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1014051
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b768421
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McDowell, Banks.
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| Title & Author
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Ethics and excuses : : the crisis in professional responsibility /\ Banks McDowell.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Quorum Books,, 2000.
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1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)
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031300045X
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: 0585384231
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: 9780313000454
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: 9780585384238
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1567203868
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index.
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| Contents
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction The Ethical Crisis; 2 Responsibility and Excuses; 3 Ethical Excuses; 4 Law and Ethics The Different Systems; 5 Defenses The Legal Excuses; 6 The Fallibility of Human Beings; 7 The Informal Moral Codes; 8 The Need to Reformulate Ethical Expectations; 9 The Professional and the Market -- Is Efficiency the Predominant Value; 10 The Responsibility of Others toward the Excuse Giver: The Need for Dialogue; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Examines the excuses professionals make when accused of acting unethically, and asks when they are valid and when not. This study of excuses aims to provide a challenging way to think about the nature of ethical problems in the professions and to suggest ways of solving them.
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Ethics-- United States.
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Excuses.
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Responsibility-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Business Ethics.
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Ethics.
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Excuses.
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Responsibility.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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174
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BJ352.M39 2000eb
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