The most up-to-date professional ethics reader available, Ethics Across the Professions: A Reader for Professional Ethics, Second Edition, analyzes the complex ethical issues that arise in such fields as engineering, finance, healthcare, journalism, and law. Featuring a wide array of both classic and contemporary sources, it ranges from works by Aristotle and Kant to selections by Michael Bayles, Sissela Bok, Paul Ekman, and Thomas Nagel. The book is organized topically and includes detailed chapter introductions, several practical case studies at the end of each chapter, and provocative discussion questions. The second edition includes reading and discussion questions for each article, fifteen new articles, five new cases, and an expanded chapter on philosophical ethics, including feminist ethics.

Table of Contents:
*=New to this Edition Preface: 1. What Is It to Be a Professional? The Professions, Leadership, and Work Henry Mintzberg,The Professional Organization Michael D. Bayles,The Professions Michael Davis,Professional Responsibility: Just Following the Rules? Joanne B. Ciulla,What Is Good Leadership? Richard A. Wasserstrom,Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues Samuel Gorovitz ,Good Doctors * Preston Stovall,Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics CASES Case 1.1: "Professionalism and Nursing" Case 1.2: Nick Denton, "Less Heat, More Light" Case 1.3: Michael C. Loui, "The Professional Engineer" 2. How to Be Ethical * Walter Stace,On Ethical Relativism Aristotle,On the Good Life Plato,The Ring of Gyges Thomas Hobbes,Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery Thomas Hobbes,Of the First and Second Natural Laws and of Contracts Immanuel Kant,Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals John Stuart Mill,Utilitarianism * John Dewey,The Construction of Good * Virginia Held,On Feminist Ethics CASES Case 2.1: James Rachels, "The Prisoner's Dilemma" Case 2.2: Bernard Williams, "George, Jim, and Utilitarianism" 3. Professional Duties, Clients' Rights Michael D. Bayles,The Professional-Client Relationship Joel J. Kupperman,Autonomy and the Very Limited Role of Advocacy in the Classroom John Wesley Hall, Jr.,Professional Responsibility for Lawyers John K. Davis,Conscientious Refusal and a Doctor's Right to Quit Monroe H. Freedman,Solicitation of Clients: The Professional Responsibility to Chase Ambulances Julie Cantor and Ken Baum,The Limits of Conscientious Objection--May Pharmacists Refuse to Fill Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception? Alan Meisel and Mark Kuczewski,Legal and Ethical Myths about Informed Consent Judge Spotswood W. Robinson, III,Opinion in Canterbury v. Spence * Gerald Andrews Emison,American Pragmatism as a Guide for Professional Ethical Conduct for Engineers CASES Case 3.1: Edwin J. Perkins, "The Booming Twenties" Case 3.2: Megan Rickel, "An Apple a Day" Case 3.3: Allison Stevens, "Target at the Center of Battle over Plan B" 4. Truth, Lies, and Deception * Clancy Martin,A Brief Introduction to the Morality of Deception Robert C. Solomon,Is It Ever Right to Lie? Joseph S. Ellin,Special Professional Morality and the Duty of Veracity Paul Ekman and Mark G. Frank,Lies That Fail Sissela Bok,Lying and Lies to the Sick and Dying Joseph Collins,Should Doctors Tell the Truth? Ronald H. Stein,Lying and Deception for Counselors and Clients Benjamin Freedman,Offering Truth: One Ethical Approach to the Uninformed Cancer Patient Burton M. Leiser,Truth in the Marketplace CASES Case 4.1: Stephen Hess, "Lying (for Journalists)" Case 4.2: Mary R. Anderlik, Rebecca D. Pentz, and Kenneth R. Hess, "Revisiting the Truth-Telling Debate: A Study of Disclosure Practices at a Major Cancer Center" Case 4.3: Robert C. Solomon, "Flying or Lying in Business Class" Case 4.4: Robert C. Solomon, "Willful Ignorance? Or Deception?" * Case 4.5: Byron Waller, "Clients Telling the Truth as They Know It" 5. Privacy and Confidentiality Mary Beth