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Teaching The Ethical Foundations Of Economics, Jonathan B. Wight
Teaching The Ethical Foundations Of Economics, Jonathan B. Wight
Economics Faculty Publications
Some economists consider their discipline a science, and thereby divorced from messy ethical details, the normative passions of right and wrong. They teach in a moral vacuum, perhaps even advocating economic agents' operating independently and avariciously, asserting that this magically produces the greatest good for society.
Bylaws As Amended By The Board Of Directors, 2003, Society For Values In Higher Education
Bylaws As Amended By The Board Of Directors, 2003, Society For Values In Higher Education
Bylaws / Constitution
Society for Values in Higher Education bylaws as amended by the Board of Directors, February 2003.
Sharing Patient Information Between Professionals: Confidentiality And Ethics, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Ea Mulligan
Sharing Patient Information Between Professionals: Confidentiality And Ethics, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Ea Mulligan
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
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Careful consideration of the ethical implications is required before patient information should be shared without the patient's knowledge.
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Routine and apparently uncontroversial releases of information can be perceived as problematic by patients.
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The ethics of such "ordinary" breaches of confidence can be explored by considering the patient's autonomy, the patient's best interests, and the public interest in preserving or breaching confidentiality.
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Patient autonomy can be supported and ethical problems may be avoided when patients are given as much information as possible about foreseeable information disclosures.