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Aim of study: The aim of the study is to determine the professional ethics principles in forest engineering in Turkey and to measure the level of perception of these principles by forest engineers.Area of study: This study covers forest engineers employed in the state and private sector in Turkey.Material and methods: A questionnaire was designed for data collection in the study. The questionnaire includes 8 questions about the personal information of forest engineers and a 5-point Likert scale consisting of 36 items.Main results: The professional ethics principles in forest engineering were determined as “contribution to the development of the profession”; “ecological sensitivity, openness and participation”; “respect for law, society and colleagues”; “public welfare and social responsibility”; “professional solidarity”; “honesty and impartiality”; “professional competence”; “loyalty”; and “local responsibility”.Highlights: In this study, professional ethics principles that will guide forest engineers in their professional activities have been determined. These principles are important in creating suitable conditions that will contribute to forest engineers to perform their professional activities effectively., Çalışmanın amacı: Bu çalışma, Türkiye’de orman mühendisliğinde meslek ahlakı ilkelerinin belirlenmesi ve bu ilkelerin orman mühendisleri tarafından algılanma düzeyinin ölçülmesini amaçlamaktadır.Çalışma alanı: Bu çalışma, Türkiye’de devlette ve özel sektörde istihdam edilen orman mühendislerini kapsamaktadır.Materyal ve yöntem: Çalışmada veri toplama amacıyla sormaca hazırlanmıştır. Sormaca, orman mühendislerinin kişisel bilgilerine yönelik 8 soru ve 36 maddeden oluşan 5’li Likert ölçeğini içermektedir.Temel sonuçlar: Orman mühendisliğinde meslek ahlakı ilkeleri, “mesleğin gelişimine katkı”; “ekolojik duyarlılık, açıklık, katılımcılık”; “hukuka, topluma, meslektaşa saygı”; “kamu yararı ve toplumsal sorumluluk”; “mesleki dayanışma”; “dürüstlük ve tarafsızlık”; “mesleki yeterlilik”; “sadakat”; ve “yerel sorumluluk” olarak belirlenmiştir.Araştırma vurguları: Bu çalışma ile orman mühendislerine mesleki faaliyetlerinde rehberlik edecek meslek ahlakı ilkeleri belirlenmiştir. Bu ilkeler, orman mühendislerinin mesleklerini etkin ve verimli bir şekilde yerine getirmelerine katkı sağlayacak uygun iklimin oluşmasında önem arz etmektedir

For several decades, there have been warnings about certain ethical faults in engineers regarding corruption in different works, which lead to collapses and the death of people, calling engineering into question and affecting the social development of communities. Ethics is an educational responsibility, the ethical debate must take place inside and outside the classroom, since studies carried out in different universities indicate that ethics continues to be a pending subject in engineering programs. This study seeks to contribute to educational innovation for the teaching of ethics in engineering through documentary review and interviews with students and teachers. It was found that the education of ethics in engineering should be included in the curriculum as an important factor in the training of engineers, from a practical dimension, which includes the study of cases, moral dilemmas, and based on problems applied to the environment. Resumen Durante varias décadas, se ha alertado sobre ciertas faltas éticas en ingenieros respecto a corrupción en diferentes obras, que llevan a colapsos y la muerte de personas, poniendo en tela de juicio la ingeniería y afectando el desarrollo social de las comunidades. La ética es una responsabilidad educativa, el debate ético debe darse dentro y fuera del aula, pues estudios realizados en diferentes universidades, indican que la ética sigue siendo una asignatura pendiente en los programas de ingeniería. El presente estudio busca aportar a la innovación educativa para la enseñanza de la ética en la ingeniería a través de revisión documental y entrevistas a estudiantes y profesores. Se encontró que la educación de la ética en la ingeniería debe incluirse en el currículo como un factor importante en la formación de ingenieros, desde una dimensión práctica, que incluya el estudio de casos, dilemas morales, y basada en problemas aplicados al entorno.

The aim of this paper is to draw on John Gregory’s (1724-1773) professional ethics in medicine to provide guidance to physicians for the responsible management of the potentially contested boundary between medicine and religion. The paper provides a philosophical and clinical interpretation of Gregory’s method of argument by persuasion: setting out complementary considerations that together invite agreement. The cumulative effect of this argument by persuasion is that a contested boundary between medicine and religion is not required by the commitment to the evidence-based, scientific practice of medicine. Gregory’s legacy to us is the concept of the profession of medicine as secular, in two senses. As scientific, medicine draws on evidence and not on divinity, transcendent reality, or sacred texts and practices. There is no necessary hostility of evidence-based medicine toward religion and faith communities.

Esta investigación propone una estrategia que motive a transversalizar la ética profesional docente (EPD) en las Licenciaturas de la Universidad Libre, seccional Bogotá, para fortalecer la reflexión y toma de decisiones durante la labor educativa de los futuros docentes. Lo anterior, después de detectar una ausencia (o al menos, la no identificación explícita) del tema en los componentes académicos de los 3 programas académicos. Desde un paradigma postpositivista, se realiza investigación-acción con enfoque cualitativo y alcance propositivo. Se revisa literatura afín con la incorporación transversal de la EPD, la perspectiva Ciencia Ética Humanista con Casa Propia (CEHCP) y los talleres educativos como método de intervención. Además, se diseña y desarrolla un Taller de Ética Profesional Docente en 3 asignaturas de las licenciaturas que ofrece la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. En él se aplica una encuesta y se desarrollan actividades de reflexión y deliberación ética, a partir de preguntas orientadoras y situaciones de análisis que se presentaron a 56 estudiantes. Los docentes de las asignaturas participaron brindando realimentación. Se descubre la favorabilidad para proponer la estrategia pedagógica AVA quedando organizada una ruta para transversalizar la EPD a partir de los criterios: conocimiento, dignidad, interdisciplinariedad, actitud, profesionalismo, relacionamiento y pensamiento crítico. Se invita a usarla como orientación para que el profesorado de las Licenciaturas incorpore el tema desde una perspectiva actualizada, visible y adaptable a cualquier asignatura del plan de estudios. Además, emerge la dignidad humana como otro criterio ético de la estrategia para la formación docente. Universidad Libre Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Maestría en Educación con énfasis en Docencia universitaria This research proposes a strategy that motivates the transversalization of professional teaching ethics (PTE) in the undergraduate programs of the Universidad Libre, Bogotá section, to strengthen reflection and decision making during the educational work of future teachers. The above, after detecting an absence (or at least, the non-explicit identification) of the topic in the academic components of the 3 academic programs. From a post-positivist paradigm, action-research is conducted with a qualitative approach and propositional scope. Related literature is reviewed with the transversal incorporation of the PTE, the perspective of Ethical Humanist Science with a House of One's Own (EHSHO) and educational workshops as a method of intervention. In addition, a Workshop on Professional Teaching Ethics is designed and developed in 3 subjects of the bachelor's degrees offered by the Faculty of Education Sciences. In it, a survey is applied and activities of reflection and ethical deliberation are developed, based on guiding questions and situations of analysis that were presented to 56 students. The teachers of the subjects participated by providing feedback. It is found to be favorable to propose the UVA pedagogical strategy, organizing a route to transversalize the PTE based on the following criteria: knowledge, dignity, interdisciplinarity, attitude, professionalism, relationship and critical thinking. It is invited to be used as a guideline for the faculty to incorporate the subject from an updated perspective, visible and adaptable to any subject of the curriculum. In addition, human dignity emerges as another ethical criterion of the strategy for teacher training.

