Contemporary Issues in Applied and Professional Ethics

by Marco Grix (Editor), Tim Dare (Editor)

Overview

The latest volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations addresses a range of contemporary issues in applied and professional ethics and explores the unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a pluralistic, free enterprise economy. It is ideally suited to researchers, postgraduates and professionals whose interests include such key issues as tax avoidance, global justice, information sharing and corporate privacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786354440
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/16/2016
Series:	Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations , #15
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Edited by Marco Grix, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Tim Dare, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Editorial Board ix

Introduction xi

Supply and Demand in the Development of Professional Ethics Hugh Breaker 1

How Should the Concept of a Profession Be Understood, and is the Notion of a Practice Helpful in Understanding It? Stephan Millett 29

Transformation: An Examination of the Virtuous Character From the Perspective of Process Philosophy Giuseppe Naimo 41

Model Litigant Guidelines - Current and Emerging Issues Ian H. Gibson 61

Local Action, Global Shame Nicholas Munn 85

Posthumous Donation and Consent Frederick Kroon 103

Altruism and Generosity in Surrogate Motherhood Ruth Walker Liezi Van Zyl 121

Contemporary Issues in the Professionalisation of Child Care in Australia Stephen Kemp 135

Measuring Ethical and Empirical Consequences of De-Institutionalisation Paul Jewell Matthew Dent Ruth Crocker 149

Risky Business - The Ethics of Judging Individuals Based on Group Statistics Vanessa Scholes 169

About the Authors 189