Restoring responsibility : ethics in government, business, and healthcare /

In this important collection of essays Dennis Thompson argues for a more robust conception of responsibility in public life than prevails in contemporary democracies. He suggests that we should stop thinking so much about public ethics in terms of individual vices (such as selfishness or sexual misc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Dennis F. (Dennis Frank), 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Political ethics.
Medical ethics.
Business ethics.
Responsibility.
Professional ethics.
Ethics, Professional
Delivery of Health Care > ethics
Ethics, Institutional
Social Responsibility
Ethics, Medical
Morale politique.
Éthique médicale.
Morale des affaires.
Responsabilité.
Déontologie professionnelle.
professional ethics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Professional ethics
Business ethics
Medical ethics
Political ethics
Responsibility
Medizinische Ethik
Politische Ethik
Wirtschaftsethik
Politieke ethiek.
Bedrijfsethiek.
Medische ethiek.
Verantwoordelijkheid.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Demands of Institutional Politics: 1. The problem of many hands
  • 2. The responsibility of advisers
  • 3. Bureaucracy and democracy
  • 4. Judicial responsibility
  • 5. Representatives in the welfare state
  • Part II. Varieties of Institutional Failure: 6. Democratic secrecy
  • 7. Mediated corruption
  • 8. Election time
  • 9. Hypocrisy and democracy
  • 10. Private life and public office
  • Part III. Extensions of Institutional Responsibility: 11. Restoring distrust
  • 12. The institutional turn in professional ethics
  • 13. Hospital ethics
  • 14. Conflicts of interest in medicine
  • 15. The privatization of business ethics
  • 16. Democratic theory and global society.

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