| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 169 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction The Ethical Crisis; 2 Responsibility and Excuses; 3 Ethical Excuses; 4 Law and Ethics The Different Systems; 5 Defenses The Legal Excuses; 6 The Fallibility of Human Beings; 7 The Informal Moral Codes; 8 The Need to Reformulate Ethical Expectations; 9 The Professional and the Market -- Is Efficiency the Predominant Value; 10 The Responsibility of Others toward the Excuse Giver: The Need for Dialogue; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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 nature of ethical problems in the professions and to suggest ways of solving them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics -- United States.
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Ethics. |
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United States. |
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Responsibility -- United States.
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Responsibility. |
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Excuses.
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Excuses. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McDowell, Banks. Ethics and excuses. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2000 1567203868 (DLC) 99462239 (OCoLC)43246096 |
| ISBN |
0585384231 (electronic book) |
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9780585384238 (electronic book) |
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031300045X (electronic book) |
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9780313000454 (electronic book) |
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1567203868 (alkaline paper) |
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