scholarly journals An ethical engagement: creative practice research, the academy and professional codes of conduct

2020 ◽  
pp. 174701612091595
Author(s):  
Kate MacNeill ◽  
Barbara Bolt ◽  
Estelle Barrett ◽  
Megan McPherson ◽  
Marie Sierra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Professional Codes

This paper reports on the experiences of creative practice graduate researchers and academic staff as they seek to comply with the requirements of the Australian National Statement on the Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans. The research was conducted over a two-year period (2015 to 2017) as part of a wider project ‘iDARE – Developing New Approaches to Ethics and Research Integrity Training through Challenges Presented by Creative Practice Research’. The research identified the appreciation of ethics that the participants acquired through their experience of institutional research ethics procedures at their university. It also revealed a disjunction between the concepts of ethics acquired through meeting institutional research ethics requirements, the notion of ethics that many researchers adopt in their own professional creative practice and the contents of professional codes of conduct. A key finding of the research was that to prepare creative practice graduates for ethical decision-making in their professional lives, research ethics training in universities should be broadened to encompass a variety of contexts and enable researchers to develop skills in ethical know-how.

scholarly journals Making lawyers moral? Ethical codes and moral character

Legal Studies ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Nicolson
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Moral Behaviour ◽  
Professional Codes

This article argues that professional codes of conduct cannot perform the important task of ensuring that lawyers uphold high ethical standards. Instead, moral behaviour by lawyers requires the development of fixed behavioural attributes relevant to legal practice - what may be called a lawyer's professional moral character. At the same time, however, along with other factors, professional codes are important in that they can either contribute to or detract from the successful development of professional moral character. If so, it is argued that in order to have the best chance of assisting the character development of lawyers, codes should neither take the form of highly detailed or extremely vague, aspirational norms, but should instead guide ethical decision-making by requiring them to consider a wide range of contextual factors when resolving ethical dilemmas.

To Kill or Not to Kill: a Question of Wartime Ethics

1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.T. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Unique Problem ◽  
Professional Codes ◽  
Ethical Thinking ◽  
International Conventions

In this article, the author describes ethical decision-making in unique circumstances. A dichotomy exists between the dual roles of nurse and disaster manager in a wartime set ting. The circumstances of the situation had never been faced before and no precedents existed for the type of decisions being made. Clearly, professional codes of conduct existed along with international conventions with reference to war. The circumstances required the author to challenge the concepts of teleology and deon tology in a search for the most fitting answers to a unique problem. His aim was to try to create the greatest good out of an impossible situation. The author reflects on his actions in the light of ethical thinking and considers whether his decisions were right.

Professionalism in accounting: a five-factor model of ethical decision-making

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Dunn ◽  
Barbara Sainty
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Codes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model of ethical decision-making that applies to accountants and the accounting profession. Design/methodology/approach This model is an integration of five factors that influence ethical decision-making by accountants: professional codes of conduct; philosophical orientation; religious orientation; culturally derived values; and moral maturity. Findings This model is a synthesis of previous identified factors that influence ethical decision-making and incorporates them into a model that is specific to professional accountants. Research limitations/implications The authors develop a set of propositions and explain how this model can be tested and its implications for both the accounting profession and the teaching of business ethics. Originality/value This model presents a new way of viewing ethical decision-making by accountants that is predicated on the importance of professional codes of conduct that influence both behaviour and decision-making. The external certification of professional accountants provides a layer of accountability not previously incorporated into ethical decision-making models.

scholarly journals Η Ακεραιότητα στην Ερευνητική Πρακτική σε Ευρώπη και Ελλάδα

Bioethica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Κωνσταντίνος Χαριτίδης (Constantinos Charitidis) ◽  
Ηλίας Κούμουλος (Elias Koumoulos) ◽  
Παναγιώτης Κάβουρας (Panagiotis Kavouras) ◽  
Μιχάλης Κρητικός (Michalis Kritikos) ◽  
Τίνα Γκαράνη-Παπαδάτου (Tina Garani-Papadatos)
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Present State ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
National Level ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Linkage Relation ◽  
Common Code

