scholarly journals Iranian Physiotherapists’ Perceptions of the Ethical Issues in Everyday Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Niloofar Souri ◽  
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Afsun Nodehi Moghadam ◽  
Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahbolaghi ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: Considering the significant role of physiotherapists in the process of rehabilitation, their ethical commitment is essential to successful interaction and care provision. However, investigations on the medical professional ethics ​​in Iran are limited. Generally, research in this regard is rare in Asia. Thus, such studies could improve the moral knowledge of the Iranian physiotherapy community. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore professional ethics issues in physiotherapy to provide a platform concerning the challenges of professional ethics in physiotherapy in Iran. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2016-2017 using the content analysis method. The study samples were recruited through purposive sampling approach until data saturation (12 physiotherapists). The required data were gathered by an in-depth semi-structured interview. All of the interviews were transcribed and analyzed, inductively. Results: Physiotherapists in Ahvaz and Tehran cities, Iran experienced challenges in 6 different categories during daily practice. These aspects included the following: therapists’ self-interest-craving, observing patients’ rights, maintaining professional competence, the effect of workplace on ethical conduct, personal ethical outlook, and insufficient professional ethics education. This study implicated the existence of a trend of kick-backs in the physiotherapy community; a problematic trend in the medical community, i.e. addressed by physicians in several articles. Additionally, the lack of receiving ethical education leads to ethical judgments based on personal values rather than ethical codes. According to the current research findings, it To increase the visibility of the article as well as to increase the citation of your article, we suggest that Latin keywords be based on the MeSH list. See: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search was problematic for practitioners.  Discussion: Three subcategories of the incompetence of the healthcare system, the lack of supervision on ethical principles, and the impact of poor insurance system on patient admission are related to the endemic conditions of the health system of the country. These issues require serious interventions from executive powers.

An investigation into ethical issues in occupational therapists in adult with physical disabilities: Using the qualitative approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 147775092097179
Author(s):  
Hassan Vahidi ◽  
Narges Shafaroodi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Physical Dysfunction ◽  
Unethical Practice

Background Occupational therapists may be encountered with a variety of ethical issues. The aim of this study was to explore ethical issues of Occupational therapist’s practice in adult physical dysfunction field. Methods Ten graduated Occupational therapists were selected by purposive sampling method. Data were gathered by semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed by content analysis approach. Results Data analysis ultimately leads to the emergence of three themes which reflects Ethical issues in Occupational Therapy. These themes include: unethical practice of Occupational therapists, factors influencing ethical practice and Strategies to improving ethical practice. Conclusion The findings show that occupational therapists have various ethical problems related to client’s rights in addition to their clinical practice, that according to the participants in this study, lack of awareness about professional ethics related to the occupational therapy and also lack of comprehensive monitoring rules in this field are the major causes of unethical practice.

Assessing the Impact of the Giving Voice to Values Program in Accounting Ethics Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 133-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara J. Shawver ◽  
William F. Miller ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Ethical Conflict ◽  
Giving Voice To Values ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Ethics Intervention ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
The Impact

This paper assesses the impact of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) program. The GVV program takes a very different approach to ethics education and shifts the focus from the traditional why actions are unethical to how one can effectively resolve ethical conflict. The GVV program encourages reflection on potential actions and reactions through practice with voicing one’s values. We chose to implement this program in an advanced financial accounting course and encouraged our students to voice their values through scripted role-plays. After implementing this program and empirically assessing the impact of the ethics intervention, we find that students are more likely to speak up and confront unethical actions by voicing their values to internal management, the CFO, and company hotlines after completing the module. While not a primary focus of the study, the intervention also appears to have increased the students’ ability to recognize and increase their sensitivity to ethical issues.

scholarly journals The Impact of Islamic Based Accounting Education on Professional Conduct among Accountants: A Conceptual Review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Azah Abdul Jalil ◽  
Hasnah Haron ◽  
Muhammad Bin Muda
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Reasoning Abilities ◽  
Curriculum Structure ◽  
Ethics Courses ◽  
The Impact

The importance of developing a good curriculum for accountancy programs is due to the call of needs to ensure the safeguarding of the profession in the future. This paper tends to review the curriculum structure; emphasis on ethics and personal values (religiosity), which is presumed to have an impact on the conduct of accountants in their practice. Based on prior study, some ethics education programs have reported measurable success where it was found that ethics courses do improve students’ ability to recognize ethical issues and had a higher level of moral reasoning abilities after taking ethics courses. This review hopes to add value to the existing literature on perceptions of ethics and personal values impact for accountants’ behavior in their profession. Included in the review, are issued on the competency of the accountants.

