Yes / Research ethics review by ethics committees has grown in importance since the end of the Nuremberg trials in 1949. However, ethics committees have come under increasing criticisms either for been ‘toothless or too fierce’ (Fistein & Quilligan, 2012:224). This paper presents a personal account of my experience in obtaining ethical approval for my PhD study from a UK university and the ethical dilemmas encountered in the fieldwork in Ghana. In this paper I question whether strict adherence to ethical guidelines developed from western perspectives is useful in conducting research in non-western societies. As more academics are increasingly been mandated to undertake international research, the paper argues for more flexibility in the ethical approval process to accommodate cultural differences.

This preface is designed to provide insight for the reader into the reasoning behind choosing these specific pieces of work to make up the doctorate portfolio and why I consider them to be important pieces, contributing to my identity and competence as a counselling psychologist. This doctorate portfolio is comprised of a selection of completed work for the Practitioner Doctorate in Counselling Psychology for The University of Wolverhampton. It contains three dossiers: Academic, therapeutic and research. In a seperate document is a confidential attachment, which is separate to this portfolio as it contains confidential information. The Academic Dossier contains essays that were submitted for the modules 'Life-span Approach' and 'Working with Couples'. Received academic feedback for these essays are provided within the confidential attachment. The Therapeutic Dossier contains two essays that were written at the last stages of the three year doctorate course, reflecting upon my perceived professional development in the 'Professional Issues' essay and an exploration of therapeutic experience on supervised placements in 'Supervised Practice', over the last three academic years. A conscious decision was also made to not edit these essays for entering into the doctorate portfolio, as they can then ideally represent a growth in writing style and academic ability, which has occurred over the course of this doctoral training. Finally the Research Dossier is composed of several chapters, including a literature review, empirical study and critical appraisal.

Tidigare forskning har undersökt effekterna av etiskt ledarskap på redovisningsbeslut och etiska riktlinjers allmänna påverkan, men vi saknar forskning kring variablernas gemensamma påverkan på redovisningsbeslut, vilket är syftet med detta arbete. Arbetet undersöker vilken effekt etiskt ledarskap och etiska riktlinjer har när en redovisningskonsult ställs inför en komplicerad redovisningsfråga. Variablerna undersöks både individuellt och tillsammans. En enkätundersökning genomfördes bland auktoriserade redovisningskonsulter i Sverige och 142 respondenter deltog. Studien tyder på att det finns ett gemensamt inflytande av etiskt ledarskap och etiska riktlinjer på etiskt laddade redovisningsbeslut. Redovisningskonsulter tycks vara mindre benägna att bokföra en kostnadspost utan underlag när det finns ett svagt etiskt ledarskap och de inte påminns om etiska riktlinjer, jämfört med alla andra kombinationer av variablerna. Effekten av etiska riktlinjer tycks vara störst i ett svagt etiskt ledarskap. Fortsatt forskning skulle med fördel kunna inriktas på studiens resultat kring de etiska riktlinjerna och fokusera på varför de etiska riktlinjerna påverkar redovisningskonsulterna i en icke förväntad riktning. / Previous research has examined the effects of ethical leadership in accounting decisions and the general impact of codes of conduct. However, we lack research about the variables combined influences on accounting decisions, which is the aim of this work. This work examines what impact ethical leadership and codes of conduct have when an accounting consultant is confronted with a complex accounting issue. The variables is examined both alone and together. A survey was conducted among authorized accounting consultants in Sweden and 142 respondents participated. The study suggests that ethical leadership and codes of conduct has a mutual influence on ethically charges accounting decisions. Accounting consultants seem to be less likely to record a cost without documentation when there is a weak ethical leadership and they are reminded of the codes of conduct, compared to all other combination of the variables. The effect of codes of conduct have proved to be higher in a weak ethical leadership compared to a strong ethical leadership. Further research could use this study's results concerning the ethical guidelines and focus on why the codes of conduct impact accounting consultants in a non expected way.

Interpreters working in the Speech Interpretation Service clarify speech and language that is unclear due to voice-, speech-, or language disabilities as for example dysarthria and aphasia. Ethical guidelines of interpreting in general, demand the interpreter to function neutrally and impartially. In this study, four different ethically challenging situations are presented to speech interpreters through a questionnaire. The aim is to investigate how the interpreters would deal with the situations. Eleven speech interpreters from Sweden and eleven from Finland participated in the study. Results show that a majority of respondents do not follow a strict interpretation of ethical guidelines in three of the four situations. There is no significant difference between the responses of Swedish and Finnish participants in this study. The study finds that the speech interpreters are more personally involved in the interpreted event than ethical guidelines require. A discussion is needed, about the limit of what should be included in the professional role of speech interpreters.

