Codes of ethics : a virtue theoretic perspective.
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2011-06-22
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Groenewald, Liezl Marie
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Abstract
This paper presents the thesis that concerns about organisational and professional codes of
ethics are mostly legitimate. However, it will be shown that these objections are in fact
objections to contingent features of codes as they are ordinarily formulated. It is possible to
devise codes of ethics that are not susceptible to these concerns, specifically, codes formulated
in terms of the virtue concepts and without absolute deontological prohibitions. Moreover, it
will be demonstrated that the codes formulated in this way may be morally justified in terms of
their capacity to bring about moral and professional development.