Ethics and Excuses
Subtitle: The Crisis in Professional Responsibility
Publisher: Quorum Books
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781567203868
Subjects: Business Ethics; Finance & Accounting; Personnel & human resources management; Practical & applied ethics; Professional Ethics; Business / Economics / Finance; Philosophy; Responsibility; Business & Financial; General; Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Ethics; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Excuses; United States
First sentence: There seems to be a growing consensus that our society faces a crisis in professional ethics.
Description: "McDowell looks at excuses that professionals give when accused of acting unethically, and asks, when are they valid and when are they not? Most problems of professional ethics are really problems of compliance, he argues, not ignorance of expectations. Professionals typically know what's expected of them, but social and economic pressures make compliance with professional norms difficult.".

"McDowell maintains that our ethical expectations may need overhauling, given substantial changes that have occurred in how professionals do their work today. They can be easily persuaded that what they are doing is not unethical; it depends on the excuses they give themselves as well as others."--BOOK JACKET.