Ethical decision-making models: a taxonomy of models and review of issues

Johnson, Melanie K.; Weeks, Sean N.; Peacock, Gretchen Gimpel; Rodríguez, Melanie M. Domenech

doi:10.1080/10508422.2021.1913593

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“…5,6 Also, despite their frequent use and recommendation, these frameworks have not been extensively studied. 6 It is also possible that, despite my consultation with colleagues, other health care professionals could have come up with additional ethical issues and courses of action that could have been taken. No single code of ethics or ethical decision-making framework can provide all the answers to ethical dilemmas.…”

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“…No single code of ethics or ethical decision-making framework can provide all the answers to ethical dilemmas. 6,54…”

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“…Additionally, while research has shown that the use of ethical decision-making frameworks can help improve ethical decision-making ability and quality, these frameworks do not take into account that decision making is a complex process. 5,6 Also, despite their frequent use and recommendation, these frameworks have not been extensively studied. 6 It is also possible that, despite my consultation with colleagues, other health care professionals could have come up with additional ethical issues and courses of action that could have been taken.…”

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“…There are many ethical decision-making frameworks that seek to provide health care providers with guidance when dealing with an ethical dilemma. 5,6 One such framework for health care professionals is proposed by Corey, Corey, Corey, and Callanan. 7 The steps in their framework are as follows: (1) Identify the problem or dilemma, (2) Identify the potential ethical issues and the stakeholders involved, (3) Review relevant ethics codes and applicable laws and regulations, (4) Obtain consultation and check self-awareness, (5) Consider possible and probable courses of action, (6) Weigh the facts, ethical considerations, and potential consequences, (7) Choose what appears to be the best course of action, and (8) Implement and reassess from time to time.…”

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Healthcare professionals may confront ethical issues in practice, particularly when their values conflict with that of their patients or clients. This paper explores an ethical case study in which a dietitian who practices Health at Every Size® has an older adult client who wishes to lose weight. The dietitian believes that losing weight is inappropriate for this client. Using a framework for ethical decision making, this article explores the problem or dilemma, identifies the potential issues involved, discusses the relevant ethical codes, laws, and regulations, and explores possible courses of action and their consequences. By exploring an ethical issue that healthcare professionals may encounter in practice, we can gain a deeper understanding of ethical decision making.

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“…Despite the importance and usefulness of such guidelines, sometimes they prove to be insufficient for ethical decision making, especially when different ethical values compete (Johnson et al, 2021). The Code of ethics often suggests the use of EDM models and serves as foundation for them (Johnson et al, 2021).…”

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Considerations on the Improvement of Ethical Decision Making in the Accounting Profession

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2022

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Ethical-decision making is an overly complex process. Despite the enormous number of studies assessing it in various fields of research, much is still unknown. This paper provides an overview regarding the paths that can be used to enhance ethical decision-making process in a period when ethical challenges are set to intensity (according to the Ethics board's COVID-19 Working Group and national ethical standard-setters from various countries working under the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants). In this respect, we consider that although the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants is a good path for improvement, this is not enough when guiding professional accountants. Moreover, a constant effort for combining standard-setters' provisions with prominent ethical decisionmaking models tested in the literature and innovative ethics pedagogies will result in improving ethical decision-making quality in the long run. Future research avenues are also approached.

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Research Ethics Committee and Integrity Board Members’ Collaborative Decision Making in Cases in a Training Setting

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Pitkänen,

Čekanauskaitė

et al. 2024

J Acad Ethics

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This research focuses on how research ethics committee and integrity board members discuss and decide on solutions to case scenarios that involve a dimension of research ethics or integrity in collaborative settings. The cases involved issues around authorship, conflict of interest, disregard of good scientific practice and ethics review, and research with vulnerable populations (children and neonates). The cases were set in a university, a hospital, or a research institute. In the research, we used a deductive qualitative approach with thematic analysis. Twenty-seven research ethics committee and research integrity board members from 16 European countries and one country outside Europe participated. Participants represented natural and life sciences, social sciences, and humanities. They worked on cases involving ethical/integrity issues in six different constellations. Results show that experts apply key elements of ethical decision making, namely identification of ethical issues, stakeholders, guidelines, solutions, and own positionality, in dealing collaboratively with ethics/ integrity problems, and the nature of the application depends on the complexity of the case. Understanding how individuals knowledgeable in research ethics and integrity, in this case, individuals serving on research ethics committees and integrity boards, approach ethical/ moral issues can help to identify strategies that may be useful in the development of research ethics and integrity training for junior researchers who may benefit from learning professional strategies.

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Ethical decision-making models: a taxonomy of models and review of issues

Cited by 15 publications

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Ethics of recommending weight loss in older adults: A case study

Ethics of recommending weight loss in older adults: A case study

Considerations on the Improvement of Ethical Decision Making in the Accounting Profession

Research Ethics Committee and Integrity Board Members’ Collaborative Decision Making in Cases in a Training Setting

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