Research integrity is an essential and integral part of scientific research ethics. It is commonly accepted that the value of scientific research vitally depends on the fulfillment of research integrity codes of conduct. The unbreakable linkage (relation) between research value and research integrity does not reflect only its attachment to the application of proper scientific method but also its acceptance from the society. In this work we present a survey on the organization of the institutions of research integrity in international, European and national level. Emphasis is given in the description of the present state in Greece in the level of Higher Educational Institutes, Research Centers and Committees. Also, we focus on the actions taken from National Technical University of Athens, as well as the initiative from EARTHnet network and their efforts for institutionalization of a common code of conduct in scientific research at a national level.

scholarly journals Expert Evidence: The Ethical Responsibility of the Legal Profession

1969 ◽  
pp. 853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania M. Bubela
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Professional Codes ◽  
Ethical Obligations

The author examines the ethical obligations of the legal profession in using expert evidence. The author surveys developments in Canadian and U.S. jurisprudence, procedural and substantive issues, and law reform initiatives on the admissibility and use of expert evidence in civil and criminal litigation. She proposes a "tripartite framework" to address the use of expert evidence: by strengthening professional codes of conduct to address ethical obligations in using experts; by emphasizing lawyers' obligations to improve the justice system; and by clarifying the criteria for admitting expert evidence.

scholarly journals Cybersecurity, value sensing robots for LGBTIQ+ elderly, and the need for revised codes of conduct

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Poulsen ◽  
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga ◽  
Oliver K Burmeister
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Tablet Computers ◽  
Diagnostic Systems ◽  
Professional Codes ◽  
Do So

Until now, each profession has developed their professional codes of conduct independently. However, the use of robots and artificial intelligence is blurring professional delineations: aged care nurses work with lifting robots, tablet computers, and intelligent diagnostic systems, and health information system designers work with clinical teams. While robots assist the medical staff in extending the professional service they provide, it is not clear how professions adhere and adapt to the new reality. In this article, we reflect on how the insertion of robots may shape codes of conduct, in particular with regards to cybersecurity. We do so by focusing on the use of social robots for helping LGBTIQ+ elderly cope with loneliness and depression. Using robots in such a delicate domain of application changes how care is delivered, as now alongside the caregiver, there is a cyber-physical health information system that can learn from experience and act autonomously. Our contribution stresses the importance of including cybersecurity considerations in codes of conduct for both robot developers and caregivers as it is the human and not the machine which is responsible for ensuring the system’s security and the user’s safety.

scholarly journals Metaphors of Lawyers' Professionalism

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonnette Watson Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Professional Codes ◽  
The Military

This article examines three common metaphors in several professional codes of legal conduct and supporting documents. The metaphors are the "metaphoric networks" based on the military, gentility and Christianity. Numerous examples of all three metaphoric networks are given. Metaphors are non-arbitrary. The three metaphoric networks examined here are consistent with one of the most common orientation metaphors in the English language, the metaphor expressing relationships in bodily terms of "up" and "down." These metaphoric networks evoke a hierarchy of society based on a strictly male, ethnocentric British-Canadian world. The lawyer reading the codes of conduct that contain these metaphors would see the image of the lawyer created according to the lawyer's own inclusion within or exclusion from that ideal. Also, this social elitism may contribute to the public's lack of respect for the legal profession.

Examining Academic Dishonesty

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-183
Author(s):  
Philmore Alleyne ◽  
Renée M. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Arthur Andersen

Academic dishonesty (AD) has plagued many higher education institutions (HEIs). This chapter examines AD among accounting students in business schools and discusses possible mechanisms to reduce misconduct among students, as well as staff. Today's students are tomorrow's accounting professionals. Yet, some HE students strive to succeed at all costs by using unethical means including being aided by dishonest academic staff. For example, the unethical and corrupt practices in Enron, and the subsequent closure of one of the leading international accounting firms, Arthur Andersen, raised questions pertaining to codes of conduct, ethics, and morality being taught in business schools. This chapter reviews the literature, identifies issues from an internet search of actual cases, and then offers recommendations for reducing such detrimental behaviors.

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