Рассмотрены вопросы изучения профессиональной культуры представителей помогающих профессий в России с позиции этики добродетели и коммунитаризма А. Макинтайра. Отмечается, что культура помогающих профессий по-разному складывалась в российском обществе: прошла долгий путь становления от гуманистических традиций общины до утилитарных идей финансовой целесообразности помощи нуждающимся при демократическом режиме. Упор в современной (по преимуществу либеральной) этической мысли делается на соблюдение правил и принципов, которые заключаются в нормативно-правовой сфере и профессиональных этических кодексах. Однако при коммунитарном подходе на первом плане находятся фактические добродетельные поступки как проявление одновременно профессиональной и личной культуры специалиста. Данная позиция акцентирует культуру сообществ представителей профессии как ключевой ресурс для разработки новых норм профессиональной этики. Согласно теории у А. Макинтайра профессиональная мораль проявляется в целенаправленных практиках. Результат подобной практики систематически расширяет концепции идеалов и целей профессиональной помощи через выбор специалиста и его поступки при решении этических дилемм. Рассмотренная перспектива видения профессиональной морали в коммунитарной парадигме актуализирует изучение индивидуального и коллективного компонента практики помощи как социокультурного феномена. The author considers the issues of professional culture of representatives of helping professions in Russia from the point of view of the ethics of virtue and communitarianism of A. MаcIntyre. The culture of helping professions has developed differently in Russian society in historical periods: a long way has passed from the humanistic traditions of community assistance to the utilitarian ideas of the financial expediency of helping those in need under a democratic regime. The main emphasis in modern (liberal) ethical thought is on compliance with the rules and principles that are in the regulatory sphere and professional ethical codes. However, with a communitarian approach, actual virtuous actions are at the forefront as a manifestation of both the professional and personal culture of the specialist. This position emphasizes the culture of communities of representatives of the profession as a key resource for the development of new standards of professional ethics. According to the theory considered by A. MаcIntyre, professional morality is manifested in purposeful practices. The result of such a practice systematically expands the concepts of the ideals and goals of professional assistance through the choice of a specialist of his actions in solving ethical dilemmas, as a representative of the professional community. The considered perspective of the classical vision (in the paradigm) of professional morality emphasizes the study of individual and collective as a socio-cultural context for the formation of aid practices as a modern discourse of professional ethics.

This research analyzes the level of social responsibility of undergraduate students in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from several Spanish universities (n=572). This analysis is considered a topic of interest for society which needs citizens who work ethically responsible and committed. Aspect that is especially relevant when it is talking about the teacher's professional work. The methodology used is quantitative, specifically, descriptive-correlational. In the collection of data, the research instrument is the ‘Questionnaire of Social Responsibility of the University’. A descriptive analysis of data is performed; variables that predict the global evaluation of the student's level of social responsibility and a multiple linear regression are explored. Results show very positive values in all dimensions of the questionnaire (commitment to others and the environment, personal discovery of values, social responsibility training and approach to professional practice from social commitment). It is interesting to note that the level of global social responsibility of the student has been significantly associated with high levels of commitment to others and the environment, the personal discovery of values and the formation of social responsibility. Finally, social responsibility is necessary to legitimize the function of higher education and the knowledge it transmits to students.

Abstract. Deception of research participants has long been and remains a hot-button issue in the behavioral sciences. At the same time, the field of psychology is fortunate to have an ethics code to rely on in determining whether and how to use and report on deception of participants. Despite ongoing normative controversies, the smallest common denominator among psychologists is that deception ought to be a last resort – to be used only when there is no other defensible way to study a question or phenomenon. Going beyond previous normative discussions or inquiries into the mere prevalence of deception, we ask the fundamental question whether common practice is compatible with this interpretation of our field’s ethical standards. Findings from an empirical literature review – focusing on the feasibility of nondeceptive alternative procedures and the presence of explicit justifications for the use of deception – demonstrate that there is a notable gap between the last resort interpretation of our ethical standards and common practice in psychological research. The findings are discussed with the aim of identifying viable ways in which researchers, journal editors, and the scientific associations crafting our ethics codes may narrow this gap.

This paper analyzes the professional ethical knowledge of teachers in the use of technologies by teachers in training. It is intended to measure the correct inclusion of technologies in the classroom with the use of the Disciplinary Pedagogical Technological Knowledge model (TPACK). For this, a descriptive exploratory methodological design study was carried out. The instruments used have been the Likert scale questionnaire and the personal interview, organized into four dimensions, which are the self-perception of professional ethical knowledge, ethical knowledge of technology, pedagogical technological ethical knowledge, and disciplinary technological ethical knowledge of the future teachers. The questionnaire has been applied to a sample of 1.051 trainee teachers from a European university in the context of COVID-19 and 822 students participated in the interview. The results show the scarce training in professional ethical knowledge of teachers in training and the importance of addressing this knowledge in the twenty first century, a post-pandemic context. Another of the conclusions is the need to include the ethical component in the TPACK model to achieve correct and ethical use of digital resources in the classroom. This research is sponsored and financed by the Department of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society of the Generalitat Valenciana 2021, and is part of the call for grants from the Program for the Promotion of Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation in the Valencian Community 2021 XX to support and promote the activity of emerging R + D + I groups (DOGV n°8959, 2021). Under this call, the work presented here is the result of the emerging group project (GV/2021/077): The digital gender gap and the TPACK model in teacher training: analysis of digital teacher training, coordinated by Dr. Isabel María Gómez Trigueros (University of Alicante).

