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Books about ethics, a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Media type. Print. Medical Ethics; or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons is a medical book focused on public health and medical ethics. It was written by English physician Thomas Percival and published in 1803. The book is widely regarded as the first on public health and ethics in ...
History of ethics. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines right and wrong moral behavior, moral concepts (such as justice, virtue, duty) and moral language. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".
A code of practice is adopted by a profession (or by a governmental or non-governmental organization) to regulate that profession. A code of practice may be styled as a code of professional responsibility, which will discuss difficult issues and difficult decisions that will often need to be made, and then provide a clear account of what behavior is considered "ethical" or "correct" or "right ...
Media type. Book. Pages. 64. The Enron Code of Ethics is a 64-page booklet that was published by Enron Corporation, [1] the last known edition of which was in 1 July 2000. [2] The sale of copies of the booklet on eBay has passed into internet folklore. [citation needed] An article in the San Francisco Chronicle for 11 February 2002 reported a ...
Author Danielle Bayard Jackson says the three concepts of support, symmetry and secrecy help women feel close and connected. - Shaniya Clarke. When we meet somebody new — a new woman — and she ...
The Methods of Ethics is a book on ethics first published in 1874 by the English philosopher Henry Sidgwick. [1] The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy indicates that The Methods of Ethics "in many ways marked the culmination of the classical utilitarian tradition." Noted moral and political philosopher John Rawls, writing in the Forward to ...
Professional ethics. A 12th-century Byzantine manuscript of the Hippocratic oath. Professional ethics encompass the personal and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. [ 1] The word professionalism originally applied to vows of a religious order. By no later than the year 1675, the term had seen secular application and was ...