Professional Ethics
Contents: 1. Profession and professional ethics/S.D. Chamola. 2. Principles of medical ethics and issues related to their implementation/Om Prakash. 3. Medical ethical codes, oaths and contemporary concerns in medical ethics/Ramesh Chander. 4. Ethics in medicine: historical perspective and contemporary concern/Madhu Nagla. 5. Biotechnology and bioethics: where are we going?/Neelam R. Yadav and Ram C. Yadav. 6. Agriculture ethics: concept and issues/S.D. Chamola. 7. Ethics in plant breeding/Prem Sagar. 8. Organic farming and ethics/R.K. Nanwal, Pawan Kumar and Cleto Naoobe. 9. The concept of good governance: Indian perspective/Dinesh Arora.10. Governance in India: design of new institutional set-up/D.K. Sud.11. India’s sustainable growth vision: technology and ethical governance/H.L. Verma.12. Ethics in journalism: transitional phase/Devendra Uppal.13. Media ethics and Indian experience/Girijashankar Samuwal.14. Moral and ethical issues in libraries and information science/Bhanu Partap.15. Ethics and ethical codes in library and information science/Bhanu Partap and Balwan Singh.16. Research ethics in social sciences/Savita Vermani.17. Compatibility between ethics and business: a conceptual discussion/R.C. Sharma.18. Lies, damned lies and statistics/S.D. Batra and S.D. Chamola.19. Three facets of environmental ethics and philosophy/S.D. Chamola. Index.
The social structure of a society and its various components are run by professional in various fields such as doctors, lawyers, business scientists, politicians, engineers and so on. The contemporary world is facing many ethical dilemmas. The idea is that professionals engaged in these professions should be able to resolve the dilemmas of ethical and unethical activities and act ethically for the happiness of the society in which they operate and live.
The main objective of the book is to suggest ways and means of promoting ethical behaviour and activities in important professions of our society. The major professions discussed include: medical, science and technology, agriculture, political and economic governance, media, Information and communication technology, environment and teaching and research. The book will be useful for academicians and professionals.
