BACKGROUND Empirical-ethical research constitutes a relatively new field which integrates socio-empirical research and normative analysis. As direct inferences from descriptive data to normative conclusions are problematic, an ethical framework is needed to determine the relevance of the empirical data for normative argument. While issues of normative-empirical collaboration and questions of em...

Research on ethical and moral issues in information systems is increasingly recognized as legitimate and important. It raises a number of problems, however, that are often difficult for IS scholars to recognize and address. This paper therefore aims to provide guidance for IS scholars interested in undertaking or evaluating ethics-related research. The guidance is given in the form of questions...

Healthcare organizations (HCOs) often face ethical dilemmas, but ethical principles analogous to those of clinical ethics have not been established to guide resolution of such dilemmas. To date, most progress in business and organizational ethics has been made in developing processes that promote responsible behavior in complex organizations. In this article we offer a normative framework to gu...

it has long been a common goal for both medical educators and ethicists to develop effective methods or programs for medical ethics education. the current lecture-based courses of medical ethics programs in medical schools are demonstrated as insufficient models for training “good doctors’’. in this study, we introduce an innovative program for medical ethics education in an extra-curricular st...

With the continuous improvement of algorithm technology, field news communication has also ushered in a transformation from traditional media to self-media, self-media algorithmic media, and center transmitter recipient. The recommendation mechanism can effectively meet preferences needs users, maximize cohesion between ensure that number customers will not be lost business operations. However,...