Many applied or practical ethicists hold that ethical theories have little value in practical ethics. The theories such critics have in mind are probably most often utilitarianism and a Kantian ethics of respect for persons, which I shall refer to as RP theory. This criticism applies to both practical ethics done in the classroom and in other venues, such as professional publication. The critic...

In this paper we explore the connections between ethics and decision theory. In particular, we consider the question of whether decision theory carries with it a bias towards consequentialist ethical theories. We argue that there are plausible versions of the other ethical theories that can be accommodated by “standard” decision theory, but there are also variations of these ethical theories th...

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 ...

Since the turn of century, sociological consumer research has had a strong focus on ordinary, routinised consumption, especially within sustainability context. This approach been welcome alternative when understanding sustainable consumption compared with relying individualistic psychological or identity-communicative approaches. However, shift towards practice theoretical approach, there tende...

We apply a number of ethical theories to ethical concerns an issues arising from the technical ability and practice of performing DNA and human genome sequencing. We identify the scientific facts of DNA and genome sequencing and the related ethical concerns. Subsequently, we attempt to apply relevant ethical theories to these concerns and issues. The ethically issues discussed include privacy, ...

Ethical problems are part of our daily lives. Individuals face ethical dilemmas in all disciplines such as business, medicine, engineering, and computer science. Hence teaching computer ethics became a mandatory course in most computer science curriculums. The syllabus of such a course usually introduces students to ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism or Divine. Most of these th...

Web-based collective intelligence deserves and intends to become a full discipline with its formal framework, tools, measuring instruments, practical applications, and ethical field. As of yet, little attention has been paid to study the ethical dimension of harvesting the collective intelligence via Web-based collaborative systems. The present study aims to develop an ethical framework for the...

The studies reported in Chapters 3, 4, and 6 highlight how individuals across different contexts differ in their implicit assumptions, beliefs, and expectations about what ethical leadership should entail. As argued in Chapter 2, such differences in implicit theories of ethical leadership (IELT) may lead to variability in how these individuals perceive and understand the characteristics and beh...