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- Difficulties in Understanding Reactions to Whistleblowing
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Authors: Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: A response to Joan Sieber's article "The Psychology of Whistleblowing."...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0003-4Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:33
- How to Blow the Whistle and Still Have a Career Afterwards
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Authors: Gunsalus, C. K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Filing charges of scientific misconduct can be a risky and dangerous endeavor. This article presents 'rules of conduct' to follow when considering whether to report perceived misconduct, and a 'set of step-by-step procedures' for re...
Year: 1998
URL: http://poynter.indiana.edu/see-ckg1.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20
- Creating an Organizational Awareness of Ethical Responsibility about Information Technology
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Authors: Little, Joyce Currie ; Granger, Mary J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper addresses the urgent need for individuals in corporations to become more knowledgeable about computing technologies and their potential ethical impact ...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0045-3Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20
- The Troublesome Semantics of Conflict of Interest
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Authors: Friedman, Paul J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Ethics & Behavior
Abstract: Article discusses some of the misunderstandings that exist about conflicts of interest due to improper use of terminology. The author describes what is meant by a conflict of interest, when an actual ethical issue is as stake, and ...
Year: 1992
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0204_2Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20
- Applications to the Industrial Sector: Commentary on 'How to Blow the Whistle and Still Have a Career Afterwards'
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Authors: Boisjoly, Roger M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Discussion of some myths and an outline of some consequences experienced by whistle-blowers based on the experience of the government accountability project (GAP) and the writer. A dialog follows explaining some techniques to use an...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0009-yBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:37
- Drinking in the Workplace
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Branch, Inc. has been losing ground to its competitors in recent years. Concerned that substance abuse may be responsible for much of Branch's decline, the company has just adopted a policy that imposes sanctions on those employees ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12515.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 16:14
- Tokenism and Promotion
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: On the face of it, Darnell, Inc. has a strong commitment to affirmative action. Five years ago less than 1% of its professional and managerial staff were women. Now 8% are women. However, few of the women are in senior positions. Pa...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12526.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 10:25
- Bringing in the First Woman or Sunnyvale
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Jim Grimaldi, projects manager in the Sunnyvale division of Universal Corporation, has just learned that in two weeks the headquarters in Los Angeles will be sending him a project engineer, Joan Dreer. Her job will be to supervise s...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12531.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 10:56
- Can You Whistle While You Work?: Commentary on 'How to Blow the Whistle and Still Have a Career Afterwards'
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Authors: Gadlin, Howard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Commentary from the ombudsman at the University of California, Los Angeles about the challenges of being a whistleblower. The author discusses three major factors of organizational life with which whistleblowing policies are often a...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0008-zBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20
- Ethical Aspects of Bribing People in Other Countries
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Authors: Unger, Stephen H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author argues against assumption that individuals and organizations doing business in countries where corruption is prevalent should not be expected to adhere to strict standards of ethical practice. The author looks at the univ...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0020-3Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:41
- The Psychology of Whistleblowing
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Authors: Sieber, Joan E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Whistle-blowing, its antecedents, and its aftermath are complex and varied phenomena. Motivational factors in the perception of alleged misconduct and in the response to such allegations by the accused and the institution are examin...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0002-5Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31
- Bribery: The Concept
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to clarify the concept of bribery and to do this in a way that reveals its underlying normative features. The author discusses why, even in the situation of bribing a ribing a Nazi guard to allow concentrat...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0019-9Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:23
- Conflict of Interest in the Professions
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Authors: Stark, Andrew ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Practical and Professional Ethics Series
Abstract: Covering a vast number of professions - from engineeringing to anthropology- this book provides insights into the structure of conflicts, how and why they are dangerous- and when they are not- and the best ways to escape or manage t...
Year: 2001Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:12
- Communication ethics : methods of analysis
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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Jaksa, James A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: An extremely good introduction to the ethics of communication, as well as including a discussion of how companies and organizations work through decision-making processes. ...
Year: 1994Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:09
- The Moral Status of Loyalty
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Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Series in Applied Ethics
Abstract: This book looks at the moral issue of putting one’s loyalty to his or her company before other moral demands, such as one’s professional judgment and questions of public welfare. Focusing on the issues specific to engineers, the mod...
Year: 1984
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/publication/Moral_status_loyalty_Baron.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 11:47
- Trade Secrets: What Price Loyalty
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Publication Type: Book Chapter
Secondary Title: Ethical Issues in Engineering
Abstract: The article examines the question of industrial loyalty as it relates to trade secrets, and uses a historical case study to show the challenge of preserving the intellectual property of a company in the face of a mobile work force. ...
Year: 1991Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 11:47
- French Engineers: A Case Study for Use in Engineering Ethics
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Authors: Fotheringham, Heather
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This scenario examines the problem of what to do when encountering unacceptable behaviour (drinking during work hours) while working abroad. It raises issues such as moral relativism; safety and risk; whistleblowing and professional...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/frenchengineers.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-16 17:34
- Environmental and Sustainability Ethics in Supply Chain Management
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Authors: Beamon, Benita M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Discusses the responsibility of professional engineers to consider the environmental impacts of products and processes they manage/design, and describes how environmentally conscious supply chain management is an important duty of t...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0043-yBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-21 11:44
- Overcoming Nontechnical Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainable Solutions in Industry
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Authors: Stechel, Ellen ; Kolb, Charles E. ; Peoples, Robert ; Abraham, Martin A. ; Adams, Georjean L. ; Schuster, Darlene S. ; Ramsey, Henry C. ; Satterfield, M. Barclay ; Wood-Black, Frankie ; Garant, Raymond J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Environmental Science & Technology
Abstract: In this article the authors discuss overcoming nontechnical barriers in order to implement sustainable solutions in industry. They suggest that maintaining sustainable practices will require a collaboration of efforts between indust...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1021/es802980jBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-14 14:06
- Just Another Day at the Office: The Ordinariness of Professional Ethics
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Authors: Welch, Don
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article examines some of the efforts that have been made to distinguish the norms and methods of professional ethics from those of "ordinary morality." The author finds unpersuasive arguments for distinctiveness based on the fo...
Year: 1993Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:43
- Professions, Confidentiality, and Moral Uncertainty
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Authors: Lockhart, Ted
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article discusses questions of confidentiality for the professions and tries to answer the question, when should professionals maintain client confidentiality, and when is it more important to protect endangered third parties?...
Year: 1992Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:37
- 'Trust Me! My Hands Are Dirty Also': Institutionalized Corruption and the Competing Codes of Public and Private Ethics
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Authors: Hellsten, Sirkku K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article offers some alternative perspectives on how to conduct more accurate studies on the existence of corruption, how to avid biases in the information on corruption and how to find more efficient ways to fight against corru...
Year: 2003Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:35
- Economic Reasoning and the Environment: What Is Wrong with Free-Market Environmentalism?
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Authors: Gough, Jim
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: There are several serious faults in reasoning committed by those who answer the question "Should an economic distribution determine the primary relationship between human beings and the natural world?" in the affirmative. These mist...
Year: 2003Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:35
- Occupational and Environmental Health: Towards an Environmentally Inclusive Bioethics
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Authors: Fiore, Robin N. ; Fleming, Lora E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Year: 2003Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:33
- Ethics and the Professions in Australia
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Authors: Farrell, Brian J. ; Cobbin, Deirdre M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: Among the traits of a profession, ethics is unexceptionally included. For this paper, a research model of 'mainstreaming' is introduced to ascertain the strength of commitment to an ethics culture by respondents from 47 associations...
Year: 1996Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:33