scholarly journals Teaching Professional Integrity: An Empirical Study on Engineering Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Spyridon Stelios ◽  
Alexandros Christodoulou
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Professional Integrity ◽  
Engineering Work ◽  
Student Expectation ◽  
Teaching Professional

In higher education there seems to be a ‘gap’ between the levels of undergraduate student expectation of being confronted by ethical issues in engineering work, and the amount of effective ethics education. Within this context, the purpose of this empirical research is to investigate engineering students’ views on two issues: a) How vital professional ethics are in their field, and b) whether they believe that professional ethics must be a part of the syllabus in their School. Findings indicate that teachers should make special reference to and strongly emphasize in class the value of an engineer's ethical responsibility. Furthermore, they need to spend a number of teaching hours on tackling problems in professional ethics as well as organize conferences, workshops, lectures and discussions, where the main speakers would be experienced engineers and academics. This way the technical and technological education incorporates more the responsibility of building professional integrity that can guarantee the much needed social goods of progress and prosperity, along with safety.

scholarly journals Call for papers for the special issue of Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości in 2021 entitled Ethical Issues in Accounting in Prosperity and a Financial Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 (163) ◽  
pp. 183-186
Author(s):  
Andrijana Rogošić
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Accounting Professionals ◽  
The World

Current and past economic and financial crises have changed the behaviour of busi-ness leaders, managers, and investors, as well as accounting professionals (financial accountants, bookkeepers, management accountants, auditors). The fear of further financial crises has forced accounting reforms, the revision of auditing standards, and a restructuring of corporate governance systems in many countries to provide a relia-ble framework for companies’ activities and performance. The International Federa-tion of Accountants (IFAC) board founded the International Ethics Standard Board for Accountants (IESBA), which issued the Code of Ethics for Professional Account-ants (IFAC Code) as a set of globally accepted guidelines for ethical conduct. The first version was published in 1990, and it was recommended (but not mandatory) for IFAC members to adopt. Establishing a unified code of ethics was one of the major achievements of IFAC that provided solid guidelines for accounting professionals across the world. Prior research indicates that the IFAC Code has been moderately successful in the attempt to harmonise ethics standards for professional accountants worldwide. As globalisation continues to affect business culture and technology, and, consequently, the focus of business, the accounting profession must keep pace and reassess its role in the world economy, but also in society. This is especially important during economic and financial crises, when the classic entrepreneurial model is not sustainable. Not only can a code of ethics can provide a framework for appropriate employee behaviour and establish a better corporate culture, it can also improve lead-ership, help organisations to comply with government guidelines, and enable organisa-tions to be more socially responsible. Many ethical issues could be explored in the con-text of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), not only in times of crisis. The high-profile ethical failures of professional accountants in recent decades taught us the importance of ethics education. A professional accountant’s responsibility is not exclusively to satisfy the needs of an individual client or employing organization. All accountants should act in the public interest by complying with fundamental ethical principles (integrity, objectivity, professional competence and due care, confidentiality, and professional behaviour) since these principles establish the standard of expected behaviour. Therefore, accounting ethics should be promoted much more in education and in practice. Accounting and business educators have a special responsibility to ex-amine and teach ethics in the broader context of globalisation. Regulations and volun-tary standards aim at minimizing fraud and manipulation of business information, but ethical behaviour is the key to achieving an honest business environment and sustaina-ble growth.

scholarly journals The current education on professional ethics for vietnamese students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Quyet ◽  
Phung The Anh ◽  
Le Quang Chung
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
The Status ◽  
Training Policy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

With the cause of industrialization and modernization, especially by the impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. the role of education and training are changed dramatically, and also from the direction of the Vietnamese government on the concentration of education and training policy improvement which leads to the foundation and driving force for industrialization and modernization of the country, this paper will analyze and present the basic concepts of professional ethics education and the status quo of education of professional ethics at the universities in Vietnam. The key research method applied in this paper is the critical realist approach. Later, the recommendations are proposed for the enhancement of the effectiveness of professional ethics education for Vietnamese students at the universities.

scholarly journals Experience of Indonesian medical students of ethical issues during their clinical clerkship in a rural setting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raditya Bagas Wicaksono ◽  
Miko Ferine ◽  
Diyah Woro Dwi Lestari ◽  
Arfi Nurul Hidayah ◽  
Amalia Muhaimin
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Clinical Clerkship ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Unprofessional Behavior ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Depth Interviews

