As part of a larger Machine Ethics Project, we are developing an ethical advisor that provides guidance to health care workers faced with ethical dilemmas. MedEthEx is an implementation of Beauchamp’s and Childress’ Principles of Biomedical Ethics that harnesses machine learning techniques to abstract decision principles from cases in a particular type of dilemma with conflicting prima facie du...

The ethical behavior of information systems personnel remains a key IS management problem in need of attention. Codes of ethics have become important mechanisms for influencing ethical behavior, yet their efficacy has not been proven. The communication and enforcement of codes within an organization are thought to be necessary for ensuring a code’s success in influencing employee behavior. This...

background: ethical values offer a framework for behavior assessment, and nursing values influence nurses’ goals, strategies,and actions. a literature review was adopted in order to determine and define ethical values for nurses. materials and methods: this literature review was conducted based on the centre for reviews and dissemination guidelines. the key words used to search relevant sources...

As complicated an affair as it may be to give a fully acceptable general characterization of professional codes of ethics that will capture every nuance, one theme that has attracted widespread attention portrays them as contrivances whose primary function is to secure certain obligations of professionals to clients, or to the external community.2 In contrast to such an “externalist” characteri...

The Relationship between the Observances of Codes Professional Ethics by Delivery Agents with Women's Perception Pain Natural Childbirth