The acquisition of content for academic libraries has traditionally focused on achieving value for money within the realities of the existing markets. However, increasingly libraries are looking beyond this to use their position to effect a transformation of academic publishing towards an open, inclusive and sustainable future. This article explores the challenges of putting these principles into practice through the lens of the University of Sheffield Library’s Comprehensive Content Strategy. It argues that librarians should guard against moral superiority and complacency whilst working within colonized and marketized institutions, and advocates for considered, reflective action that appreciates the complicity of the acquisitions librarian’s position. Strategies for taking action are then explored, considering the balance between pragmatic gains and the limitations of a dysfunctional, commercial marketplace. The article concludes the drive for ethical acquisitions within libraries will not have a finite destination and the solution lies partly in taking compromised, pragmatic action but mainly in the encouragement of radical and progressive initiatives outside of existing power structures.

In light of recent managerial oversights such as those connected with the Challenger space shuttle disaster, having executives rely more on their professionals might serve to improve their organization's ethical consciousness. Although the professional record on corporate ethical behavior is by no means exemplary, the functional basis of the professions, especially the support rendered members through their professional associations and codes, is sufficient to make them potential watchdogs of corporate misconduct. The IEEE, for example, has taken steps to defend engineers who, in acting professionally to defend the public interest, are subject to arbitrary reprisals from employers. Executives, however, need to lead in encouraging professionals to follow their best instincts in supporting an ethical position within the enterprise. According to Raelin, three steps executives can take in this regard are (1) raising an ethical consciousness, (2) setting up an ethical process and structure, and (3) institutionalizing the structure. The first step involves a pronouncement from the CEO that the company is forever committed to a free and open exchange of ideas, including discretionary opinions from the professional staff. It also consists of an articulation of social and ethical goals that share the corporate agenda with economic goals. The next steps dictate how the organization goes about meeting those goals and what decision-making procedures and structures are to be adopted in carrying out such a social policy. By institutionalization, professionals and operating managers have incorporated ethical objectives into their day-to-day practice.

Die ethische Orientierung von Pflegenden an einem würdevollen Umgang mit der zu pflegenden Person galt lange Zeit als Hindernis für die Beteiligung an Arbeitskonflikten. Mittlerweile wird teilweise von einer ermächtigenden Wirkung dieses Ethos ausgegangen. Der Artikel geht über solche polarisierten Einschätzungen hinaus, indem er aufzeigt, dass die subjektive und gesellschaftliche Deutung dieses Ethos ein umkämpftes Terrain ist. Es stabilisiert nach wie vor häufig die Einpassung in prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen; in Konflikten kann es aber auch eine kämpferische Deutung erfahren. Um dies analytisch und politisch angemessen zu berücksichtigen, müssen die ethischen Dilemmata des Pflegealltags als kollektive Angelegenheit bearbeitet werden. Dies setzt voraus, dass die Heterogenität der Arbeitenden und der Arbeitskontexte ebenso bedacht werden wie betriebliche Dynamiken und berufliche Traditionen. Zudem braucht es eine Erneuerung gewerkschaftlicher Praxis., For a long time, the ethical orientation of caregivers toward dignified treatment of the person being cared for was considered an obstacle to involvement in work conflicts. In the meantime, an empowering effect of this ethos is partly assumed. This article moves beyond such polarized assessments by demonstrating that the subjective and social interpretation of this ethos is contested terrain. It still often stabilizes fitting into precarious working conditions; but in conflicts, it can also be given a combative interpretation. In order to take this into account in an analytically and politically appropriate way, the ethical dilemmas of everyday nursing have to be dealt with as a collective matter. This requires that the heterogeneity of workers and work contexts be considered as well as workplace dynamics and professional traditions. In addition, a renewal of trade union practice is needed., AIS-Studien

The term “ethics” refers to rules or standards that have been established to govern the conduct of members of a profession. This chapter discusses the various types of unethical conduct and fraud that occur in the profiling community and offers readers an opportunity to learn from specific case examples. Additionally, a code of ethical conduct is provided as a preventative educational measure. Most criminal profilers operate outside of a specific or written code of professional ethics. Consequently, many criminal profilers give expert advice and opinions without having to worry about being held responsible for them. This is made apparent by the fact that there are numerous high-profile cases where the unethical conduct of profilers has resulted in harm to the personal life of a citizen. The problems associated with unethical behavior are not unique to the profiling community, nor are the necessary safeguards beyond reach. There must be practice standards and clear ethical guidelines and these must be understood and enforced. Ethical forensic examiners of every kind have a duty to employ established practice standards and to seek out membership in professional organizations with stern codes of conduct. They also have a duty to inform the community regarding unethical conduct, which acts as a disincentive to those who actively disregard the mandates of ethical professionalism.

In countries with high susceptibility to corruption, internal government auditors play an important role in combating and mitigating the corruption problem. Since corruption is unethical behavior, government internal auditors must have ethical standards if they are to be effective. Research surrounding the processes of ethical decision making has had mixed outcomes. This article examines the effect of corruption awareness in Indonesian society as a whole, and Indonesian organizations in general. Ethical intensity issues are examined, as are the organizational factors that impact on ethical decision-making. Results are mediated by ethical sensitivity and professional skepticism, with the theoretical framework of ethical decision-making being supported. Additional analysis examining the effect of gender, education level and experience on ethical decision-making process is provided.&nbsp

Interaktionsarbeit im Bereich personenbezogener (sozialer) Dienste ist von hohem Engagement, aber auch vielen Belastungen geprägt. Inkonsistente wohlfahrtsstaatliche Rahmenbedingungen sorgen systematisch für Spannungen, die das Personal strapazieren und vielfach in Zustände der Zerrissenheit führen. In Fallstudien aus der Altenpflege und der geförderten Weiterbildung demonstrieren die Autor*innen, dass Emotionen hierbei eine kritische Rolle spielen. Sie zeigen zudem, wie diese Zustände darauf einwirken, mit wem sich die Beschäftigten in welcher Weise verbunden fühlen und wie es um deren Widerstandsbereitschaft bestellt ist. Wie die bestehenden Verhältnisse sich ändern ließen, wird anhand sozialpolitischer Alternativen und Veränderungspotenziale durch neue Formen kollektiver Interessenvertretung diskutiert.

Статья поступила в редакцию 06.12.2022 г. В статье анализируются проблемы этизации журналистики как процесса продвижения журналистского сообщества к согласованному пониманию профессионально-этических императивов в повседневной практике. Представлены распространенные в профессиональной среде фреймы, обозначающие установки журналистов по отношению к профессионально-этическим нормам и возможностям саморегулирования. Описаны обстоятельства, блокирующие этизацию, и обстоятельства, способствующие ее продвижению. The article analyzes the problems of the ethicization of journalism as a process of promoting the journalistic community to a consistent understanding of professional and ethical imperatives in everyday practice. Frames common in the professional environment are presented, indicating the attitudes of journalists in relation to professional and ethical standards and opportunities for self-regulation. The conditions blocking etization and contributing to its promotion are described.

