Hugman A-Z of Professional Ethics

Essential Ideas for the Caring Professions
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-31669-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

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If you are looking for an accessible introduction to the essential concepts that define the field of professional ethics, then this is the book for you.Richard Hugman's A-Z of Professional Ethics offers a winning combination of breadth and concision, expertly organised to make usage intuitive and easy. Its simple A-Z structure will help you appreciate the architecture of ethics and give you a vocabulary for ethical debate. Clever cross-referencing allows you to find your own routes through the material as well as signposting interesting connections between different ideas.Unique to this book are its sensitivity to cross-cultural influences and its careful integration of different professional perspectives. These give it outstanding balance and coverage. A rich source of further references, it offers readers an invaluable guide to an increasingly extensive literature.Whatever your field of study or practice (social work, health care, or therapy), this book will prove an enduring source of clarity, insight and reflection.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hugman, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents.- List of figures.- Introduction.- 1. African/Black Ethics.- 2. Altruism.- 3. Autonomy.- 4. Beneficence.- 5. Benevolence.- 6. Care (Duty of).- 7. Care (Ethics of).- 8. Codes of Ethics.- 9. Community.- 10. Compassion.- 11. Competence.- 12. Confidentiality.- 13. Confucian Ethics (Includes Filial Piety).- 14. Consent.- 15. Consequentialism.- 16. Courage.- 17. Deontology (Ethics of Duty).- 18. Dignity.- 19. Discourse Ethics.- 20. Emotion and Moral Sentiment.- 21. Equality.- 22. Ethical Egoism.- 23. Evil.- 24. Existential Ethics.- 25. Fairness.- 26. Feminist Ethics.- 27. Fidelity.- 28. Freedom.- 29. Futility.- 30. Harmony.- 31. Honesty.- 32. Honour.- 33. Human Agency (Includes Self-Determination).- 34. Human Rights.- 35. Indigenous (First Nations) Ethics.- 36. Informed Consent.- 37. Integrity.- 38. Justice (Includes Distributive Justice, Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice).- 39. Liberalism.- 40. Loyalty.- 41. Ma'at.- 42. 'Moral Fluency'.- 43. Non-Maleficence (Non-Malfeasance).- 44. Oppression (Includes Anti-Oppressive Values and Action).- 45. Over Servicing.- 46. Partiality and Impartiality.- 47. Paternalism.- 48. Phronesis (Prudence, Practical Wisdom).- 49. Pluralism (Includes 'Common Morality').- 50. Politics.- 51. Postmodern Ethics.- 52. Power (Includes Empowerment).- 53. Principles (Including 'Principilism').- 54. Relativism (Cultural; Ethical).- 55. Religion and Spirituality.- 56. Respect.- 57. Responsibility.- 58. Service.- 59. Social Justice.- 60. Subjectivism.- 61. Supererogatory (Action).- 62. Sustainability.- 63. Trust.- 64. Truth.- 65. 'Ubuntu'.- 66. Universalism.- 67. Utilitarianism.- (Includes: Rule Utilitarianism, Act Utilitarianism, Ideal Utilitarianism, Preference Utilitarianism).- 68. Values.- 69. Virtue.- 70. Welfare.- 71. Whistle-Blowing.- 72. Wisdom.- Further Reading.- References.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Hugman is Professor of Social Work at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published extensively in the last 20 years and his recent work in this area includes New Approaches in Ethics for the Caring Professions (2005, Palgrave-Macmillan) as well as several journal articles. He also currently serves as the chair of the ethics committee for the International Federation of Social Workers.