Faith and organisational ethics

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-89
Author(s):  
Peter McGhee
Keyword(s):  
Organisational Ethics

Evaluating organisational ethics in Spanish news media

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1142-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Luengo ◽  
Carlos Maciá-Barber ◽  
José Luis Requejo-Alemán
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
News Media ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Organisational Ethics ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Journalistic Ethics ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Way

Drawing from 420 surveys addressed to news media practitioners, 30 in-depth interviews with media executives and 6 focus groups, this article focuses on the institutional dimensions of ethics in journalism and explores the way in which ethical standards are perceived by journalists and other representative groups involved in Spanish news media. The data show that participants ascribe moral obligations to journalistic institutions. Interviewees emphasise the predominance of market-driven interests over ethical values as one of the main threats to journalism. However, differences between the perceptions of journalists and media executives reveal that the latter believe that journalistic ethics pertain to individual journalists.

scholarly journals Towards a framework for ethical innovation in children’s social care

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Hampson ◽  
Carlie Goldsmith ◽  
Michelle Lefevre
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organisational Ethics

Purpose Substantial government investment has accelerated innovation activity in children’s social care in England over the past decade. Ethical concerns emerge when innovation seems to be propelled by a drive for efficiency and over-reliance on process output indicators, as well as, or even instead of, improving the lives of children, families and societies. No ethical framework exists at present to act as a check on such drivers. This paper reviews the literature with the aim of considering how best to address this gap. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on a review of innovation in children’s social care, conducted as part of an Economic and Social Research Council-funded project exploring innovation in services for young people exposed to extra-familial risk and harm. Findings This study proposes a new conception of “trustworthy innovation” for the sector that holds innovation in children’s social care to the standards and principles of the code of ethics for social work. This study offers an ethical framework, informed by the interdisciplinary school of organisational ethics, to operationalise this extended definition; the analytic framework guides policymakers and the practice sector to question at every stage of the innovation process whether a particular model is ethically appropriate, as well as practically feasible within a specific context. Implications for local decision-making and national policy are set out, alongside questions raised for future research. Originality/value This paper is the first to offer an ethical framework for innovation in children's social care. The conception of “trustworthy innovation” offers a guide to policymakers and the practice sector, which they can use to ethically test every stage of the innovation process and make decisions about whether a particular model is ethically appropriate, as well as practically feasible within a specific context.

scholarly journals Managing Organisational Ethics: Professionalism, Duty and HR Practitioners

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Segon
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Organisational Ethics ◽  
The Us ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
Compliance Officers ◽  
The Individual

After almost 20 years of researching, teaching and consulting in business and organisational ethics, this emerging field seems to be facing an organisational dilemma. Who should manage the ethics and integrity systems that are slowly being adopted by Australian firms?During consulting engagements with numerous Australian businesses it has become clear that the task of managing ethics and integrity systems, i.e. creation of codes of ethics, ethics committees, information programs, conducting of audits, etc, more often than not seems to be delegated to Human Resources Managers and their Departments. This trend appears to be unique to the Australian setting and contrary to the US where Ethics Officers and Compliance Officers assume this role.The purpose of this paper is to consider the question of who is appropriate to manage the ethics function in the Australian context. A literature review will examine the concept of professionalism and what characteristics and duties qualifies an occupation as a profession. In particular it will identify the role of knowledge and the existence of an organisation or association that regulates and licences the individual to operate as a professional. It will then identify the roles, responsibilities and characteristics of ethics officers so as to determine the knowledge required to undertake this task in an organisation setting.Given the predisposition to delegate this function to Human Resources practitioners in Australian Organisations, a review of formal Postgraduate Human Resources programs at the major Australian Universities will be undertaken. The objective of this task is to determine whether such programs contain any specific ethics content, in particular the creation of codes of ethics, codes of conduct, ethics training and the conducting of ethics audits. This will establish whether Australian Human Resource professions are sufficiently equipped with the knowledge and capabilities required to undertake this function through their formal education.

Vision Actualisation and Spirituality: A Theoretical Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paritosh Mishra ◽  
B. Shukla ◽  
R. Sujatha
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
International Business ◽  
Corporate Scandals ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
Organisational Ethics

As one stretches open the rolled-up scrolls of not-so-distant history, one can see instances of several Corporate scandals having marred the international business firmament over the years. This has led to a heightened recognition of the importance of spirituality, ethics and values in organisational life. The current study presents a theoretical model regarding how spirituality and organisational vision actualisation can coexist and dialectically influence and reinforce each other in a meaningful way and ensure fructification of long term objectives and sustenance of organisations. The model proposes that conceptual ramifications of organisational spirituality are organisational ethics, values and moral standards, which, when practised, give concrete manifestation to augmentation of productivity and lead to growth, fruition of organisational objectives and long-term sustainability of the organisation.

‘Value, values and valued’: a tripod for organisational ethics

2021 ◽  
pp. medethics-2020-106837
Author(s):  
Raj Mohindra
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Organisational Ethics ◽  
Benefit Corporations ◽  
Value Sets ◽  
Moral Frameworks ◽  
Organisational Level

Public benefit corporations are National Health Service, that is, state, entities whose function to provide healthcare in discharge of public duties. If we regard value as the output of such organisations, it seems logical to connect the values of the organisation to the value produced by such organisations. But, on closer examination there are competing underlying logics in play: (1) those based on promoting organisational efficiency and efficacy; and (2) those based on the idea of building service provision around the clinician–patient relationship. Underlying these logics are differing value sets. These clash. Because of the clashing of underlying moral frameworks the connection between values and value becomes hard, if not impossible. This paper argues that (1) the clash in these moral frameworks must be addressed by the organisation rather than between individuals or groups of individuals within the organisation; (2) alloying duties within hybrid professionals submerges but does not resolve these conflicts; (3) one approach could be to impose on the organisation itself an ethical imperative to promote, enhance and protect from deterioration the welfare of the patients; (4) a board ethics committee is a possible organisational structure that could transparently and fairly balance clashes within the competing moral frameworks in a way that could reconcile the competing logics and (5) if such conflicts can be better resolved at the organisational level what the organisation must do to achieve its objectives will become clearer because what needs to be valued would naturally emerge connecting values, value and what is valued.

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