1st Edition

Integrity Systems for Occupations

By Andrew Alexandra, Seumas Miller Copyright 2010
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, designed to minimize ethical misconduct and promote ethical health in institutions, organizations, occupations and the like. This book analyses, describes and demonstrates the value of well-designed integrity systems for efficient, effective and ethically sustainable practice, in occupational groups in particular.... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Professionalization and Occupations; Chapter 2 Holistic Integrity Systems; Chapter 3 Codes of Ethics; Chapter 4 Complaints and Discipline Systems; Chapter 5 Ethical Reputation Indexes and Ethics Audits; Chapter 6 Empirical Research, Ethics and Occupations;

Biography

Andrew Alexandra is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Australian Research Council funded Special Research Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) at the University of Melbourne. He has research interests and numerous publications in the areas of professional and applied ethics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy Seumas Miller is Professor of Philosophy at Charles Sturt University and The Australian National University (joint position). He is Foundation Director of the Australian Research Council funded Special Research Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (2000-2007) and currently Head of the ANU Division of the Centre. He has published extensively on issues relating to corruption and ethics.