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Rice, Eugene. "Combatting Ethical Relativism." American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 75, no. 1 (2001): 61–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/acpq20017512.

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Ramadhanti, Fitria, Imam Subekti, and Syaiful Iqbal. "How do ethical orientation and ethical cultural affect auditor’s ethical behavior?" International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 9, no. 7 (December 12, 2020): 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v9i7.931.

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This research aims to test and provide empirical evidence of an ethical orientation of idealism, relativism, and ethical culture of the organization to auditor ethical behavior with experience as a moderation variable. This study used the census methods to all auditors in Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia the Provincial Representative of East Kalimantan. Data obtained by 33 respondents and processed with SmartPLS. The result shows that idealism and the ethical culture of the organization have a positive effect on the auditor's ethical behavior, whereas relativism has no negative effect on the auditor's ethical behavior. The moderation test result shows that the experience cannot moderate the ethical orientation of idealism and relativism on auditors' ethical behavior, however, experience has proven to moderate the ethical culture of the organization on auditors' ethical behavior.
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Shchipunov, O. K. "Ethical relativism: philosophical approaches to the study." Contemporary problems of social work 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2015): 58–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.17922/2412-5466-2015-1-2-58-62.

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Harth, Manfred. "Untergräbt der Relativismus die Autorität der Moral und die regulative Funktion ihrer Wahrheit?" Grazer Philosophische Studien 93, no. 2 (May 18, 2016): 291–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09302001.

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In this article, various objections will be discussed that have been put forward against ethical relativism, but which haven’t been considered seriously enough on the part of relativists and have been overrated on the part of their opponents. The objections will be concentrated into three arguments: the action-theoretic, the epistemological and the truth-theoretic argument. The article will discuss whether they can be rebutted by proponents of the two main types of relativism: indexical relativism and truth-relativism. The conclusion will be as follows: (i) one version of indexical relativism, the analytical version, gets into serious troubles by the action-theoretic argument, while its revisionary version will remain unaffected, (ii) the epistemological argument fails with respect to indexical relativism and stands on shaky ground as regards truth-relativism, (iii) the truth-theoretic argument puts considerable pressure (solely) on truth-relativism.
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Anjelina, Yoseva. "Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Sensitivitas Etis." Jurnal Akuntansi Bisnis 17, no. 1 (October 23, 2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24167/jab.v17i1.2286.

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Abstract This study examines determinants of ethical sensitivity. Specifically, this study investigates whether ethical reasoning and personal character (the level of idealism, the level of relativism, locus of control, age, cumulative achievement index and sex,) have an effect on ethical sensitivity.The samples are accounting students of Catholic University Soegijapranata Semarang and uses multiple regression to test the hypotheses. The results of this study indicate that (1) ethical reasoning has an effect on the ethical sensitivity (2) the level of idealism has a positive effect on ethical sensitivity (3) the level of relativism negatively affect the ethical sensitivity (4) locus of control, age, achievement index and gender have no effect on ethical sesitiviys. Abstrak Penelitian ini menguji determinan sensitivitas etis. Secara spesifik, penelitian ini menguji apakah ethical reasoning dan karakter personal (tingkat idealisme, tingkat relativisme, locus of control, usia, indeks prestasi kumulatif dan jenis kelamin,) berpengaruh terhadap sensitivitas etis. Sampel diambil dari mahasiswa akuntansi Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata Semarang dengan teknik purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis regresi untuk pengujian hipotesis. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) ethical reasoning berpengaruh terhadap sensitivitas etis (2) tingkat idealisme berpengaruh positif terhadap sensitivitas etis (3) tingkat relativisme berpengaruh negatif terhadap sensitivitas etis (4) locus of control, usia, indeks prestasi dan jenis kelamin tidak berpengaruh terhadap sesitivitas etis.
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McElhanon, Kenneth A. "Cognitive Linguistics, Biblical Truth and Ethical Conduct." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 19, no. 1 (2007): 119–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jis2007191/27.

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In America's pluralistic society, the judiciary allows the legal defense tactic known as the cultural defense, by which aliens invoke the laws of their homeland to reduce a sentence or obtain a plea bargain. This tactic rests on public acceptarxe of several related relativisms-linguistic, conceptual, moral, and ethical. This essay claims that top-down approaches, whether in philosophical natural law or theological axioms, are irujdequate to counter relativism. In addressing relativism and truth, the Biblical notion of knowing Christ and the Father is shown to be grounded in knowledge as experience. Biblical truth is shown to be lived experientially, and expressed metaphorically in Greek, as how Christians walk on the journey of faith. English translations, however, substitute English metaphors that express truth as a manipulated object. Experiential truth serves as a unitary principle that accounts for conduct in recognized Biblical case studies of ethical dilemmas, and obviates ad hoc solutions.
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Ravenscroft, Susan P., and George S. Clark. "Cultural and Ethical Relativism." Journal of Teaching in International Business 2, no. 3-4 (June 18, 1991): 33–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j066v02n03_03.

