ethics are related to the structure and culture of the society. in addition to specialized ethics for every profession, individuals also hold their own personal beliefs and values. this study aimed to investigate iranian occupational therapists’ perception of ethical practice when working with children. for this purpose, qualitative content analysis was used and semi-structured interviews were ...

Ethical codes such as CASLPA’s Canon of Ethics ensure that clients’ rights are protected over and above what is simply prescribed by law. However, ethical dilemmas often arise in everyday practice for which the canon does not provide specific guidance. For example, is there a moral cost to the quest towards acquiring a better voice or dialect, or “reducing” one’s accent? Four principles of clin...

Many statisticians work with informal codes of ethics, and are probably unaware of the existence or content of rules which have been drawn up to govern statistical practice. Medical statisticians will be aware of codes of conduct for medical research, and most codes of professional ethics have some dependence on evidence. Statisticians, therefore, have a valuable contribution to make to debates...