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Leading Them to Lady Wisdom: Putting Applied Ethics Courses in Broader Philosophical Context

Authors: Pudner, Kalynne Hackney
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: Many postsecondary institutions now require an ethics course for graduation, typically one in applied ethics. This paper considers how the requirement of such a course can be justified from the institution's perspective, and also fr...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:23

Secrets : on the ethics of concealment and revelation

Authors: Bok, Sissela
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book examines the distinction that can be drawn between secrecy and privacy, why both are needed in many situations, and when secrets are desirable, such as the need to preserve surprise, and situations where secrets can be har...
Year: 1984

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 14:36

Reasonable Optimism

Authors: Caldwell, Peter ; Michael, Michaelis
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The author discusses how many key professions in our societies demand trust of their clients, and why there are good reasons for clients to place their trust in members of these professions. The author discusses why trusting optimis...
Year: 1998

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:31

Environmental ethics today

Authors: Wenz, Peter S.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book gives a wide-ranging introduction to major issues and questions in environmental ethics, including topics such as pollution permits for corporations, medical experimentation on animals, genetic engineering, economic global...
Year: 2001

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:50

The Bioethics of Business: Rethinking the Relationship between Bioethics Consultants and Corporate Clients

Authors: De Vries, Raymond ; Bosk, Charles L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses how bioethics works in the pharmaceutical industry. Narration of mistreatment experienced by George, an employee in a pharmaceutical company; Influence of money on scholarly work and medical advice; Discussion of the ethic...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:35

The Business Ethics of Bioethics Consulting

Authors: Donaldson, Thomas
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the business ethics of bioethics consulting. Conflict of interest of a person; Professional duties of bioethicists; Challenges to the independence of accounting professionals that also have analogous application to bioethi...
Year: 2001

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:36

Jaywalking - What Would You Do?

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While vacationing in a small, sleepy, quiet coastal town in Maine, you take your dog for a walk at the crack of dawn on a Sunday morning. You come to an intersection with a stop light. Looking carefully in all directions you don't s...
Year: 1998
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Jaywalking.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-08 11:07

The philosopher in the workplace

Authors: Elliston, Frederick
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: This paper offers a series of reflections on the movement of philosophy beyond its traditional locus in colleges and universities into business settings. This movement is characterized as a variation on a persistent theme in the we...
Year: 1985
DOI: 10.1007/BF00381775

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-11-30 15:30

Developing and Using Cases to Teach Practical Ethics

Authors: Goldman, Michael ; Philosophy Documentation Center ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Philosophy
Abstract: This article discusses the case study method in teaching practical and professional ethics and gives some guidiance on how to go about developing case studies for use in difference ethics courses, how to uses cases in class, and how...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.5840/teachphil199720445

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-11-30 14:15