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Tasioulas, John. "Consequences of Ethical Relativism." European Journal of Philosophy 6, no. 2 (August 1998): 156–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0378.00057.

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Colby, Mark. "Narrativity and Ethical Relativism." European Journal of Philosophy 3, no. 2 (August 1995): 132–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.1995.tb00045.x.

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Young, Kathleen Zunaich. "Cultural vs Ethical Relativism." Anthropology News 35, no. 7 (October 1994): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/an.1994.35.7.2.5.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ethical relativism"

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Head, Jason Paul. "Correct Ethical Traditions: Towards a Defense of Christian Ethical Relativism." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11282006-162522/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.
Title from title screen. Timothy Renick, committee chair; Kathryn McClymond, Timothy O'Keefe, committee members. Electronic text (48 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 24, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
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Goodwin, Eva. "Moral relativism : a sort of defense /." Connect to online version, 2008. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2008/280.pdf.

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Tasioulas, John. "Morality and community : a critique of ethical relativism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339059.

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Vauclair, Christin-Melanie. "What is right? what is wrong? and does the answer tell something about culture? : an investigation into culture and morality using the values concept : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1157.

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Hajdin, Mane. "Agents, patients, and moral discourse." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75751.

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Assuming that moral discourse is prescriptive, what distinguishes it from other types of prescriptive discourse? To say, as Hare does, that it is its overridingness, is subject both to criticisms that assume that overridingness could, in principle, be used to distinguish one type of prescriptive discourse from another, and then show that it is doubtful that moral discourse is overriding, and to the criticisms that claim that it is in principle impossible to use overridingness to distinguish one type of prescriptive discourse from another, because all of them are bound to be on a par in respect of overridingness.
It is also impossible to distinguish moral discourse from other types of prescriptive discourse by saying that in it we use arguments based on imaginatively putting oneself in the shoes of others, because such arguments are used in prudential discourse as well. However, we can account for the distinction, if we realize that such arguments can be performed only on certain designated argument-places, and that in moral claims argument-places of two different types are designated for the purpose: those for moral agents and those for moral patients; while in prudential claims argument-places of only one type are designated: those for prudential agents.
If this account is accepted, this raises a number of further questions. Examination of these questions leads to a form of relativism about membership in the sets of moral agents and moral patients. This form of relativism, however, leaves considerable room for rational discussion of membership in these sets and is compatible with the rejection of relativism about the content of moral rules.
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O'Brien, Kevin Richard. "The truth of the matter an evaluation and response to the conflict over truth between generation X an evangelical Christianity /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 1997. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Naidoo, Mineshree. "Ethical decision-making amongst HR employees within a retails organisation." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5574_1297921236.

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The aim of this research was to examine whether a significant relationship exists between ethical decision-making had an impact on HR employees within a retail organisation. The questionnaire for the South African Board for People Practices, and the Ethical Position Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 employees in a large retail organisation within the Western Cape &ndash
South Africa. The researcher used a non-probability sampling technique specifically, a convenience sampling approach. The results of this study indicate that there is a statistically significant correlation between moral awareness and decision-making amongst HR employees. However with regards to gender there seems to be no statistical significant relationship amongst HR employees and ethical decision-making. Similarly results also indicated that there was no significant relationship between ethical ideology and ethical decision-making. Notwithstanding the limited generalisability of this study, implications for research and practice are suggested and recommendations are made to facilitate improved functioning.

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Jones, Kevin B. "Ethical Insights of Early 21st-Century Corporate Leaders." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/413.

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From 2001 to 2010, a lack of documented standards within ethics programs inhibited decision making, management practices, and corporate strategies for corporate leaders in the United States. Seminal theories in transformational, charismatic, servant, spiritual, and ethical leadership formed the conceptual framework for this phenomenological study, whose intent was to explore how senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies in Washington, DC integrated ethics into daily business decisions and the role in organizational performance. A convenience sample of 20 Fortune 500 leaders participated in face-to-face semistructured interviews to explore the assessment, definition, and documentation of various ethical standards in the company; the different mechanisms for ensuring ethical standards influenced decision making; and whether a senior leader's moral code influences the development of a code of ethics, ethical standards, or organizational culture. Using Saldana's coding process as an exemplar, 6 themes emerged from this investigation: ethical standards, organizational culture, ethics training, role modeling, values, and moral dilemmas. Findings revealed the need for scenario-based ethical training to guide senior leaders through dilemma-oriented problems. Implications for positive social change include benchmarks for ethical integration successes in business strategy that improve corporate social responsibility and change hiring practices to help build ethical corporate cultures.
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LIU, Mingzhi. "The ethical decision-making processes of professional auditors in the people's republic of China." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2006. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/acct_etd/9.

