Ethical Duty to Investigate Your Client?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Joy
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Duty

Ecological and ethical duty

1996 ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Dionisiy Lyahovych
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
The People

Ecological ethical duty is a kind of philosophical and theological reflection on environmental issues, and at the same time finding the appropriate foundation for environmental ethics. By the term "ethical duty" we mean the search for environmental value, the nature of which would have the effect of inducing the appropriate personal and social behavior and thus influenced the customs and culture of the people.

scholarly journals Kantian Dilemmas? Moral Conflict in Kant’s Ethical Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Timmermann
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Moral Conflict ◽  
Ought Implies Can ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Kant's Ethics ◽  
Explicit Discussion

Abstract: This paper explores the possibility of moral conflict in Kant’s ethics. An analysis of the only explicit discussion of the topic in his published writings confirms that there is no room for genuine moral dilemmas. Conflict is limited to nonconclusive ‘grounds’ of obligation. They arise only in the sphere of ethical duty and, though defeasible, ought to be construed as the result of valid arguments an agent correctly judges to apply in the situation at hand. While it is difficult to determine in theory what makes some of them stronger than others, these ‘grounds’ can account for practical residue in conflict cases and for a plausible form of agent regret. The principle that ‘ought implies can’ survives intact.

scholarly journals The Costs and Labour of Whistleblowing: Bodily Vulnerability and Post-disclosure Survival

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Kenny ◽  
Marianna Fotaki
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Financial Costs ◽  
To Come ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractWhistleblowers are a vital means of protecting society because they provide information about serious wrongdoing. And yet, people who speak up can suffer. Even so, debates on whistleblowing focus on compelling employees to come forward, often overlooking the risk involved. Theoretical understanding of whistleblowers’ post-disclosure experience is weak because tangible and material impacts are poorly understood due partly to a lack of empirical detail on the financial costs of speaking out. To address this, we present findings from a novel empirical study surveying whistleblowers. We demonstrate how whistleblowers who leave their role as a result of speaking out can lose both the financial and temporal resources necessary to redevelop their livelihoods post-disclosure. We also show how associated costs involving significant legal and health expenditure can rise. Based on these insights, our first contribution is to present a new conceptual framing of post-disclosure experiences, drawing on feminist theory, that emphasizes the bodily vulnerability of whistleblowers and their families. Our second contribution repositions whistleblowing as a form of labour defending against precarity, which involves new expenses, takes significant time, and often must be carried out with depleted income. Bringing forth the intersubjective aspect of the whistleblowing experience, our study shows how both the post-disclosure survival of whistleblowers, and their capacity to speak, depend on institutional supports or, in their absence, on personal networks. By reconceptualizing post-disclosure experiences in this way—as material, embodied and intersubjective—practical implications for whistleblower advocacy and policy emerge, alongside contributions to theoretical debates. Reversing typical formulations in business ethics, we turn extant debates on the ethical duty of employees to speak up against wrongdoing on their heads. We argue instead for a responsibility to protect whistleblowers exposed to vulnerability, a duty owed by those upon whose behalf they speak.

Addressing Moral Confusion: Ethics Isn’t Law

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-98
Author(s):  
Jason Brennan ◽  
William English ◽  
John Hasnas ◽  
Peter Jaworski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
The Law ◽  
Compliance With The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Corporate Social

Moral confusion in business ethics and corporate social responsibility often stems from treating ethics and law as if they were the same. Ethics and the law often overlap and sometimes conflict. They are distinct categories. Laws may enforce people’s ethical obligations. But they may also contravene them and require unethical action. Because the law has no independent moral authority, business people are always required to ask themselves whether compliance with the law is the right course of action. When the law prescribes oppressive or unjust conduct, they may have an ethical duty not to obey the law.

Error and Accountability

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-112
Author(s):  
Michael A. Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Just Culture ◽  
Open Disclosure ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Culture Models ◽  
Organizational Accountability

In this chapter we will explore the issues related to individual and organizational accountability for error, particularly when a patient suffers harm that is attributable to physician error. We will review the blameless culture and “just culture” models, as well as related issues of peer-review, regulatory compliance, medicolegal, and ethical aspects of error in this context. We will discuss the ethical duty to provide open disclosure of all errors and lapses directly to patients and their families, regardless of cause (and separated from the issue of blame) and in some circumstances coupled with financial or other compensation for any harm done.

