Are Codes of Business Ethics Ethical?

Ethical theory, codes of ethics and IS practice

Ethical issues, with respect to computer-based information systems, are important to the individual IS practitioner. These same issues also have an important impact on the moral well-being of organizations and societies. Considerable discussion has taken place in the Information Systems (IS) literature on specific ethical issues, but there is little published work which relates these issues to ...

Are nursing codes of practice ethical?

This article provides a theoretical critique from a particular 'ideal type' ethical perspective of professional codes in general and the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) Code of professional conduct (reprinted on pp. 77-78) in particular. Having outlined a specific 'ideal type' of what ethically informed and aware practice may be, the article exam...

Content analysis of ethical codes written by medical students compared with other codes of medical ethics.

INTRODUCTION Swearing to a medical oath is a common practice in medical schools today. Students at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) participate in an elaborate physician's oath ceremony held in the first year of studies. At this ceremony, students read a code of ethics written by their class, the content of which includes the ethical principles the class as a whole deems signi...

Analysis of Tourism Ethics Indicators and Codes

Background: Modern tourism has caused social, economic and environmental damage, in spite of its positive effects, in order to earn money and profit. One of the reasons for these problems is the lack of respect for ethical issues by tourists. The purpose of this article is to investigate and analyze the indicators and codes of ethical tourism from the viewpoint of tourists in the Ganjnameh tour...

Running Head: BEHAVIOURAL BUSINESS ETHICS Understanding Ethical Behavior and Decision Making in Management: A Behavioural Business Ethics Approach