Problem setting. Local government officials should adhere to ethical principles, norms, and rules of official behavior, influencing the creation of a positive image of service in local government bodies. Nowadays, city councils of certain cities concretized ethical norms and rules of behavior of deputies and officials in their ethical codes. Given that such codes aim to influence the increase of citizen trust in a local government body, to ensure the conscientious performance of official duties by deputies and officials, and to regulate the unethical situations, all city councils should develop and implement ethical codes. Recent research and publications analysis. Recent research analysis showed that among domestic scientists who studied ethics of civil servants are O. Antonova, L. Bobko, B. Senyshyn, T. Spodaryk, O. Stanasiuk, T. Vasylevska, O. Drozd, N. Sorokina, Ye. Romanenko. The professional ethics of civil servants was in the focus of the attention of many researchers, such as A. Voitenko, M. Novikova, M. Rudakevych, N. Puhachova, O. Ustymenko, V. Yakobchuk. Malimon and N. Shevchenko stressed the need for adoption of a general code of ethics of civil servants. H. Dzumaheldiieva, I. Serhiienko, L. Serhiienko addressed the issue of forming ethical codes in the system of public administration; however, the issue of creating ethical codes in local government bodies remained beyond the attention of scientists. Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. Given the lack of research on ethical codes at the local level, this article aims to analyze the structure and content of the codes of ethics of deputies and ethical conduct of officials adopted by city councils. Paper main body. Today city councils of Berdychiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kolomyia, Ternopil adopted codes of ethics for deputies. Analyzing them, we can see that their structure is similar. At the beginning of codes, there are general provisions and the main principles that should be followed by deputies at work. The central part contains provisions on the rules of deputy ethics in the city council, at sessions and standing commissions, in the relations with voters. Besides, most codes prescribe rules of conduct for deputies in the relations with political parties, the media, bodies representing other branches of government, inter-fractional relations, meetings with foreign citizens, and stays in other countries, rules of conduct on the Internet.The codes define norms of unacceptable behavior to prevent unethical behavior of deputies. When performing duties, deputies must prevent corruption and conflicts of interest, not abuse resources, receive gifts or benefits. Except for the code of Dnipro city council, the final part of others contains the provisions on the control of their observance by deputies. Although it deals with the reports of violations, the codes do not specify the procedure of consideration, deadlines, and publication of results. The positive side of the ethical codes of deputies of Berdychiv and Vinnytsia city councils is that they define the main concepts used in them, contributing to the correctness of their understanding. Lviv сity сouncil was among the leaders in developing codes of ethical conduct for officials. If we compare its content with Kolomyia and Berdychiv ones, we may note that it is much clear and specific. In particular, it details the moral and ethical principles, standards of behavior of both employees and managers in the performance of their duties, as well as the annex to the code specifies a list of categories of unacceptable behavior according to the nature of violations (abuse of power and resources, interpersonal and professional violations). The approach of city councils to the development of codes of ethics in Ukraine is becoming more balanced. Thus, international and domestic experts were involved in the creation of the draft code of ethical conduct for officials and employees of Lviv City Council, and the officials of the city council, the public, business, and representatives of non-governmental organizations took part in its discussion. Among the innovations of the code was the right of employees to appropriate working conditions, free from harassment, intimidation, threats, blackmail, physical, psychological, financial, bureaucratic, administrative pressure. Besides, the council developed and implemented a notification system for reporting unacceptable behavior. Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. City council codes of ethics play the role of important ethical regulators of the professional conduct of deputies, officials, and employees. They define moral and ethical principles, values, standards, and rules, compliance with which is evidence of a high level of culture and professionalism. Although the unacceptable behavior constitutes an integral part of codes of ethics, the procedure for responding to reports of breaches of conduct is usually unprescribed. A successful example of improving the codes of ethical conduct of officials is the Procedure for receiving, registering, and reviewing reports of its violations, approved by Lviv city council. Today, it is not only important to respond timely to violations of rules of ethical conduct by deputies and officials, but also to prevent its unethical manifestations, in particular by organizing regular trainings on ethical issues aimed at forming expected standards of conduct.

Fetal analysis uses noninvasive and invasive methods to obtain images and tissues for interpretation that supports risk assessment and/or diagnosis of the fetus's condition. This article provides ethically justified, clinically applicable guidance for supporting the pregnant patient's decision making about fetal analysis. Topics include ethical reasoning using key ethical concepts, confidentiality, clarity about the pregnant woman as ultimate decision maker, offering fetal analysis, counseling about results, counseling about accepted maternal-fetal intervention, and counseling about innovation and research on maternal-fetal intervention. Professional ethics is an essential component of counseling pregnant patients about fetal analysis and referral for investigative maternal-fetal intervention.

The ethical operational model developed in SotePeda 24/7 project in 2018-2020 has since its launch been used in continuous learning in social and health care. The model was developed to work as a tool in identification of ethical issues in the digitising operational environment of social and health care, as well as to support ethical evaluation and decision-making. When the ethical operational model is embraced, it results into internalizing the reflective process of the model and increases the ability to face ethical dilemmas in the mode of modus operandi indicating socio-culturally established ways of engaging and of doing things. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the experiences gained of the implementation of the ethical operational model in continuous learning in social and health care. As research methods we apply qualitative evaluation: program theory-based and systems approach. As material of the study, we address the experiences gained from the practical use of the model. Additionally, we scrutinize the ethical operational model as an artefact, as co-constructed object, and make use of the multifaceted data from the time of developing the model. The results of our study indicate that when the ethical operational model has been systematically used in continuous learning, the experiences have been overall positive, increasing awareness and ethical competence of the participants. From the point of view of its systemic impact, the scrutiny of the ethical operational model as an artefact, indicates that the focal constituents embedded enable even those new to the model to engage in it and to develop the content further via reflection. We conclude that the ethical operational model has found its way in active use as means of continuous learning in social and health care. The model may gradually become infused in digital era practices and be vitally present in action as modus operandi.

