Professional Responsibility

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In a video case study by students of Kansas State University, a younger engineer determines a design is inadequate and needs to be redesigned. His supervisor wants designs done immediately....
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/enggethics#p/u/14/Rwgt-KksSs8

Authors: McNulty, Henry
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Is it ever acceptable for journalists to use deception to gather facts? What if the resulting story uncovers a major social wrong...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/white-lies/

Authors: Winton, Ben
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Can participating in a story ever be justified for a journalist? In this case, the religion reporter of the Phoenix Gazette participated in a peyote ritual with a number of Native Americans when he was told he had the choice of eit...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/lessons-from-an-ancient-spirit/

Authors: O'Connell, Bill
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A journalist discusses changes in how the media covers politics. Relationships between reporters and politicians are no longer relaxed and far more adversarial. The author argues that journalists who spend a career covering governm...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/handling-sources/the-way-things-used-to-be/

Authors: Miraldi, Robert
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A source mistakes a reporter for someone else and provides confidential informalion. Should the information be used?...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/handling-sources/but-i-thought-you-were/

Publication Type: Case Study
Secondary Title: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting
Abstract: The Secretary of the the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, who is a practicing Catholic and is morally opposed to abortion, is put into a position where he is asked to implement a decision made by congress that authorizes...
Year: 1996
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Medicaid%20and%20Abortions.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Most reporters and editors see no harm in “cleaning up” quotes. But how much is too much?...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/handling-sources/the-great-quote-question/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case by students of Kansas State University, an engineer is asked to stamp design plans for a water pipe network that he did not have much involvement with....
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/enggethics#p/u/17/RujS_98n8rE

Authors: Doorn, Neelke
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In the last decades increasing attention is paid to the topic of responsibility in technology development and engineering. The discussion of this topic is often guided by questions related to liability and blameworthiness. Recent di...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9189-3

Authors: Forster, Kathie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The author argues that schools much be ethical communities, and exemplify the best and most promising features of society so they can play a role in the moral education of children. In order for this to happen, teachers should be s...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: We can identify a number of arguments for the claim that scientists, as scientists, have moral responsibilities that lawyers, philosophers and pedestrians don't. Some are arguments from status (for example, from the nature of scienc...
Year: 1995

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Authors: Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This paper has three parts. The first briefly summarizes the professional obligations of dentists and their auxiliaries with respect to patients (or would be patients) with HIV. The second part examines what seem the chief excuses o...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Chrisman, James J. ; Bruton, Garry D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article addresses three primary ethical issues that face academic consultants: objective analysis of data; fiduciary responsibilities, and responsibility to society. We illustrate the complexities and interrelationships among t...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Robison, Wade L. ; Bartlett, Roger W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: Using the accounting profession as an example, the paper explores the problem inherent in being a professional, namely, that individuals take a personal responsibility to achieve the ideals of the profession, occasionally in spite o...
Year: 1996

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Publication Type: Book Chapter
Abstract: This essay discusses how to handles instances in qualitative research when the final results of a study, or the information being reported in a published article upsets the feelings or expectations of a research subject. The author...
Year: 1996

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Authors: D'Anjou, Philippe
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Design Issues
Abstract: The article discusses ethics for designers, in the context of various philosophical traditions. The categorical imperative theory of duty, promulgated by the philosopher Immanuel Kant, is contrasted with the classical conception of ...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1162/desi.2010.26.1.95

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a collection of cases used during the Society for American Archaeology's annual Ethics Bowl. The cases are used in a debate-style competition to explore the ethics of archaeological practice. Cases are available from the 2...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/SAAEthicsBowlCases/tabid/194/Default.aspx

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The scenario examines the case of a conflict between completing a project on time and within budget and respecting the demands of heritage. It raises issues about archaelology, heritage and environment. During the construction of a...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/ancientdilemma.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. Keith Anderson is a tenured associate professor and has recently reduced his research and publication rate considerably and rarely attends professional meetings or reads professional journals. He believes his methodological ski...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case02

Authors: Weil, Vivian
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Can judges make responsible decisions about what scientific evidence is admissible in court? When is expert witnessing unethical? How can courts respect scientific standards while pursuing justice? These are some of the questions th...
Year: 2001

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Authors: Weil, Vivian
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Workshops on Ethical Issues in Engineering
Abstract: This report is a product of the workshops on Ethical Issues in Engineering, presented by the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1979. It contains summaries by the editor of a...
Year: 1980

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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book explores the interplay of virtues, ideas, and moral rules in every day life and the professions. Emphasizing the moral heights which professionals should aspire to in their everyday work, the book chapters focus on differ...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Herkert, Joseph R. ; Weil, Vivian ; Broome, Taft H. ; Davis, Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In practice, engineers often encounter decision-making situations said to be exigent. Such situations are so complex as to deny engineers the reflection required to invoke ethical theories, and so novel as to discourage engineers fr...
Year: 1999
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0054-1

Authors: Hattab, Abdulla Saeed
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Developing World Bioethics
Abstract: The article discusses how changes in how healthcare is delivered have made the classical Hippocratic ethical principles inadequate. Ethical principles that once governed the doctor-patient relationship must now cover a more comple...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8731.2004.00091.x

Authors: Smith, TJ ; Naurato, N
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Biomedical Science Instrumentation
Abstract: Biomedical science and engineering have made rapid advancements in the field of medicine over the past few decades. New ethical problems arising from this technology are influencing biomedical research more and more. It is disturbin...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12724954