VERBINDLICHKEIT DURCH METHODE: Warum der Schweizer Ethikkodex das Thema Whistleblowing methodisch zurecht nicht aufgreift.

In the Swiss version of IFLA 's Code of Ethics there is no mention about whistleblowing at all. This is where this article starts some considerations about methods of implementing stipulated guidelines (especially of ethical quality). In general, there are three methods which can be distinguished corresponding to three different types of ethics : firstly, focussing on prescribing procedures (procedural ethics such as discourse ethics or deontology), secondly, evaluating values and their collocation (virtue ethics), and thirdly, considering pros and cons by scenarios (utilitarianism). In praxis, these methodic guidelines should be amended by didactic methods in order to support adressees in adopting their Code of Ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]