Maintaining professional ethics during a moral panic over sex education: a case study
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2011
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Johnson, B.R.
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Campbell, A.
Broadhead, P.
Broadhead, P.
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Source details - Title: Working with children and young people: ethical debates and practices across disciplines and continents, 2011 / Campbell, A., Broadhead, P. (ed./s), Ch.6, pp.103-121
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Professional ethics are frequently represented in statements or ‘codes’ about the ‘ethical commitments, practices and aspirations’ of workers who have specialist knowledge which they use to provide a service to members of the public (Tasmanian Teachers Registration Board 2006; Martin 2000). These ‘codes’ articulate the standards of conduct expected of professionals. Yet more fundamental and implicit value agreements exist among groups of professionals, which are often more influential and enduring than the legalistic statements contained in professional codes of ethics. This broader conceptualization of professional ethics draws on a long tradition of virtue ethics that emphasises the intrinsic qualities or values that motivate professionals, rather than the rules of conduct that guide and regulate their behaviour.
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Copyright 2011 Peter Lang AG