Under de senaste åren har det gjorts flertalet ansatser till att skapa etiska koder som ska bidra till att öka det etiska handlandet i organisationer. Etik kan kommuniceras och tolkas på olika sätt, och forskningslitteraturen har beskrivit olika perspektiv och förklaringar till varför medarbetarnas förhållningssätt till ett företags etiska riktlinjer är som det är. Tidigare forskning inom frikopplingsteorin har i stor utsträckning åskådliggjort både orsaker och konsekvenser av frikoppling på organisationsnivå. Men det finns en brist på forskning som undersöker hur enskilda organisationsmedlemmars förhållningsätt påverkar frikopplingen. Det deskriptiva syftet är att undersöka skillnader mellan bankers etiska riktlinjer och medarbetarnas förhållningssätt. Det teoretiska syftet med uppsatsen är att identifiera möjliga förklaringar till varför förhållningssättet är som det är. Undersökningen har en kvalitativ kundskapsansats där insamlad data består av primär data ifrån intervjuer och sekundär data ifrån bankernas etiska riktlinjer. Empirin visar på att det finns skillnader i de anställdas förhållningssätt till de etiska riktlinjerna, och resultaten visar att det förekommer frikoppling i alla tre banker. De skillnader som studien påvisar är att medarbetarnas förhållningssätt till de etiska riktlinjerna skiljer sig beroende på de etiska riktlinjernas struktur. Olika perspektiv på strukturen ger olika faktorer som påverkar de anställdas förhållningssätt och ger en frikoppling mellan handling och de etiska riktlinjerna. Studien har begränsningar då resultatet inte kan generaliseras, detta på grund av att forskningsmetoden är en kvalitativ fallstudie samt att urvalet av respondenter är relativt lågt. Tidigare forskning inom frikopplingsteori har fokuserat på hur organisationen väljer att frikoppla struktur och handling, medan vår studie beskriver hur frikoppling uppstår på mikronivå, individnivå där de anställda frikopplar de etiska riktlinjerna olika beroende på riktlinjens struktur. Detta förklarar den variation som finns i frikopplingen och som ger olika orsaker till att frikoppling sker. Vi har i denna studie visat på att tidigare forskning med motstridiga studier har haft rätt i sina argument, men att detta beror på i vilken struktur av de etiska riktlinjer som studierna applicerats på. / In recent years, several efforts have been made to create ethical codes that will help to increase ethical behavior in organizations. Ethics can be communicated and interpreted differently and previously research literature has described different perspectives and explanations as to why employees' approach to corporate ethical guidelines is as it is. Previous research in decoupling theory has largely given significant light on both causes and results of decoupling at the organization level, but there is a lack of research that investigates individual organizational members and how their approaches affect the decoupling. The descriptive purpose is to study differences between banks' ethical guidelines and employee approaches. The theoretical purpose of the paper is to identify possible explanations as to why the attitude is as it is. The research method of the study has a qualitative approach where data consists of primary data from interviews and secondary data from the banks' ethical guidelines. The empirical data shows that there are differences in employee approach to the ethical guidelines, and the results show that there are decoupling in all three banks. The differences that the study shows is that employees' approach to the ethical guidelines differs depending on the structure of ethical guidelines. Different perspectives on the structure provide different factors that affect employee approaches and provide a decoupling between action and the ethical guidelines. The study has limitations as the result cannot be generalized, due to the fact that the research method is a qualitative case study and that the sample of respondents is relatively low. Previous research in decoupling theory has focused on how the organization chooses to decouple structure and action while our study describes how decoupling occurs at the micro level, individual level, where employees decouple the ethical guidelines depending on the structure of the guideline. This explains the variation in the decoupling and the causes for decoupling. We have shown in this study that previous research with contradictory studies is all right in their arguments but which of the study that can be applied depends on the structure of the ethical guidelines that the studies apply to.

A review written by Dagens Nyheter displays that in Sweden in 2021, patients are allowed to choose a doctor and a dentist based on their ethnicity and skin color. This occurs systematically throughout the country. The purpose of the thesis is that with the method qualitative case study, Jan Jämte’s general review of racism as a theoretical framework and supporting material on guidelines and laws in the field, analyze whether the case regarding patients being able to choose a doctor and a dentist with only Swedish origin are counted as racism or not. Moreover, the purpose is to analyze which form (s) this case is based on. The thesis’ intention is also to analyze whether the health center and dental care violate ethical guidelines and laws. This study concludes that this case is a coexistence of purely biological and cultural racism. Moreover, the study concluded that healthcare and dentistry violated both laws and their own ethical guidelines.

