Ethics and professionalism
John Kultgen explores the ways morality and professional ideals are connected. In assessing the moral impact of professionalism in our society, he examines both the structure and organization of occupations and the ideals and ideology associated with professions.Differing from standard treatments of professional ethics, Ethics and Professionalism recognizes that it is the practices within the professions that determine whether rules and ideals are used as masks for self-interest or for genuinel…
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- Full title :Ethics and professionalism / John Kultgen.
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John Kultgen explores the ways morality and professional ideals are connected. In assessing the moral impact of professionalism in our society, he examines both the structure and organization of occupations and the ideals and ideology associated with professions.Differing from standard treatments of professional ethics, Ethics and Professionalism recognizes that it is the practices within the professions that determine whether rules and ideals are used as masks for self-interest or for genuinely moral purposes.
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- Publication Date:1988.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1988.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 394 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0585172757, 9780585172750, 9780812202540, 0812202546
- oclc:ocm44965675
- LC Classification:BJ1725
- Dewey Decimal:174
Table of Contents
Introduction: Professionalism and morality -- Ethical premises -- Utopian vision and piecemeal reform -- Sociological theories -- The functionalist model -- The cloak of ideology -- The subscapular reality -- Charters, contracts, and covenants -- Reconstitution of institutions -- Professional codes -- Ideals and character -- Paternalism and client autonomy -- The pedagogical imperative -- Professionalism sans professions.
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