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This study examines the effects of organizational ethical culture, idealism, relativism and guanxi orientation on the ethical decision-making processes of professional auditors in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It is hypothesized that auditors perceiving a positive organizational ethical culture, possessing higher (lower) degrees of idealism (relativism), and possessing lower degrees of guanxi orientation will make more ethical decisions. The findings of the study indicate that certain aspects of organizational ethical culture had a significant effect on professional auditors’ behavioural intentions, but not on their ethical judgments. Idealism had a marginally significant impact on professional auditors’ behavioral intentions, but not on their ethical judgments. Relativism did not have a significant impact on ethical judgments or behavioral intentions. Guanxi orientation had a significant effect on professional auditors’ behavioural intentions, but not on their ethical judgments. This study also explores the potential effects of demographics on PRC professional auditors’ ethical decision-making processes and the results suggest that CPA firm type (local/regional vs. international) had a significant effect on professional auditors’ behavioural intentions. The overall findings suggest that organizational ethical culture, idealism, guanxi orientation, and CPA firm type play a significant role in PRC professional auditors’ ethical decision-making processes.
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Kachabe, Victor, and Petersson Sarah Kirabo. "Ethical Leadership: Ubuntu and Jantelagen : The influence of Culture in the interpretation of ethical leadershipin Zambia and Sweden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96214.

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The main purpose of our study was to gain a deeper understanding of how culture influences the interpretation of ethical leadership by both leaders and followers in Zambia and Sweden. The study was conducted using an interpretative narrative inquiry with a small sample of ten participants (i.e. leaders and followers) selected using a purposive sampling method. The participants were drawn from six small and medium local authorities in Sweden (three medium size Kommuns) and Zambia (Two municipalities and one District Council). The empirical data was collected using semi-structured interview guides with interview sessions lasting 45 minutes on average. The data collected was transcribed and analyzed using narrative and thematic analysis. Based on this analysis, we came up with four main themes regarding the interpretation of ethical leadership by leaders and followers, and these are: Morality, Law, Humanity and Nature which constitute our Culture-Ethical Leadership interpretation model.   The empirical narratives demonstrated some similarities in the interpretation of ethical leadership between leaders and followers in Sweden and Zambia. The leaders and followers from both countries affiliated ethical leadership to morality, humanity, adherence to the law, and, caring and protecting nature. Our research also led us to conclude that there is a degree of variance in the interpretation of ethical leadership which relates to the differences in the cultural contexts. In Zambia, leaders and followers show high inclination to the law as being ethical which is reflected in Bello (2012)’s statement that failure to follow rules and regulations is a manifestation of unethical leadership while in Sweden, leaders and followers are inclined to high morality and humanity influenced by high levels of trust as narrated by our participants from Sweden.

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Books on the topic "Ethical relativism"

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1917-, Ladd John, ed. Ethical relativism. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985.

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Norris, Christopher. Reclaiming truth: Contribution to a critique of cultural relativism. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1996.

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Michael, Krausz, ed. Relativism: Interpretation and confrontation. Notre Dame, Ind: University of Notre Dame Press, 1989.

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Lukes, Steven. Moral relativism. New York: Picador, 2008.

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Maduagwu, M. O. Ethical relativism versus human rights. London: Third World Centre, 1987.

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1927-, Bayley James E., ed. Aspects of relativism: Moral, cognitive, and literary. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1992.

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Harman, Gilbert. Moral relativism and moral objectivity. Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1996.

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Marin, Cilea, ed. Relativism-relativity: An interdisciplinary perspective on a modern concept. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

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Ouellet, Fernand. Essais sur le relativisme et la tolérance. [Sainte-Foy, Québec]: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2000.

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Norris, Christopher. Reclaiming truth: Contribution to a critique of cultural relativism. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1996.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ethical relativism"

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Blackburn, Simon. "Relativism." In The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, 43–58. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/b.9780631201199.1999.00004.x.

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Rozuel, Cécile. "Ethical Absolutism Versus Ethical Relativism." In Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, 1051–59. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8_494.

