This book aims at sensitizing the young minds about the moral and ethical dimensions pertaining to a wide range of professions. The post-industrial world has accentuated the emergence of new professions and is crystallizing other modern professions. Not only is it impossible to conceptualize a society without these professions but also these professions play a crucial role in shaping different work cultures, standards, and values. In this process, professions have grown more discrete, albeit with common threads. One of the foundational aspects of any profession is the value and ethical system that it breeds and places itself in, which includes, both, the normative and prescriptive elements concerning the profession and its social obligations. This book opens up a discussion on value systems vis-a-vis forms of professions. It also discusses the basic doctrines of professionals, and ethical and moral development theories. The book is categorized into various themes such as business, engineering, medical, education, media, and environmental ethics. It also captures prominent global issues such as the globalized workforce, intellectual property rights, and legal, political, and banking ethics in the light of national and international perspectives. It gauges the development of ethical systems and decision building by presenting empirical discourses as case studies across the spectrum of various modern professions that have evolved to be an integral part of the society.
- Provides students with a thorough understanding of ethical and moral issues that exist in today’s professional world.
- Highlights the important theoretical discourses on ethics.
- Demonstrates the ethical practices across many professions through different viewpoints and examples.
- Includes reflective questions that motivate students to think out-of-the-box and test them with a variety of problems they could face in their professional lives.
- Presents caselets, based on diverse situations that challenge the students to find ethical answers.
- Adds valuable inputs to the overall development of the students with the authors’ own academic research and experience with management and engineering graduates.
- This book includes a licence key for our digital learning app, CENGAGE app, that provides access to self-assessments and flashcards.
1. Professions and Professional ethics
2. Ethical Theories
3. Business Ethics
4. Engineering Ethics
5. Medical Ethics
6. Professional Ethics in Education
7. Environmental Ethics
8. Media Ethics
9. Global Issues and Ethical Perspectives
Dr. Tanu Shukla
Tanu Shukla is Assistant Professor of Psychology at BITS Pilani. She holds a Ph.D. in Professional Ethics of Teachers at Higher Education Level from National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi. She works in the areas of Applied Social Psychology, Research Methods, Higher Education, Policy Studies, Gender Studies, and Organizational Behaviour.
Dr. Anupam Yadav
Anupam Yadav is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at BITS Pilani. She holds a Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. Her areas of research interest are Hermeneutic Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Logic, and Ethics.
Dr. Gajendra Singh Chauhan
Gajendra Singh Chauhan is Associate Professor and Head at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani. He specializes in applied linguistics, advertising communication, and media writing with a focus on linguistics of advertising in India. His academic contributions include five books, numerous articles, and radio talks on All India Radio.