Individual performance is measured by a person's contribution to attaining this objective, whereas public organisation performance is measured by goals achieved in accordance with its mission statements. Positive individual behaviour is important for positive life outcomes, such as professional ethics. Individuals with strong integrity between their psychological (spiritual) and physical (physical) functions are one of the determinants of individual performance in organisations. Integrity is a promise to do everything in line with right and ethical principles, as well as values and standards, and there is consistency in continuing to make these commitments in every scenario without seeing any chance or coercion to break them. Individual integrity and performance are strongly influenced by the person-environment fit (person-job fit and person-organization fit). Due to the several corruption cases in Malaysia, the impacts of person-environment fit (person-job fit and person-organization fit) on individual integrity and performance of public sector personnel are investigated in this study. The suggested model was tested using partial least squares on a sample of 214 public sector employees in Penang. Integrity and individual performance is positively influenced by both person-job fit and person-organization fit, with person-organization fit having a stronger effect. Furthermore, the moderating effects of Public Service Motivation in the relationship between person-environment fit and the integrity and individual performance are not significant. As a result, it is critical to design strategies and implement suitable organisational environments in order to successfully raise the integrity and performance levels of public sector employees/

Auditor independence is one of the most important attributes of audit professional ethics. This article delivers a full insight into the perception of auditors about independence in the auditing activities in Vietnam. The article approaches from the auditor's perception in the actual working environment. The article uses a mixed approach based on the experimental methodology. The article uses the archival research method and group discussions method to analyze and assess the research problems and verify by experimental data. The article takes the group discussions with experts and surveys 300 directors, auditors, auditor assistants who are working in 70 auditing firms. The results show that perception of independence is affected by moral awareness, working environment, and professional Association. Factors affecting auditors’ independence from moral awareness of auditor include perception of utilitarianism, perception of deontology; perception of egoism. Factors affecting auditor’s independence from working environment: business philosophy, management practices. Factors relating to the professional association as orientation, supervision, risk of audit practice. In particular, factors relating to the risk of audit practice do not promote the preservation of auditor independence due to the low litigation risks in the Vietnamese auditing environment while the remaining factors motivate auditors to increase their independence. The article implies that the auditors, the audit firms, and the Association of Certified Public Accountants should possess appropriate orientations and policies to raise the perception of auditor independence. Thereby, auditors will improve their attitude and behavior to ensure independence.

Based on the concept adopted by the Russian legislator in the field of bioethics, the articleanalyzes aspects of the formation of moral and ethical regulations as a subject of legal regulation, a historical review of the features of the perception by the individual and society of ethical norms as criteria for self-restraint of the possibility of choosing options for lawful or unlawful behavioris given. The transformation of law from the age of enlightenment to the era of return to ethical institutions is shown both in the historical periods of the outgoing era and in the examples of negative law-making of contemporaries, in order to leave the norms of ethics outside the national order.The traditional explanation of the dominance of such an approach to the legal regulation of ethical institutions is reduced to the absence of objects of legal support due to the fact that ethics is not a legal, but a moral one. De facto ethical norms are introduced into the modern legal order of the Russian Federation at the level of law enforcement activities, for example, through the adoption of Codes of Professional Ethics. The expediency of formation in Russia of the National Council on Bioethics and Biosafety is substantiated.

The way communicable diseases do spread from one person to another, depending upon the specific disease or causative infectious agent. Out of these diseases, some are incurable and the health care workers during their practice or otherwise acquire such infections and transmit them further to innocent patients who are unaware of about the health status of health care workers. The rights of an infected health care worker and patients are protected by many laws but in case of conflict of interests between the individual right of the health care worker and life of a patient, then obviously by the principle of natural justice, saving the life of a person from such incurable infection gets the privilege. Therefore, there is a lot of ethical and professional dilemma, arising out, in such a type of scenario, irrespective of concealed or disclosed health status and the question mark is raised on whether clinical practice may be allowed in such cases. Some of the studies show the actual but very little risk of transmission from infected health care workers to patients. Therefore, in the current scenario, many western countries such as USA and UK are following different guidelines in this regard but the same is lacking in India. So, this article critically analyses the various issues arising out of it and thereby justifies the need to have a uniform infection control policy in this regard apart from legal and ethical binding on infected health care workers.

Background: Recently, a singular survey titled “Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals,” which addresses shortcomings of previous instruments, has been validated. Aim: To determine how moral distress affects nurses and physicians differently across the various wards of a community hospital. Participant and research context: We distributed a self-administered, validated survey titled “Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals” to all nurses and physicians in the medical/surgical ward, telemetry ward, intensive care units, and emergency rooms of a community hospital. Findings: A total of 101 surveys were included in the study. The mean Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals score for all respondents was 143.0 (standard deviation = 79.8). The mean Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals score was 1.75 greater for nurses than for physicians (92.5 vs 161.5, p < .001), and nurses were 2.52 times more likely to consider leaving their position due to moral distress (68% vs 27%). The mean Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals score for moral distress was least prevalent in the medical/surgical ward (92.5, SD = 38.2) and highest in the telemetry ward (197.7, SD = 83.6). The intensive care unit ward had a mean Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals score mildly greater than the emergency room. Ethical considerations: No participant identifying information or information connecting a survey response to an individual was collected. This study was approved by the Raritan Bay Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board. Discussion: This study provides insight into the level of moral distress in the community hospital setting. Telemetry nurses experience significantly more than nurses in other wards. Telemetry nurses typically manage patients sicker than medical/surgical wards, however do not have the resources of the critical care units. This scenario presents challenges for telemetry nurses and may explain their elevated moral distress. Conclusion: In community hospitals, telemetry nurses experience a considerably greater amount of moral distress compared to their colleagues in other wards. As measured by the Measure of Moral Distress—Healthcare Professionals questionnaire, moral distress continues to be higher among nurses compared to physicians.

BackgroundEthical principles applied in organizations can broaden individual and corporate priorities beyond profit and shareholder enrichment. Ethical factors may influence leaders to make sound decisions to protect the organization from unethical behavior. The present research seeks to investigate the effects of managers' professional ethics on decision-making strategies regarding the role of the capacity of information management systems capacity in the managers of Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch.MethodThe present study is a descriptive-comparative study. The population in this study is determined to be a group of managers of Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch concluding 111 individuals. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires of professional ethics, decision-making strategies, and information systems capacity. The sample size was obtained utilizing the Cochran's formula and the data collection was performed using simple stratified random sampling method. SPSS and Smart PLS were used to analyze the statistics and the structural equation modeling method was used to answer the research hypotheses.ResultsThe results showed that managers’ professional ethics has an impact on decision-making strategies, but information systems capacity does not modify the influence of managers’ professional ethics on decision-making strategies.ConclusionProfessional ethics affects decision-making strategies at Mashhad Islamic Azad University. Therefore, observance of ethical issues in the organization, especially in dealing with managers with employees is a need and respect should always be considered so that the employees feel more committed to their work and organization.

This study aims to examine the relationship between KAP Quality Control System with professional ethics and professional skepticism of auditor in carrying out the profession as a professional accountant. The research method used includes correlational research. The study population was the auditor of KAP in Indonesia, amounting to 96 respondents. The data collection technique uses primary data in the form of a questionnaire distributed online. The results of this study indicate that the Public Accountant Firm's Quality Control System has a positive relationship with professional ethics and professional skepticism of auditor. The importance of implementing the Quality Control System in KAP to be more effective in controlling quality service results and understanding professional ethics and high skepticism in carrying out professional duties for auditor. This research is expected to be a reference for public accounting firms in improving performance and creating a good work environment for auditor.