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Jalsenjak, Borna. "Ethical Absolutism V Ethical Relativism." In Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management, 1–2. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_116-1.

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Jalsenjak, Borna. "Ethical Absolutism vs. Ethical Relativism." In Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management, 1513–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25984-5_116.

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Runzo, Joseph. "Reply: Ethical Universality and Ethical Relativism." In Religion and Morality, 171–87. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13558-5_8.

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Kitchener, Richard F. "Ethical relativism and behavior therapy." In The restoration of dialogue: Readings in the philosophy of clinical psychology., 156–63. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10112-017.

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Bencivenga, Ermanno. "Taking Care of Ethical relativism." In Exercises in Constructive Imagination, 101–7. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0952-2_13.

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Shan, Bo, and Qiong Ye. "Ethical Relativism, Pluralism, and Global Media Ethics." In Handbook of Global Media Ethics, 257–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32103-5_14.

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Dalton-Brown, Sally. "Universalism Versus Relativism." In Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China, 175–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18233-9_7.

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Shook, John R. "Humanism, Moral Relativism, and Ethical Objectivity." In The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism, 403–25. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118793305.ch20.

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Conference papers on the topic "Ethical relativism"

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Paya, Ali. "IN DEFENCE OF UNIVERSAL ETHICAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES." In Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement. Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/wnza5901.

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In the past few decades a new approach to ethical principles known as ‘particularism’ has become fashionable among moral philosophers. According to the particularist the progress in the field of ethics, is from monism (the view that there is only one moral principle), through pluralism (the view that there are many), to particularism (the view that there are none). Jonathan Dancy advocates a radical particularist theory: arguing against a variety of univer- salist–pluralist doctrines, he maintains that there are no moral principles; and, even if there are, our ethical decisions are highly context-dependent, made case by case, without the sup- port of such principles. In this paper, drawing on a number of theoretical concepts used in science as well as the philosophy of science, and making use of Fethullah Gülen’s insights, I try to develop a mod- erate universalist–pluralist model in defence of universal ethical values and principles. This model, I argue, is less vulnerable to Dancy’s criticisms and better equipped, in comparison to Dancy’s own model, to deal with particular moral cases. While particularism in ethics leads to relativism and leaves moral agents with no clear guidelines, the model developed here could serve all moral agents, regardless of credal or cultural association and socio-political outlook, in making sound and commendable moral judgements.
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Winata, S., A. Kusnawan, Limajatini, and S. Simbolon. "Individual Ethical Decision Making of Accounting Lecturers Between Idealism and Relativism in Tangerang." In 1st International Multidisciplinary Conference on Education, Technology, and Engineering (IMCETE 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200303.055.

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Abdyrakhmanova, Kaiyrkul, and Péter Kollár. "Ethical Positions in Hungary, China, Turkey and Kyrgyzstan in Light of Idealism and Relativism." In 24th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.46541/978-86-7233-380-0_19.

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Kuru, Dindi. "Braving Uncertainty in the Quest for a Cure: Cancer Care Access During the COVID-19 National Lockdown." In 4th International Conference on Public Health and Well-being. iConferences (Pvt) Ltd, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32789/publichealth.2022.1012.

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This paper examines cancer care access during the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 in two states of India’s northeast. A semi-structured interview was conducted by purposive sampling of fifteen participants with cancers of the oral, lungs, stomach, breast and cervix, six key informant oncologists and four Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) facilitating cancer services. Ethical clearances were received from the study institutes. The data was coded and transcribed verbatim on emerging themes. The emerging themes were treatment delay, financial constraint, alternative medicine and bridging gaps by NGOs. Whereas, if financial status hampered access, harassment on availing care was encountered with choosing herbal medication in fear of chemotherapy, surgery and testimonials of relatives. However, support through NGO collaborations enhanced care efficiency for the health systems and cancer patients alike during the challenging times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic extend beyond the functioning of a robust health system. Collaboration via sectors became pronounced during this uncertainty, thus, emerging resource pooling and zeal to take charge of one’s health. Cancer institutes could magnify these lessons on strengthening health systems for combating unforeseen pandemics. Keywords: cancer, COVID-19, India
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Burzagli, Laura. "Automation versus machine autonomy." In Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2024) Integrating People and Intelligent Systems. AHFE International, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004517.

