câmara Pizarro

Resumo O objetivo geral deste estudo consistiu em compreender as representações de ética e ética profissional apreendidas nos discursos dos bibliotecários atuantes em empresas de Santa Catarina. Na fundamentação conceitual aprofundaram-se os conceitos de ética e suas abordagens contemporâneas, a deontologia e ética bibliotecária, o ambiente empresarial e seus desafios éticos. Já a fundamentação teórico-metodológica concentrou-se nos preceitos da sociologia do conhecimento, do construtivismo social, e na teoria das representações sociais. A pesquisa é qualitativa, a coleta de dados realizou-se através de um roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturado e a análise dos dados apoiou-se na técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). A partir dos discursos dos entrevistados foram detectados três pontos relevantes sobre esse coletivo: o desconhecimento da conceituação de ética e ética profissional, assim como da sua importância e a falta de domínio significativo do conteúdo do Código de Ética Profissional do Bibliotecário Brasileiro. O conceito de ética expresso confunde-se com o conceito de moral e, ainda, esse coletivo tem noções de ética relacionadas com alteridade, caráter e comportamento. Assim como a ética geral, há uma falta de entendimento sobre o conceito de ética profissional, reforçado pelo desconhecimento do conteúdo do Código de Ética do Bibliotecário Brasileiro. Merece atenção, também, a influência que os pressupostos éticos empresariais exercem na conduta ética do bibliotecário que atua nesse ambiente.  Fica claro que não há espaço para questionamento dos valores da empresa, sendo que a conduta ética empresarial prevalece. A oferta e o repasse das informações são regulados de forma a obter competitividade e lucratividade para as empresas. Este estudo teve como pano de fundo o contexto da pós-modernidade, onde valores de uma racionalidade técnica e instrumental predominam no pensamento e no agir do homus economicus, propiciando um vazio ético e a falta de referências para nortear o agir humano.Palavras-chave ética bibliotecária; profissionais da informação – ética; unidade de informação empresarial – éticaAbstract The objective of this study was to understand the ethical and professional ethics representations present in the discourse of librarians who work in enterprises in the state of Santa Catarina. Firstly, the main concepts of ethics and its contemporary approaches, the deontological ethics and the librarians’ ethics, and the business environment and its ethical challenges are discussed. The theoretical and methodological substantiations focused on the concepts of the sociology of knowledge, social constructivism, and the social representations theory. The data for this qualitative research was obtained through a semi-structured interview and was analyzed based on the “Discourse of the Collective Subject” (DCS). It was possible to identify in the discourse of the professionals: the lack of knowledge regarding ethical concepts and professional ethics and its importance, as well as the lack of familiarity with the Professional Code of Ethics of the Brazilian Librarians. Besides, the concepts of ethics and morality and their differences do not seem to be very clear to the interviewed librarians. Their notions of ethics are often related to otherness, character and behavior. There is a lack of understanding regarding the concept of professional ethics, which is reinforced by the non-familiarity with the contents of the Ethic Code of the Brazilian Librarians. Business ethical assumptions also have an influence on the ethical conduct of the librarian. It seems to be clear that there is no room for questioning the firm’s values, since the business ethical conduct prevails. Information dissemination is regulated in order to promote competitiveness and profitability for the enterprise. This research had as its background the post-modern context, in which values of technical and instrumental rationality are emphasized in thoughts and in the homus economicus’ actions, creating an ethical emptiness, that is, a lack of references and examples to guide human actions.Keywords librarian ethics; information professionals – ethics; bussiness information unit – ethics


2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Leslie ◽  
Mary Casper

“My patient refuses thickened liquids, should I discharge them from my caseload?” A version of this question appears at least weekly on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Community pages. People talk of respecting the patient's right to be non-compliant with speech-language pathology recommendations. We challenge use of the word “respect” and calling a patient “non-compliant” in the same sentence: does use of the latter term preclude the former? In this article we will share our reflections on why we are interested in these so called “ethical challenges” from a personal case level to what our professional duty requires of us. Our proposal is that the problems that we encounter are less to do with ethical or moral puzzles and usually due to inadequate communication. We will outline resources that clinicians may use to support their work from what seems to be a straightforward case to those that are mired in complexity. And we will tackle fears and facts regarding litigation and the law.


PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Korn
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