Search for dissertations about: "codes of ethics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words codes of ethics.

  2. 1. The planner's dilemma : An ethical investigation of adaptation to sea level rise

    Author : Anna Döhlen Wedin; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Per Wikman-Svahn; Niklas Möller; Behnam Taebi; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adaptation; climate change; sea level rise; planning; ethics; applied ethics; value sensitive design; planning for uncertainty; Philosophy; Filosofi;

    Abstract : This is a thesis on the ethics of adaptation to sea level rise, with a focus on proactive adaptation planning. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and has been conducted in close collaboration withadaptation planners and other project partners. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ethics at work : Two essays on the firm's moral responsibilities towards its employees

    Author : Dan Munter; Sven Ove Hansson; Lars Lindblom; Gert Helgesson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; employees; consent; moral responsiblitiy; codes of ethics; philosophy;

    Abstract : Essay I analyses a sample of corporate codes in the Swedish banking sector. The purpose is to investigate the codes’ ethical status. READ MORE

  5. 3. Ethical Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: The Planner’s Perspective

    Author : Anna Wedin; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Per Wikman-Svahn; Neelke Doorn; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adaptation; climate change; sea level rise; local planning; ethics; empirical ethics; planning for uncertainty; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses local adaptation to climate change-induced sea level rise, taking an ethical perspective and focusing at the role of planning and the planner. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and relies to a great extent on empirical data. READ MORE

  6. 4. A comprehensive picture of ethical values in caring encounters, based on experiences of those involved : Analysis of concepts developed from empirical studies

    Author : Lise-Lotte Jonasson; Carina Berterö; Per-Erik Liss; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Ethical values; grounded theory; older patient; next of kin; nursing care; qualitative methods; empirical ethics; normative ethics; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Older people should have a life with a sense of value and should feel confident. These ethical values, which are expressed in normative ethics, are expected to prevail in empirical ethics. Central components of nursing are the ethical issues of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and the principles of justice. READ MORE

  7. 5. Legal Interpretation and Standards of Proof : Essays in Philosophy of Law and Evidence Law Theory

    Author : Sebastián Reyes Molina; Sebastian Lutz; Jens Johansson; Verónica Rodríguez-Blanco; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; law; legal interpretation; evidence; legal evidence; proof; philosophy of law; legal theory; general jurisprudence; standards of proof; philosophy; legal reasoning; evidential reasoning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the issues of the indeterminacy of law and judicial discretion in the decision of the quaestio facti. It is composed of four papers:In the first paper, I develop an account of legal indeterminacy called the ‘systemic indeterminacy’ thesis. READ MORE