Ethics of Information in Distributed Business Environment

2010 ◽  
pp. 301-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issue ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Ethical Approaches

The aim of this chapter is to examine some of the issues of ethics related to information in DBE. The ethical issue of what is moral to do in order to optimize the use of information in DBE is dealt with. The varied ways of integrating and putting into the practice information in DBE is discussed as well as the great variety of ethical approaches. In the field of ethics of information in DBE we are no longer confronted with “policy vacuum”; we are facing dissipation of ethical responsibility (DER) and this phenomenon leads to difficult and usually late localisation and solving of ethical dilemmas within the system.

Metaphorical and Literal Groundings

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-352
Author(s):  
Anna Cook ◽  
Bonnie Sheehey ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Normative Theory ◽  
Ethical Standard ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Land Ethic ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
Indigenous Philosophy ◽  
Ethical Approaches

Accounts of grounded normativity in Indigenous philosophy can be used to challenge the groundlessness of Western environmental ethical approaches such as Aldo Leopold’s land ethic. Attempts to ground normativity in mainstream Western ethical theory deploy a metaphorical grounding that covers up the literal grounded normativity of Indigenous philosophical practices. Furthermore, Leopold’s land ethic functions as a form of settler philosophical guardianship that works to erase, assimilate, and effectively silence localized Indigenous knowledges through a delocalized ethical standard. Finally, grounded normativ­ity challenges settlers to question their desire for groundless normative theory and practice as reflective of their evasion of ethical responsibility for the destruction and genocide of Indigenous communities.

scholarly journals A Historic View of the US Business Ethical Laws and Implications for Developing Countries like China

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-guo Zhu ◽  
Wen-zhong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Us History ◽  
Ethical Behaviors ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Times ◽  
Institutional Construction

<p>In the nearly 150 years of the US history, following big historical events or business ethical dilemmas, the business ethical laws have evolved gradually, which can be divided into 11 stages in 4 levels. In each stage, the emphases or governance purposes of the business ethical laws differ greatly, but tend to bear the sign of the times. Through the systematic review and analysis, the paper concludes that in a specific era of the history, when facing a specific ethical dilemma, the government or regulatory authority will develop and perfect the related regulations or norms of business ethical behaviors in line with the feature of the period so as to effectively prevent or solve the ethical problems in the business environment. The practice of the US institutional construction may be of some enlightenment for developing countries like China.</p>

Ethics In Orthodontics: A Retrospective review

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Sam ◽  
Ziyad A Alaskar ◽  
Mohammed Ali Salem Abu Elqomsan ◽  
Mohammed A. Alateeg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Significant Harm ◽  
Parental Autonomy

When treating a patient in an orthodontic clinic, significant ethical issues may arise unfolding to the best interests of the patient and decision making for them. The case of a patient with a cleft lip and palate whose parents failed to bring her in for medically indicated orthodontic care is offered. Ethical features of the case are discussed, including the need to benefit the patient, avoid harm, and respect the preferences of the parents. Ethical codes of the American Dental Association and American Medical Association are referenced. Ethical dilemmas include the variance between the orthodontist's commitment to the patient and the need to value the parental autonomy. Parental independence is respected up until the point at which significant harm to a patient may result. The orthodontist's primary ethical responsibility is to the patient and not to anybody else. The orthodontist providing medically indicated care should involve the craniofacial team or hospital social worker when parental decision making is in the query.

Ethical Dilemmas Related to the HIV-Positive Person in the Workplace

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annatjie Botes ◽  
Marianne Otto
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
South African ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
Positive Person ◽  
Occupational Health Nurse ◽  
Rational Interaction

This study’s objectives were: (1) to describe and explore the ethical dilemmas surrounding the HIV-positive person in the workplace in South Africa; and (2) to describe the Rational Interaction for Moral Sensitivity (RIMS) approach as a possible mechanism for solving these ethical dilemmas. A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research design was used. The target populations were HIV-positive employees and occupational health nurses working for a South African company. Data collected through individual HIV-positive employee interviews and occupational health nurse workgroups were analysed. The ethical dilemmas were conceptualized and described within the theoretical framework of the principles of ethics, namely, autonomy, beneficence, justice and confidentiality. To elicit a solution to the dilemmas, the data were recontextualized using the RIMS approach, a group decision-making strategy designed for the business environment.

scholarly journals Issue-Driven Progress in Business Ethics: When the Responsibility to Protect Values Requires Companies to Introduce New Norms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muel Kaptein
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issue ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Ethical Norm ◽  
Norm Theory ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
A Company ◽  
Value Belief Norm Theory

<p>This article is about when a company should introduce a new ethical norm. By using the Value–Belief–Norm theory, I argue that the<i> </i>more an ethical issue threatens an ethical value and the more a company has an ethical responsibility to protect such value against such threat, then the more desirable it is for a company to establish ethical norms to protect that particular value. The introduction of a new ethical norm then becomes more desirable when the threat from such an ethical issue increases and/or the ethical responsibility of the company increases. Distinguishing seven characteristics of an ethical issue and four conditions of a company’s ethical responsibility helps in identifying the situation in which a company should introduce a new ethical norm. The resulting framework, with corresponding guidelines, explains why and when progress in business ethics is needed.</p>