The digital age has ushered in the increased preservation and accessibility of cultural heritage material within memory institutions through the creation of digital reproductions. This study explores individual digitisation professionals' perceptions of ethical issues This study explores individual digitisation professionals' perceptions of ethical issues and ethical guidelines. Employing a survey study in the form of a questionnaire, this exploratory study intends to lay a foundation upon which further research can be done. The questionnaire garnered both qualitative and quantitative data. A small sample of digitisation professionals from Northern Europe and North America were surveyed and the qualitative findings were analysed through the use of a thematic analysis method. This study finds that there is much to consider such as culture, narrative, and individual rights. This study highlights that there is a spectrum of ethical issues faced by digitisation professionals, with a majority of respondents discussing consent, privacy and cultural sensitivity. In discussing the findings, a lens of professional ethics theory is applied to understand how attitudes towards ethical issues and ethical guidelines in digitisation can be understood. This study creates insights into what a group of digitisation professionals perceive as lacking in ethical guidelines regarding digitisation and the ethical issues. Further research in this area is encouraged.

The current survey of 83 e-therapy websites with marriage and family therapists examined what consumers seeking online therapy or therapy over the phone might find on the Internet. The study explored how e-therapy websites characterize their services and comply with the ethical guidelines of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Furthermore, differences in compliance with ethical guidelines among the three types of the websites (individual practice websites, group practice websites, and independent contractor websites) were analyzed. Results indicated that a majority of the websites lack information regarding several major areas (e.g., crisis resources, terms of service, procedures to treatment of minors, procedures to provision of therapy across borders). In support of previous findings, compliance to ethical guidelines was low and uneven. The websites focused mostly on positive aspects of e-therapy and in some cases, used suggestive or misleading language. When the three groups were compared, the independent contractor websites demonstrated statistically significantly higher compliance than the other two groups. This study points out several disturbing patterns and calls for clear e-therapy guidelines, which are currently lacking.

The aim of this dissertation is an analysis of the regulatory framework for the procurement and distribution of stem cells in South Africa. This research includes aspects of the law of obligations, medical law and human rights law as found in the Bill of Rights. More specifically however, this dissertation attempts to bring to attention the shortcomings of chapter 8 of the National Health Act. An examination is undertaken according to the multilayered approach and therefore the proposed regulatory framework is examined within a constitutional framework, an ethical framework, the framework as established by common law, in this case the doctrine of informed consent and lastly within the national legislation framework as found in the National Health Act of 2003 and the regulations made in terms of the Act. This dissertation further entails a brief comparative study of the regulatory mechanisms of the United Kingdom as entrenched in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 2008 and the Human Tissue Act of 2004 and as practiced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human Tissue Authority. The analysis in this dissertation firstly provides an overview of the clinical manifestations and science of stem cell technology. Secondly, the impact of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is discussed with particular reference to the Bill of Rights on stem cell research and therapy. The most noteworthy conclusion to be made in this regard is that the embryo is not the bearer of constitutional rights. The ethical guidelines which act as regulatory tools in this field are then discussed with attention to general ethical principles as provided for by the Health Professions Council of South Africa as well as the Medical research Council. The doctrine of informed consent further enjoys attention as it is discussed in context of medical research and key issues are addressed regarding the process of obtaining consent in context of stem cell technologies. Certain recommendations are then made pertaining to the minimum scope required for lawful consent. Lastly a critical analysis is made of chapter 8 of the National Health Act. The findings which are made here lead to further recommendations regarding the regulation of stem cells. / Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Public Law / unrestricted

Det blir allt vanligare att föreslå att icke-transparant artificiell intelligens, s.k. black boxes, används inom akutmedicinen. I denna uppsats används etisk analys för att härleda sju riktlinjer för utveckling och användning av black boxes i akutmedicin. Analysen är grundad på sju variationer av ett tankeexperiment som involverar en läkare, en black box och en patient med bröstsmärta på en akutavdelning. Grundläggande begrepp, inklusive artificiell intelligens, black boxes, metoder för transparens, akutmedicin och etisk analys behandlas detaljerat. Tre viktiga områden av etisk vikt identifieras: samtycke; kultur, agentskap och privatliv; och skyldigheter. Dessa områden ger upphov till de sju variationerna. För varje variation urskiljs en viktig etisk fråga som identifieras och analyseras. En riktlinje formuleras och dess etiska rimlighet testas utifrån konsekventialistiska och deontologiska metoder. Tillämpningen av riktlinjerna på medicin i allmänhet, och angelägenheten av fortsatt etiska analys av black boxes och artificiell intelligens inom akutmedicin klargörs. / Artificially intelligent black boxes are increasingly being proposed for emergency medicine settings; this paper uses ethical analysis to develop seven practical guidelines for emergency medicine black box creation and use. The analysis is built around seven variations of a thought experiment involving a doctor, a black box, and a patient presenting chest pain in an emergency department. Foundational concepts, including artificial intelligence, black boxes, transparency methods, emergency medicine, and ethical analysis are expanded upon. Three major areas of ethical concern are identified, namely consent; culture, agency, and privacy; and fault. These areas give rise to the seven variations. For each, a key ethical question it illustrates is identified and analyzed. A practical guideline is then stated, and its ethical acceptability tested using consequentialist and deontological approaches. The applicability of the guidelines to medicine more generally, and the urgency of continued ethical analysis of black box artificial intelligence in emergency medicine, are clarified.