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Ethics and excuses : the crisis in professional responsibility
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Ethics and excuses : the crisis in professional responsibility

Author: Banks McDowell
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2000.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Banks McDowell
ISBN: 1567203868 9781567203868
OCLC Number: 43246096
Description: ix, 169 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The Ethical Crisis? --
Responsibility and Excuses --
Ethical Excuses --
Law and Ethics: The Different Systems --
Defenses: The Legal Excuses --
The Fallibility of Human Beings --
The Informal Moral Codes --
The Need to Reformulate Ethical Expectations --
The Professional and the Market--Is Efficiency the Predominant Value? --
The Responsibility of Others toward the Excuse Giver: The Need for Dialogue.
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Examines the excuses professionals make when accused of acting unethically, and asks when they are valid and when not. This study of excuses aims to provide a challenging way to think about the  Read more...

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.,."Ethics and Excuses is a thought provoking and stimulating look into a basic, yet overlooked, reality of our day-to-day lives."-Personnel Psychology

 
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