Educate: Don’t punish

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoya Chowdhary ◽  
Falak Chowdhary ◽  
Rubal Gangopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Suicidal Attempts ◽  
Mental Trauma

We all have seen/ experienced incidences of corporal punishment, but most of us don’t see them as something strange/ to question, and yet it makes us feel uncomfortable. In other words; corporal punishment is just one of the wrong ways to discipline a child. In our society, it is a trend that children in school as well as at home are physically punished if they do not conform to the set social behavior. The punishment varies from physical abuse to psychological abuse. A child responds differently to the menace of corporal punishment and the uncontrolled anger of the parent/ teacher, may result in injuries or even death of the child. Children respect and admire adults whether parents/ teachers but these punishments may lead to anger and frustration which diminish the intimacy which the child has towards them and to cope up with the persistent abuse, the child indulges in self-destructive activities like alcohol abuse etc and even suicidal attempts. Chronic abuse of the child leads to a breach of the trust between the child and the parent/ teacher causing effects beyond physical/ mental trauma, there is an erosion of the self-esteem, fear of closeness and ill-conceived attempts to avoid unpleasant reminders of child abuse. The use of corporal punishment is strongly rooted in our society and is passed on through generations. However, this doesn’t mean that corporal punishment is justified. So, putting an end to corporal punishment is our ethical duty.

Pediatric Research and the Return of Individual Research Results

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Avard ◽  
Karine Sénécal ◽  
Parvaz Madadi ◽  
Daniel Sinnett
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Pediatric Research ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Potential Conflict ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Individual Research Results

As a matter of respect for the person, it is considered an ethical duty to offer to return research results to participants where appropriate. Nevertheless, the return of individual research results to participants raises many socio-ethical issues and greater challenges when the participant is a child. This discrepancy arises partly because the return of individual pediatric research results entails a tripartite relationship between researcher, child, and parent(s) and is embroiled in numerous considerations (e.g., acting in the best interest of the child, respect for the person, and respect for the autonomy of the parents/child).Extra caution is required in the pediatric research context because children cannot generally decide (consent) whether they want to be informed of their own research results or whether the results should be disclosed to parents. Children have long been considered a special and vulnerable group, and their parents, as guardians, play a critical role in the consent process. However, with regards to the return of individual research results, this might pose a potential conflict of interest between the current or future desires of the child and those of the parents.

Decisions and Responsibilities at the End of Life: Euthanasia and Clinically Assisted Death

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-245
Author(s):  
Hazel Biggs
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Patient Autonomy ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Assisted Death ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Advanced Medical Technology ◽  
The Absolute

The advent of advanced medical technology and its ability to prolong living and dying has, together with greater patient autonomy, inspired increasing awareness of euthanasia and assisted death. Doctors confronted by distressed patients seeking treatments, which may be construed as euthanasia, can experience a profound moral dilemma that emanates from the conflict between their ethical duty to relieve suffering, and the responsibilities imposed upon them by the law. Respect for individual autonomy is central to modem medical practice; but the absolute endorsement of the patient’s right to autonomy at the end of life may compromise the clinician’s professional and ethical integrity. This paper details the uneasy equilibrium between the rights of patients and the responsibilities of doctors at the end of life.

Legal and Ethical Considerations of Whistleblowing for Engineers

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Ethics Codes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Codes ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Asme Code ◽  
Practical Implications

According to the ethical codes of many engineering professional societies, engineers have an ethical duty to the public. For example, the ASME Code of Ethics states that engineers “shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public.” Licensed engineers (PE’s) have additional legal duties to the public imposed by state licensing agencies. Engineering regulations and ethics codes have been interpreted by many to include the duty to report illegal or unsafe conditions to governmental authorities. This paper investigates whistleblowing as it relates to engineers. This troublesome topic is investigated considering the ethical, legal, and practical implications for engineers who blow the whistle.

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