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...

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Autore principale: Kultgen, John H.
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press 1988.
Serie:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhnqr
Sommario:
  • 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.