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When planning support to people in their living environments using technology based on AI, the first approach is to look for the possibility of automation of functionalities favoring independent living. For example, it is possible to install sensors to automatically switch on or off the lights, to turn on the television when a program of interest starts, to remind people the drugs to be taken at the right time. This is supposed to support people in maintaining their autonomy, i.e., their ability to live in their environment without unwanted external interference. When an Artificial Intelligence system detects abnormal behavior of the person, for example through physiological and/or environmental parameters, may be technologically capable to act: for example it can send an alert to the person, via a sound or a message on an electronic device, can proceed to warn relatives or caregivers, sending an appropriate signal through the TLC network, can also administer medicines, or make equally impactful decisions, via home robots or equivalent devices integrated into the home network.The main problem is that not all people, even if supported by automation, are able to live autonomously, due to physical or mental limitations. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the possibility that the supporting systems become partially autonomous, i.e., able to reach a predefined goal according to the current situation without recourse to human control. Such systems are supposed to perceive their environment via sensors, proactively create a plan of action according to the situation and related constraints and execute the planned actions safely and reliably via actuators.Different possibilities of autonomy are possible. The support system offers no assistance - the human must make all decisions and actions, offers a complete set of decision/action alternatives; narrows the selection down to a few alternatives; suggests one alternative. Then it may execute that suggestion if the human operator approves, or allows the human a restricted time to veto before automatic execution, or executes automatically, and necessarily informs the human, or informs the human only if asked etc. This implies several ethical problems, as shown in the following examples. It is necessary to decide who can check that the state of the person is such as to require more advanced autonomous decision-making systems based on AI? Which people and with what priority should those who have a relationship with the person in the house be allowed to contribute? Who becomes responsible for the malfunction of the equipment, in the event of a breakdown, which may cause personal injury? What is the level of decision that can be entrusted to the machine compared to that which is delegated to a caregiver? The answers are related to the person's capacity for autonomy, the responsibility that those who care for this person have, but also e.g., the person's will, the readiness to intervene, the type of warning. The problem will be discussed with reference to three applications implemented at IFAC: cooking in an intelligent kitchen (activity level), support for the solitude of people at home (social support); pedestrian mobility (activities in public areas).
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Yoshimura, Adriana Akemi, André Mattar, Bruna S. Mota, Carlos Elias Fristachi, Eduardo Carvalho Pessoa, Felipe Eduardo Andrade, Giuliano Tosello, et al. "A MULTICENTRIC STUDY ON BREAST CANCER IN ULTRA YOUNG WOMEN: I – A CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC PICTURE." In Scientifc papers of XXIII Brazilian Breast Congress - 2021. Mastology, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29289/259453942021v31s1045.

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Introduction: A substantial number of young women (YW) is affected by breast cancer (BC), an important cause of death in young age. The definition of a YW in a BC context varies in the literature. Considering specific characteristics, such as reproductive factors and hereditary risk, we defined ultra young women (UYW) as women aged 30 years or less. Despite the fact that specialized centers are increasingly providing assistance to UYW with BC, important aspects of the disease in this age remain controversial. Objective: Evaluate clinical and epidemiological characteristics of BC in UYW in the State of São Paulo. Methods: We conducted a multicentric, observational, retrospective study of consecutive BC in UYW patients in nine Services. Only patients with infiltrating BC aged 30 years or less were included. The following data were collected: age, body mass index, parity, hormonal contraception use, history of breast/ovarian cancer in the family, pathological tumor category and clinical staging. Frequency parameters were estimated. The research protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of all collaborative centers. An informed consent was waived. Results: The study population included 293 patients. Age varied between 19 and 30 years (mean 27.3; median 28). Considering body weight, we found that 37.1% of the patients were overweight or obese. 58.6% were current or past HC users. Nulliparity was referred in 44.4%. 246 cases reported family history of BC which was verified in first degree relatives in 37.9%, while 66 patients referred BC in any member of the family. Only 33 patients went through a multigene testing panel: pathogenic inherited variants were detected in 37.5%. Remarkably, locally advanced tumors were diagnosed in 57.1%. Tumor sizes at diagnosis were: T1-11.8%, T2-33.8%, T3-31.6% T4-19.9% and T4d-2.9%. Clinical axillary lymph nodes evaluation revealed: N0-35%, N1-42.8%, N2-18.7%, and N3-3.5%. Systemic metastases at diagnosis were observed in 29 cases, that were classified as stage IV “de novo” (9.8%). The metastases sites were multiple in 31% and the clinical staging in the diagnosis are later. Conclusion: An unfavorable picture was observed in UYW with BC. We found a high rate of advanced neoplasias, with adverse clinical prognostic factors. To change the present-day scenario, we need to educate the population, enhancing BC awareness and self-body attention since adolescence, besides stimulating the adoption of a healthy lifestyle.
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