Meaningful work : rethinking professional ethics / Mike W. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Mike W., 1946- author.

Series:

Practical and professional ethics series.

Practical and professional ethics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Philosophy.

Work.

Labor--Philosophy.

Labor.

Professional ethics.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Rethinking professional ethics

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. Martin challenges this ""consensus paradigm"" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals, of which many are not mandatory. Using specific examples from a wide range of professions, including medicine, law, high school teaching, journalism, engineering, and ministry, he explores how personal commitments motivate, guide

Contents:

1. Introduction

pt. I. Meaning and Personal Commitments. 2. Meaningful Work. 3. Responsibilities. 4. Voluntary Service

pt. II. Caring and Client Autonomy. 5. Caring about Clients. 6. Professional Distance. 7. Advocacy in Education

pt. III. Shared Responsibility and Authority. 8. Respect for Authority. 9. Whistleblowing. 10. Religion Ethics

pt. IV. Threats to Integrity. 11. Explaining Wrongdoing. 12. Self-Betrayal. 13. Integrity and Integration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988109-X

1-280-47299-5

9786610472994

0-19-535091-X

0-585-35464-2

OCLC:

609831887