Just a Job? Communication, Ethics, and Professional Life

Name: Just a Job? Communication, Ethics, and Professional Life
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ISBN: 9780195182781

ISBN-10: 0195182782

ISBN-13: 9780195182781

Edition: 2009

Authors: George Cheney, Daniel J. Lair, Dean Ritz, Brenden E. Kendall

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The concept of 'professionalism' has gained everyday resonance in the twenty-first century, especially given recent corporate scandals. However, George Cheney argues, as much as it may be discussed, professionalism has lost much of its broader social and community-related implications, as the trends of careerism, consumerism, and contingent employment have challenged and eroded collective senses of professional responsibility. In addition, professionalism has become depoliticized, even as it has continued to manifest certain racial, class-oriented, and gender biases in many contexts. In Professional Ethics, Cheney will explore everyday practices in contemporary professional ethics.…

Book details

List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



(Re)Framing Ethics at Work



Starting Conversations about Professional Ethics



Working for a Good Life



Being a Professional: Problems and Promises



Reconsidering Organizations as Cultures of Integrity



Seeking Something More in the Market



Finding New Ways to Talk about Everyday Ethics


References


Index