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Ethics and Professionalism
John Kultgen (Author)
9780812212631
Paperback / softback, published 1 February 1988
408 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg
"This book provides a functional analysis of what it means to be a profession or a professional society."-Journal of Mass Media Ethics
John Kultgen explores the ways morality and professional ideals are connected. In assessing the moral impact of professionalism in our society, he examines both the structure and organization of occupations and the ideals and ideology associated with professions. Differing from standard treatments of professional ethics, Ethics and Professionalism recognizes that it is the practices within the professions that determine whether rules and ideals are used as masks for self-interest or for genuinely moral purposes.
Preface 1. Introduction: Professionalism and Morality PART 1. NORMATIVE CONSIDERATIONS PART 2. MODELS OF PROFESSIONS PART 3. STRUCTURAL CHANGE PART 4. THE PROFESSIONAL IDEAL Appendix
2. Ethical Premises
3. Utopian Vision and Piecemeal Reform
4. Sociological Theories
5. The Functionalist Model
6. The Cloak of Ideology
7. The Subscapular Reality
8. Charters, Contracts, and Covenants
9. Reconstitution of Institutions
10. Professional Codes
11. Ideals and Character
12. Paternalism and Client Autonomy
13. The Pedagogical Imperative
14. Professionalism Sans Professions
Bibliogrpahy
Index of Names
Index of Subjects