At the national “Two Sessions” in 2017, Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that the soul of quality lies in ingenuity. Therefore, it is necessary to vigorously carry forward the craftsman’s spirit, cultivate the craftsman culture, abide by professional ethics, advocate excellence, as well as cultivate more “Chinese craftsmen.” Craftsman’s spirit is the essential core quality of the students in vocational schools as well as the core link and goal of education and teaching in vocational colleges.

Seeing today's developments, young Indonesians are not just children who grow up and gain knowledge in the classroom. There are many ways so that they can upgrade their knowledge, for example by watching Youtube channels, taking online courses for free and so on. In addition to the methods mentioned above, schools can actually partner with other parties such as universities, where lecturers on campus provide training and tutorials related to appropriate materials for school children. Lecturers do not need to teach theoretical anymore but are able to provide training such as honing public speaking skills and understanding professional ethics at work. Why is it important for vocational students to learn this? No wonder there are still many young people who stutter and get nervous when speaking in front of many people. Then how will they face the world of work if they have graduated from school but this ability has not been honed? Apart from this, students also do not understand what the basic ethics are when working professionally. Therefore, this training is expected to be able to make students practice their public speaking skills in real terms, not only behind the training stage. Students are convinced to be able to deal with audiences or interlocutors well and confidently and of course demonstrate ethical values ​​when working in an agency, both with the environment within the company and outside. This training is part of community service activities from Lecturers of the Faculty of Communication, Sahid University, Jakarta. The activity was held by online in August 2021.

The article is devoted to the study of modern international standards in the field of judicial proceedings and the status of judges, which contain provisions on the introduction of special anti-corruption judicial bodies, the formation of the judicial corps and the administration of justice by these courts. The methodological basis of research is a set of general scientific and special methods, in particular, dialectical, formal-logical, comparative-legal and other methods. As a result of the study, the description of modern international standards in the field of judicial proceedings and the status of judges, which contain provisions for the introduction of special anti-corruption judicial bodies, the formation of the judicial corps and the administration of justice by these courts, is provided. It is noted that the rapid implementation of international standards in the national legislation and consistent application in law enforcement practice will help to restore the citizens' confidence in the judicial system, strengthen the authority of the judiciary, establish high criteria of competence, professional ethics and integrity, and effectively implement a specialized anti-corruption court in Ukraine.

This study examines the centrality of ethics within editorials published in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ professional journal, CA Magazine, over the 1912 to 2010 period. Starting from the twin assumptions that editorials speak about appropriate professional behavior using a variety of words such as ‘ethics,’ ‘conduct,’ and ‘codes,’ and that appropriate professional behavior is situational, we use topic modeling techniques to identify these dimensions of ethical discourse. We then use social network analysis methods to map the position and centrality of ethics within the editorials across time. The results show that enunciations about appropriate professional conduct are broader than simply enunciations using the word ‘ethics’. The results also highlight that ethical utterances become more central, not less central, over time.

The article is devoted to the study of concepts, features of professional ethics of civil servants. Civil service as a specific type of public service has peculiarities of ethical norms that civil servants must adhere to in the performance of their professional duties. The lack of a unified approach to the doctrinal definition of the term “professional ethics of a civil servant” also determines the relevance of the study. Different definitions of the concept of professional ethics of civil servants are analyzed. Professional morality of civil servants is the features of moral consciousness, behavior of civil servants, relationships with other persons, which are due to civil service activities. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the definition of moral and ethical principles of behavior of civil servants is impossible without taking into account the peculiarities of the civil service and the place of the civil servant in public activities. Civil servants have a special social purpose, goals, objectives, which are due to the peculiarities of their professional activities. It was found that there are features of the activities of civil servants depends on their types. According to species and genus classifications, ethical standards of conduct are distinguished depends on the field of civil service. It is concluded that civil servants in their professions have the potential conflicts, difficult situations, corruption risks, which requires not only professional (business), psychological qualities, educational level, but also moral qualities. In the performance of their duties civil servants must be aware that they are obliged to serve the people of Ukraine faithfully and to carry the title of civil servant with dignity. It is proposed to understand the professional ethics of civil servants as a system of moral and legal requirements, principles that must be followed by civil servants in performing the tasks and functions of the state on a professional basis. Professional ethics of certain groups of civil servants reflects the specific and generic peculiarity of the civil service, which should be taken into account in the relevant regulations of ethical conduct of civil servants and in developing theoretical provisions of ethics of professional groups of civil servants.

In the focus of the article are different views of French media representatives on the appropriateness of the Council for Deontology and Mediation, founded in France in December 2019. Te Council positions itself as an independent structure that carries out the functions of self-regulation (within the profession), and co-regulation (between journalists and audience) in the feld of mass media based on French and international codes of journalism ethics. Te Council considers mass media audience complaints about journalists’ violation of professional ethics and acts as an intermediary in resolving information disputes between journalists, publishers and the audience.Te main goal of the Council on Deontology and Mediation is to restore the audience’s trust in mass media and create a culture of honest journalism. However, its establishment and activities provoked a ferce debate in the French journalism community, splitting it into two camps. Te opponents, who happened to be in the majority, do not recognize the legitimacy of the Council and refuse to work with it.In this respect, the article examines the following issues: a brief history of French and international codes of journalism ethics; the reasons of the crisis of trust to traditional media; the political context in which the Council for Deontology and Mediation emerged; the Council’s structure and functions; arguments put for and against its activities; analysis of two cases that illustrate its activities.Te article is based on materials taken from traditional French media: Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Les Échos, L’Express, La Croix; online media: Médiapart and Contexte, as well as TV interviews with media representatives.