1. Ethical theories

Legal Ethics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Herring
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Ethical Approaches ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ethical Obligations ◽  
Legal Training

This chapter sets out some general theories about ethics. How do we judge what is the right thing to do? What makes a decision morally justifiable? What makes a person good? It considers some ethical disagreements and describes some of the general ethical approaches that are taken to ethical dilemmas. It then addresses the question of whether lawyers’ ethics are any different from others. Finally, it looks at how legal training and legal practice has taken the ethical obligations of lawyers more seriously.

Ethics In Orthodontics: A Retrospective review

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Sam Chattopadhyay ◽  
Ziyad A Alaskar ◽  
Mohammed Ali Salem Abu Elqomsan ◽  
Mohammed A. Alateeg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Significant Harm ◽  
Parental Autonomy

When treating a patient in an orthodontic clinic, significant ethical issues may arise unfolding to the best interests of the patient and decision making for them. The case of a patient with a cleft lip and palate whose parents failed to bring her in for medically indicated orthodontic care is offered. Ethical features of the case are discussed, including the need to benefit the patient, avoid harm, and respect the preferences of the parents. Ethical codes of the American Dental Association and American Medical Association are referenced. Ethical dilemmas include the variance between the orthodontist's commitment to the patient and the need to value the parental autonomy. Parental independence is respected up until the point at which significant harm to a patient may result. The orthodontist's primary ethical responsibility is to the patient and not to anybody else. The orthodontist providing medically indicated care should involve the craniofacial team or hospital social worker when parental decision making is in the query.

scholarly journals Issue-Driven Progress in Business Ethics: When the Responsibility to Protect Values Requires Companies to Introduce New Norms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muel Kaptein
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issue ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Ethical Norm ◽  
Norm Theory ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
A Company ◽  
Value Belief Norm Theory

<p>This article is about when a company should introduce a new ethical norm. By using the Value–Belief–Norm theory, I argue that the<i> </i>more an ethical issue threatens an ethical value and the more a company has an ethical responsibility to protect such value against such threat, then the more desirable it is for a company to establish ethical norms to protect that particular value. The introduction of a new ethical norm then becomes more desirable when the threat from such an ethical issue increases and/or the ethical responsibility of the company increases. Distinguishing seven characteristics of an ethical issue and four conditions of a company’s ethical responsibility helps in identifying the situation in which a company should introduce a new ethical norm. The resulting framework, with corresponding guidelines, explains why and when progress in business ethics is needed.</p>

(Don’t) just screenshot it: Ethics of archiving fan misbehaviours

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Renee Ann Drouin
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Approaches ◽  
It Ethics

Despite the field of fandom studies’ interest in fan archives and fan behaviours, little work currently discusses how a fan archivist may approach the curation of a fan behaviour-focused archive. While such an archive may be fraught with ethical dilemmas of documenting others without consent, the archival efforts remark on broader cultural ramifications outside of individual works for a more encompassing view of the fandom itself. This article explores the ethics and understandings of such archives, in which fans have, without institutional training or sponsorship, curated archives dedicated to the misbehaviours and harassment of other fans. I conclude with what academics can learn from their ethical approaches.

The Oncologist's Duty to Provide Hope: Fact or Fiction?

2012 ◽  
pp. e20-e23
Author(s):  
Simon Wein
Keyword(s):  
American Medical Association ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Future ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Many Sources

Overview: There are many sources of conflict in oncology. Conflicts arise because there are numerous therapeutic options, each of which is imperfect, and these conflicts produce ethical dilemmas. A recent American Medical Association (AMA) publication outlined the principles of medical ethics for managing conflicts. Common conflicts in oncology include whether to resuscitate, to give more chemotherapy, and how much truth to tell. These conflicts are magnified because of the life and death scenario of advanced cancer. Denial, avoidance, and hope are psychologic mechanisms that enable adaptation to the life-threatening circumstances. Hope is widely written about though poorly understood and defined. Ethical statements regarding its virtue and importance to preserve are frequently given. In an effort to progress the understanding of hope, two critical features are defined: (1) hope as a thought process only exists in the future, and (2) hope is only ever associated with positive and good thoughts. The future is unknown and uncertain; therefore, hoping can be manipulated by presenting statistics in a way to boost hoping. Thus a dilemma and specific ethical responsibility falls on oncologists when discussing conflicts. Furthermore, since hope is a subjective assessment of a possibility that is considered “good” by the hoper, it cannot be perceived as “false.” “False hope” is an erroneous assessment. Finally, this article introduces the concept that there might be a role to stop hoping—since hope of the future is also filled with doubt and fear—and instead live in the present and try to find joy and meaning today.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document