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The question about the relations between ethics and law doubtlessly leads us to the problem of the legitimacy of political power, because law is surely the most explicit and direct instrument for exercising power.
The central question of this paper, written for a volume on interdisciplinary legal research, concerns in what ways legal research can be improved and enriched by including ethics.
14 mar 2019 · whether specific rules of government ethics have been adopted, public officials have a broad fiduciary duty to carry out their responsibilities in a manner that is faithful to the public trust that has been reposed in them.
Like many other political doctrines (such as that of democratic government) the rule of law, precisely because it varies in details and thrives in a variety of political and cultural environments, can have different meanings and moral justifications in different countries.
What is the relationship between ethics and the law? Are they complementary or do they conflict with one another? Fundamentally, the law and ethics serve a similar purpose and share many important characteristics in establishing boundaries and in guiding human behavior.
1 sty 2018 · Over the years, legislative acts, regulations, and administrative agencies have been created to enforce ethical behavior and hold professionals accountable when standards are violated. It is this journey, ethical development in public administration, that will be highlighted in this chapter.
27 maj 2016 · Applied ethics aims at being action-guiding in practical spheres where traditional ethical theories are not sufficiently guiding; it is divided into several areas, such as business ethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics, research ethics, ethics of journalism, legal ethics, and medical ethics.
