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- Title
Themes of Social Responsibility: A Survey of Three Professional Schools.
- Authors
Mayer, Jan
- Abstract
Criteria distinguishing the professions from ordinary occupations have traditionally stressed the notion of commitment to a service ethic which implies social responsibility. In this survey of 223 students and faculty of three university professional schools in Canada (Business, Engineering, and Forestry), the extent to which students exhibit awareness of the ethical component in their future work is examined. Particular attention is paid to the structural contradictions inherent in the work context of the salaried professions, especially the ethical dilemmas that arise out of bureaucratic demands to serve organizational goals rather than broader social ends.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL employees; PROFESSIONAL ethics; HELPING behavior; CONFLICT (Psychology); SOCIAL responsibility; SURVEYS; UNIVERSITY faculty; BUSINESS education; SOCIAL responsibility of business; PROFESSIONAL education
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1988, Vol 7, Issue 4, p313
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00381837