Wudneh Simegn,1 Berhanemeskel Weldegerima,1 Alem Endeshaw,1 Gashaw Sisay,2 Abdulwase Mohammed,2 Dawit Wondimsigegn,1 Henok Dagne3 1Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara Region, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Wudneh SimegnDepartment of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Amhara Region, EthiopiaTel +251 918161950Email wudusim@gmail.comPurpose: The objective of this study was to assess the attitude and perception of community pharmacy professionals’ towards ethical issues.Methods: We have undertaken a cross-sectional study among community pharmacy professionals in three selected towns (Gondar, Bahir Dar, and Debra Markos) of Amhara region in Ethiopia from February to March 2020. All community pharmacy professionals who were giving services during the data collection period were the study population. We used a pretested, semi-structured questionnaire developed from a review of previous study. Epi-info 7.1 was used for data entry, and SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis. Logistic regression was done, and a variable with a p-value < 0.05 with 95% confidence interval was considered to be associated with outcome variable.Results: A total of 305 community pharmacy professionals participated in the study with a response rate of 95.3%. About 252 (82.6%) of respondents received education regarding professional ethics. Majority (89.8%) of the participants had ever accessed ethical information at their work site. Only 145 (47.5%) participants had ever recorded ethical issues in their working site. The most common reasons that obstruct to explain ethical issues to customers were shortage of time (85.9%), unavailability of reliable resources (40.0%), and poor ethical knowledge (37.7%). The reporting rate of respondents is less than 50% for most ethical scenarios. Sex, age, educational status, work experience, number of customers per day, working site, information about ethics, and training about ethics were observed to have a significant association with attitude and perception of community pharmacy professionals towards ethical issues.Conclusion: Community pharmacy professionals had poor attitude and perception towards ethical issues. Interventions should be devised to uphold ethical awareness of community pharmacy professionals. A large-scale study is also recommended.Keywords: attitude and perception, community pharmacy professionals, ethical issues, ethical scenarios

Background: A small minority of nurses are investigated when they fail to meet the required professional standards. Unprofessional conduct does not just affect the nurse but also patients, colleagues and managers. However, it has not been clearly defined. Objective: The objective was to identify unprofessional conduct by registered nurses by examining disciplinary decisions by a national regulator. Design: A retrospective document analysis. Data and research context: Disciplinary decisions delivered to 204 registered nurses by the Finnish national regulatory authority from 2007 to 2016. The data were analysed with quantitative statistics. Ethical consideration: The study received permission from the Finnish National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health and used confidential documents that were supplied on the basis of complete anonymity and confidentiality. Findings: The mean age of the registered nurses who were disciplined was 44 years and 81% were female. Two-thirds had worked for their employer for 5 years or less, 53% had two or more employers and 18% had a criminal history. All the decisions included a primary reason for why the nurses were investigated, but there were also 479 coexisting reasons. In most cases, unprofessional conduct was connected to substance abuse (96%). In addition, stealing of medicine, a decreased ability to work and neglect of nursing guidelines were reported. Discussion: We found that the nurses were investigated for unprofessional conduct for complex combinations of primary and coexisting reasons. Our study highlighted that more attention needs to be paid to the key markers for unprofessional conduct. Conclusion: Unprofessional conduct is a complex phenomenon that is connected to nurses’ individual and working backgrounds and has an impact on their work performance. More research is needed to identify how nursing communities can detect, manage and limit the serious effects and consequences of unprofessional conduct.

The article analyzes some problems of creating the image of a healthcare institution in the modern concept of public governance. It is substantiated that the need for image formation is connected both with the deepening of the crisis in the healthcare system and with the global general processes in the modern world to ensure effective social interaction. The issue of forming the image of a healthcare institution in the context of the role of public relations to create a positive image through adherence to ethical norms and principles, ensuring transparency and trust is considered. It has been proven that healthcare facilities need systematic public relations activities to ensure two-way communication between society and the organization, to promote a strong image and culture of health care facilities in the paradigm of the modern concept of public governance. The aim of the article is to analyze some problems of creating the image of a healthcare institution as a multifaceted component in the modern concept of public governance. The methodological basis of the study is a set of methods for collecting, analyzing and processing factual and empirical information, including methods of general scientific, comparative, analysis of foreign and domestic sources. The practical significance of the obtained results is that they can be used by a wide range of specialists and scientists in the field of public governance to solve the complex problem of professional ethics in planning modern programs for shaping the image of healthcare institution. Public governance is a basic concept of public administration that brings together and coordinates government and governance structures and all relevant stakeholders to ensure reforms to improve the living conditions of all citizens and fosters cross-sectoral collaboration to promote human development. Modern rethinking and detailed elaboration require profound changes that are taking place in the medical field. Only an understanding of these processes makes it possible to build a positive image of the healthcare institution.

Money laundering is one of the biggest and the fastest growing problems in the contemporary world. It is seen that in legitimate economy most of the dirty money i.e. 38.6% comes from the investment fraudulent schemes, bankruptcy fraud and corporate frauds whereas, 27.5% comes from drug trafficking. This rising trend of money laundering and other financial frauds are due to several reasons, which include the activities in businesses that do not comply with professional ethics. The current research is a qualitative research that has used secondary data to derive the results. Because the study followed a deductive approach, the results of the study have been derived by utilising the existing theories and established data from published literature and different reports. The analysis of the obtained data has been conducted in the form of content analysis to attain the objectives of the current study. The findings of the study suggest that the international organisations have taken several steps to ensure the reduction of money laundering by imposing several unified acts based on the Vienna Convention and the Palermo Convention. It has also been found that ethically compliant professional activities also play an integral part against money laundering. Some of these activities have been reported as forming strong codes of conduct for monetary operations, informing the bad repercussions of participating in money laundering activities, and having proper control and management strategies in position that can have adequate monitoring on institutional improper conduct. The study recommends that every state should have regulated and monitored free trade zones as they are often used as the cornerstone of money laundering. Moreover, a centralised reporting system of the financial institutions have also been recommended, alongside the establishment of a regulatory body for the lawyers and accountants.

The exposure of healthcare professionals to (un)ethical situations starts in the educational institution, and the first serious cases occur during internships. The aim of the current study is to investigate the problems and causes (concerning unethical situations) related to students’ perception of ethics in the study and practice environment and to describe the awareness of Tallinn Health Care College’s students of professional ethics and the use of existing support systems in solving unethical problems.The findings indicated the importance of ethical communication and behaviour by all respondents. Empathy, ethical feedback, and confidentiality were perceived to be an integral part of ethical standards within the study and training environment. Respondents pointed out that ethical issues may occur not only between a health care professional and a patient, but also between a health care professional and doctor, supervisor, or teacher. A practical approach to ethical decision-making integrated into professional training has been assessed by all respondents.

This research investigates Finnish teachers' personal worldviews, by focusing on understanding what kinds of approaches teachers use concerning the visibility of their personal worldviews in an educational context. This issue is discussed in the light of teachers' professional autonomy and ethics, since these are two fundamental dimensions of teacher professionalism that are discussed a lot. The research was conducted using a qualitative attitude approach, and included interviews (N = 20) from Finnish in-service basic education class teachers. The results show that teachers use three different approaches where their personal worldview and its visibility in their work are concerned. When reflecting on worldview questions, there was uncertainty about balancing between practicing teacher autonomy and following teachers' official responsibilities. Teachers' personal worldview expressions were limited to the institutional worldview, which means in practice adopting norms and language of the worldview majority, and professional ethics was highlighted even more than autonomy when reflecting on the visibility of worldviews.

