The Empirical Quest for Normative Meaning: Introduction and Overview

MUST the empirical study of business ethics and values stand in the shadow of positivism? If so, does that constrain such studies to normatively sterile descriptions of purported facts? And would the methods thus employed fall short of yielding needed normative perspectives on business decisions that occasionally mean life or death, and even more often affect the quality of life, for those who feel their weight? Are the values and ethical principles that lie behind business actions so elusive, so inaccessible, so imprecise that they must remain forever in the shadowy realm of speculation and commonsense opinion, never to be liberated from positivism’s Gulag?

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Quality of life of the youth: assessment methodology development and empirical study in human capital management

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja ◽

10.1080/1331677x.2021.1956361 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Manuela Tvaronavičienė ◽

Nataliia Mazur ◽

Halyna Mishchuk ◽

Yuriy Bilan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Human Capital ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Assessment Methodology ◽

Capital Management ◽

Human Capital Management ◽

Methodology Development

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Ecology and Quality of Life in Urban Slums: An Empirical Study, 2007

Social Change ◽

10.1177/004908570803800109 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 159-161

Author(s):

Bhaswati Das

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Urban Slums

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The Reality of Accessibility in the Public Health Systems

Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch036 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 691-719

Author(s):

Guillermo López Cala ◽

Yolanda María de la Fuente Robles ◽

Rosa María Fernández Alcalá

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Health Centers ◽

The Public ◽

Basic Health ◽

Important Concept ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Information And Communication

This chapter deals with accessibility, a relevant and important concept for every citizen in the improvement of their quality of life in any environment or daily situation. Specifically, an empirical study about accessibility in the public health centers of a Basic Health Area (BHA) of Jaén is carried out. From this study, accessibility deficiencies in health buildings are revealed, and explicit proposals are provided with the aim of improving accessibility in different scopes such as information and communications. The improvement plans based on the use of Technology, Information, and Communication (TIC) tools help sensory disabled users that attend to the Health Center.

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Ethical Aspects of Talking to a Patient

Advances in Medical Education, Research, and Ethics - Organizational Culture and Ethics in Modern Medicine ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9658-7.ch009 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 203-235

Author(s):

Roman Ossowski ◽

Paweł Izdebski

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Medical Personnel ◽

Ethical Principles ◽

Ethical Aspects ◽

Ethical Theories ◽

Results Of Treatment ◽

Modern Physics ◽

The Subject

A very important role in the diagnosing process is played by the conversation with a patient, which should always have a diagnostic-therapeutic character. The subject of interest of this paper are the relations between medical personnel and patients. The chapter aimed to explain the application of main ethical theories in conversation with patients as a diagnostic-therapeutic instrument. As an example, a case study illustrates basic ethical principles of such a conversation. It as an instrument of diagnosis and therapy retained its value despite introducing numerous methods of diagnosis based on the findings of modern physics or electronics. In our view, the conversation should always aim at the benefit of the patient and the results of treatment as well as sustaining patient's subjectivity and hope for achieving a higher quality of life.

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Ethics and the law involving the elderly

10.1093/med/9780198735571.003.0015 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Chris Dodds ◽

Chandra M. Kumar ◽

Frédérique Servin

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Palliative Care ◽

Informed Consent ◽

The Elderly ◽

Outcome Data ◽

Ethical Principles ◽

Assisted Death ◽

The Uk

The role of ethics in the care of the elderly is discussed, and some of the aspects of importance to anaesthesia are reviewed. Ethical principles are commonly viewed as either consequential, where the risk/benefit balance between necessary harm (surgery) provides improved quality of life, or deontological, where it is simply the action that is judged and not the outcome. The lack of individualized outcome data is identified as a major issue for the consequential process. Consent for surgery (and anaesthesia) is described in the context of the UK, but it is applicable worldwide. The validity of informed consent is reviewed against the criteria of competence, lack of duress, and appropriately provided information. The capacity to give consent and the use of legal alternatives such as health attorneys is detailed. Finally, the debate on excellent palliative care rather than assisted death is reviewed.

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