Although ethics is an essential part of medical education, little attention has been paid to ethics education during the clerkship phase, where medical students observe how physicians make decisions regarding various ethical problems. Specific nuances and cultural contexts such as working in a rural setting can determine ethical issues raised. This phenomenology study aimed to explore ethical issues experienced by Indonesian students during clinical clerkship in a rural setting. In-depth interviews were used to explore students’ experiences. Participants were ten students, selected on gender and clerkship year variations. Data saturation was reached after eight interviews, followed by two additional interviews. Thematic analysis was used in this study, and trustworthiness was ensured through data and investigator triangulation, member checking, and audit trail. Three main themes found in this study were limited facilities and resources, healthcare financing and consent issues, as well as unprofessional behavior of healthcare providers. Many ethical issues related to substandard care were associated to limited resources and complexities within the healthcare system in the rural setting. Early exposure to recurrent ethical problems in healthcare can help students prepare for their future career as a physician in a rural setting.

Undergraduate healthcare ethics education, moral resilience, and the role of ethical theories

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Settimio Monteverde
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Research Students ◽  
Moral Resilience

Background: This article combines foundational and empirical aspects of healthcare education and develops a framework for teaching ethical theories inspired by pragmatist learning theory and recent work on the concept of moral resilience. It describes an exemplary implementation and presents data from student evaluation. Objectives: After a pilot implementation in a regular ethics module, the feasibility and acceptance of the novel framework by students were evaluated. Research design: In addition to the regular online module evaluation, specific questions referring to the teaching of ethical theories were added using simple (yes/no) and Likert rating answer formats. Participants and research context: At the Bern University of Applied Sciences, a total of 93 students from 2 parallel sub-cohorts of the bachelor’s program in nursing science were sent the online survey link after having been exposed to the same modular contents. A total of 62% of all students participated in the survey. Ethical considerations: The survey was voluntary and anonymous. Students were free to write their name and additional comments. Findings: Students consider ethical theories—as taught within the proposed framework—as practically applicable, useful, and transferable into practice. Discussion: Teaching ethical theories within the proposed framework overcomes the shortcomings described by current research. Students do not consider the mutually exclusive character of ethical theories as an insurmountable problem. Conclusion: The proposed framework is likely to promote the effectiveness of healthcare ethics education. Inspired by pragmatist learning theory, it enables students to consider ethical theories as educative playgrounds that help them to “frame” and “name” the ethical issues they encounter in daily practice, which is seen as an expression of moral resilience. Since it does not advocate a single ethical theory, but is open to the diversity of traditions that shape ethical thinking, it promotes a culturally sensitive, ethically reflected healthcare practice.

scholarly journals THOUGHTS ON ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION IN CANADA

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Roncin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Ethical Conflicts ◽  
Engineering Ethics Education ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to summarize current research in engineering ethics education and interpret it within the Canadian engineering and accreditation context. Outcome 3.1.10 of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board is that upon graduation students have an "ability to apply professional ethics, accountability, and equity". Yet teaching students to memorize a few canons and acts does little to help them recognize and resolve ethical conflicts effectively. The ability to apply their knowledge implies that students have had practice recognize ethical conflicts, interpret the positions of stakeholders, and designing solutions that address the myriad of ethical viewpoints that stakeholders may have. Our engineering acts, bylaws, and codes of conduct affirm that Engineering is about more than just crunching numbers, it is about serving the needs of society and creating solutions that work. In order to learn this, young engineers need opportunities to experience, explore, and resolve ethical dilemmas and in doing so develop a deeper understanding of the impact of engineering on society.

General practitioners’ ethical decision-making: Does being a patient themselves make a difference?

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Helen Hall ◽  
Jessica Michael ◽  
Chrystal Jaye ◽  
Jessica Young
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Patient Choice ◽  
Medical Illness ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
The Impact

There is very little literature on the actual decision-making frameworks used by general practitioners with respect to ethical issues and virtually none on the impact of personal experiences of illness on this. This study aimed to investigate what these frameworks might be and if and how they were altered by doctors’ own illness experience. Twenty general practitioners were recruited, 10 having had a previous serious medical illness and 10 having no such history. They participated in a semi-structured interview, including case vignettes, recorded and analysed using qualitative thematic analysis. Being a patient themselves altered general practitioners’ decision-making by enhancing physician empathy, increasing ease at discussing difficult topics, having a greater willingness to support patient choice and a wider ability to provide a greater diversity of therapeutic strategies, with the role of empathy being the most noticeable difference between the groups. Doctors who had not had a severe personal illness showed difficulty in anticipating how this might change their decision-making. Virtue ethics was most commonly used for decision-making by both groups. There was considerable divergence of opinion on the ethics and usefulness of self-disclosure of personal illness in both groups of doctors. These findings have implications for the teaching and learning of medical ethics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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