This article’s point of departure is the normative position that nurturing the ethical behaviour of teacher trainees requires something beyond masterly of a professional code of ethics. Although a codified professional code of conduct, as a form of deontological ethics, might be helpful in ushering teacher trainees into the teaching profession by explaining expected norms of behaviour, it is associated with certain critical weaknesses. This article argues for the complementarity of virtue ethics, which emphasises the interrelatedness of agents and commitment to the professional code of conduct and other institutionalised social values. Related teacher education management implications are highlighted.

Professional ethics has not been a major focus in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology—in comparison with our study of unethical behavior in organizations. Consequently, we know very little about ethical situations actually faced by I-O psychologists. This article presents and tests a structural perspective on understanding the nature of ethical dilemmas that can facilitate such study. A taxonomy of five paradigmatic forms of ethical dilemmas is defined and placed in a theoretical context. Narrative descriptions of 292 ethical situations were obtained from a sample of 228 professional members of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) in the United States and were used to empirically test the taxonomy. The narratives were content analyzed for form of dilemma, work domain of occurrence, relevance to human resource administration concerns, and favorability of the situation’s resolution. The work domains that were most problematic were academic research/publication activities, individual assessment/assessment centers, consulting issues regarding the client, and academic supervising/mentoring. There were no significant differences as a function of respondents’ sex, seniority, or professional membership status (member/fellow). This relatively “content free” structural aspect of ethical dilemmas enables comparisons across different domains (of professions, organizations, demographic groups, age cohorts, etc.) in which the overt idiosyncratic ethical problems experienced are not commensurable. Similarly, it can yield interpretable longitudinal comparisons despite changes in the manifestations of ethical problems encountered over time.

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted psychological services across the United States. In recent years, there has been research and discussion regarding the provision of telehealth services but little research on remote psychological assessments involving children and adolescents. However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many psychologists and neuropsychologists have had to shift to a remote assessment format. Given the rapid transition to telehealth and teleneuropsychological assessment, several organizations including the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Inter Organizational Practice Committee (IOPC) published a series of guidelines for clinicians. The article presents a brief review of current research on remote pediatric psychological assessments and professional and ethical practices developed by the APA and IOPC as well as a model of practice, based on these recommendations, for teleneuropsychological assessment in a large children's hospital. In addition, we present practical professional and ethical issues that were addressed in our rapid rollout of teleneuropsychological assessments since March 2020. We also discuss future directions for research that integrates professional best practices with the ever-changing landscape of remote neuropsychological assessment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement Clinical Impact Statement -This article describes the approach one pediatric neuropsychology department has taken to conduct evaluations through telehealth. A detailed systematic approach to pediatric teleneuropsychological evaluations from provider to patient homes is outlined, and professional and ethical practices developed by professional organizations are summarized. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

Undergraduate students start the acquisition of a professional identity, and begin to achieve professional values and consciousness of an ethical behavior as future health professionals. The aim of this study was describe professional values and perception of knowledge regarding professional ethics of physical therapy students. A cross-sectional study was performed. A total of 351 students participated in the study. Professional values and perception of knowledge regarding professional ethics were assessed. Ethical approval was obtained from the University Ethics Review Board. The most important value was equity, while the least one was abnegation. The second educational year showed higher scores in importance of scientific quality (P = .010 vs first year), the third year in respect for life (P = .041 vs first year, respectively), and the fourth year in respect to patient's autonomy (P = .033 vs first year). First-year students showed lower scores in perception of knowledge regarding professional ethics (P.001 vs second, third, and fourth year), while second-year students had higher scores (P.001 vs first and third; P = .006 vs fourth year) and no differences between third- and fourth-year students were found. Those professional values highly considered by the students were mainly shared professional values, with equity ranked highest and abnegation lowest. Furthermore, second-year students had a well-established perception of knowledge regarding professional ethics, showing significant higher scores when compared to the rest of the educational years. This is the first cross-sectional study that describes these variables among physical therapy students and it is a starting point for future. Physical therapy educators might want to take into account these findings when teaching and guiding students in developing awareness for their professional values and perception of knowledge regarding professional ethics.

Cette réflexion porte sur la problématique de la violence conjugale dans les communautés ethnoculturelles. Nos propos visent à faire la lumière sur certaines approches ou pratiques d’intervention peu adaptées aux besoins et aux attentes des communautés ethnoculturelles, tout en proposant de nouvelles avenues pour bonifier la prévention et l’intervention directe. Dans cet article, nous réitérons également la pertinence de s’approprier une démarche éthique en contexte de pratique comme moyen permettant aux intervenantes de se doter d’un esprit critique et analytique face à la complexité des situations rencontrées., This reflection focuses on the issue of intimate partner violence in ethnocultural communities. Our comments aim to shed light on certain approaches and/or intervention practices that are poorly adapted to the needs and expectations of ethnocultural communities while proposing new avenues to improve prevention and direct intervention. In this article, we also reiterate the relevance of appropriating an ethical approach in a practice context as a means of enabling practitioners to acquire a critical and analytical mind in the face of the complexity of the situations encountered.

Background: With increased patient-centred care, pharmacists are often faced with ethical dilemmas and expected to provide solutions for practice dilemmas, relying on ethical judgment, principles of professional ethics, standards of practice, and moral reasoning capabilities. Pharmacists need to be competent in ethical decision-making which will enable them to act in a morally preferable and justifiable manner with patients. Literature has shown that moral reasoning skills are teachable and measurable competencies in healthcare. Objective: To evaluate the impact of implementing a vertically integrated teaching approach in ethical decision-making (VIT-EDM), on moral reasoning capabilities of pharmacy students as they progressed from year-one (pre-exposure to teaching intervention) to final year (post-intervention) of pharmacy studies, using the Professional Ethics in Pharmacy test (PEP) as a surrogate measure of moral reasoning capabilities. Methods: Cross-sectional, parallel cohort, comparison study, using PEP. A de-identified electronic survey link was emailed to enrolled students in each targeted cohort. Descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted using SPSS. Results: Fourth-year students’ confidence measures were significantly higher in decision-making. Furthermore, students’ decision-making and moral reasoning measures were higher in fourth-year students. They generally demonstrated moral reasoning capabilities belonging to stage four of moral reasoning levels, which is related to benefitting patients while respecting authorities and legal requirements. However, the difference in the P-scores (fourth-year and first-year) was not found statistically significant. Conclusion: Findings of this study underlined the positive impact of the (VIT-EDM) approach, a relatively novel mixed-method pedagogy in teaching pharmacy ethics. It highlighted the enhanced confidence of students in ethical decision-making when facing an ethical dilemma.