Armstrong,Confidentiality: A Comparison Across the Professions of Medicine, Engineering, and Accounting Sissela Bok,The Limits of Confidentiality * Kenneth Kipnis,A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality Alan Donagan,Justifying Legal Practice in the Adversary System: A Look at Confidentiality Wayne Vaught,Parents, Lies, and Videotape: Covert Video Surveillance in Pediatric Care * Jesper Ryberg,Privacy Rights, Crime Prevention, CCTV and the Life of Mrs. Aremac * Bo Brinkman,An Analysis of Student Privacy Rights in the Use of Plagiarism Detection Systems CASES Case 5.1: Oliver Mytton, "Should Doctors Talk to Relatives Without a Competent Patient's Consent?" Case 5.2: R. Jeffrey Smith, "DeLay PAC Is Indicted for Illegal Donations: Corporate Gifts Aided GOP in Texas Races" Case 5.3: Dwight Garner, "You're a Voyeur, I'm a Voyeur" Case 5.4: Philip H. Albert, "Trade Secrets: It's Not Who You Know" 6. Integrity, Secrecy, and Trust Sissela Bok,Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibility Michael Davis,Some Paradoxes of Whistleblowing Ronald Duska,Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores,Building Trust Lynne McFall,Integrity Cheshire Calhoun,Standing for Something Amy Gutmann,Can Virtue Be Taught to Lawyers? Sissela Bok,Defining Secrecy--Some Crucial Distinctions Thomas Nagel,Ruthlessness in Public Life Josiah Royce,Loyalty Bernard Williams,Politics and Moral Character CASES Case 6.1: Charles F. Squire, "Is It Ethical to Criticize Other Dentists' Work?" Case 6.2: Megan Rickel, "Blowing the Whistle in Iraq" Case 6.3: Myron Glazer, "Ten Whistleblowers and How They Fared" Case 6.4: Mimi Swants and Sherron Watkins, "Winners and Losers" Case 6.5: Megan Rickel, "Chatty Doctors" 7. Professionalism and Social Responsibility Bowen H. McCoy,The Parable of the Sadhu John Rawls,Justice as Fairness Peter Singer,Rich and Poor Peter Singer,What Should a Billionaire Give--And What Should You? Tom Tomlinson,Caring for Risky Patients: Duty or Virtue Dalai Lama,The Ethic of Compassion Amartya Sen,The Economics of Poverty Rachel Smolkin,Off the Sidelines CASES Case 7.1: Arianna Huffington, "Pigs on Parade: Power, Perks, and Impunity" Case 7.2: Suzanne Gamboa, "Groups Debate Costs of Educating Illegal Immigrant Children" Case 7.3: William H. Shaw and Vincent Barry, "The Fordasaurus" Case 7.4: Plato, "The Carpenter and the Cobbler" * Case 7.5: J. Dwyer and D. F-C. Tsai, "Developing the Duty to Treat: HIV, SARS, and the Next Epidemic" Case 7.6: Virginia G. Maurer, "Corporate Social Responsibility and the 'Divided Corporate Self': The Case of Chiquita in Columbia" 8. Conflicts of Interest and Government Regulation C.S. Lewis,The Inner Ring Adam Bellow,Nepotism in American Business * Stephen Coleman,Conflict of Interest and Police: An Unavoidable Problem * Daniel S. Goldberg,Concussions, Professional Sports, and Conflicts of Interest: Why the National Football League's Current Policies are Bad for Its (Players') Health Richard T. De George,Ethical Issues for Accountants Jason E. Klein and Alan R. Fleischman,The Private Practicing Physician-Investigator: Ethical Implications of Clinical Research in the Office Setting Karen Sanders,Ethics and Journalism * Maude Laliberté and Anne Hudon,Do Conflicts of Interest Create a New Professional Norm? Physical Therapists and Workers' Compensation Rebecca Dresser,Plan B: Politics and Values at the FDA, Again David Orentlicher and Lois Snyder,Can Assisted Suicide Be Regulated? Kenneth J. Arrow,Social Responsibility and Economic Efficiency * John Corvino,"Under God's Authority": Professional Responsibility, Religious Accommodations, and the Culture Wars CASES Case 8.1: Scott J. Turner, "Drug Company Gifts: Marketing Technique Poses Ethical Questions for Some" Case 8.2: Maria Merritt, "Moral Conflict in Clinical Trials" Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics" Case 8.4: George J. Annas, "'Culture of Life': Politics at the Bedside--The Case of Terri Schiavo"