Should Environmental Professionals wear leather shoes?
Abstract
The rapid emergence and growth of environment professions, covering a wide
range of disciplines from science and engineering to law and planning, with no
single educational base or professional institute, has required consideration of
appropriate ethical codes of practice. Many graduates enter environmental
careers with strong commitments to environmental values but with no ethical or
professional training. Consequently, they face complex conflicts between their
personal environmental ethics and the requirements of professional practice, as
their careers develop. This paper reviews the literature and explores the
differences ...
View more >The rapid emergence and growth of environment professions, covering a wide range of disciplines from science and engineering to law and planning, with no single educational base or professional institute, has required consideration of appropriate ethical codes of practice. Many graduates enter environmental careers with strong commitments to environmental values but with no ethical or professional training. Consequently, they face complex conflicts between their personal environmental ethics and the requirements of professional practice, as their careers develop. This paper reviews the literature and explores the differences between professional ethics and environmental ethics, as part of PhD research into the ethics of professional environmental practice. It critically analyses and comments on the expectations and ethical dilemmas faced by ‘green’ professionals in everyday life.
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View more >The rapid emergence and growth of environment professions, covering a wide range of disciplines from science and engineering to law and planning, with no single educational base or professional institute, has required consideration of appropriate ethical codes of practice. Many graduates enter environmental careers with strong commitments to environmental values but with no ethical or professional training. Consequently, they face complex conflicts between their personal environmental ethics and the requirements of professional practice, as their careers develop. This paper reviews the literature and explores the differences between professional ethics and environmental ethics, as part of PhD research into the ethics of professional environmental practice. It critically analyses and comments on the expectations and ethical dilemmas faced by ‘green’ professionals in everyday life.
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Conference Title
Proceedings of Inter-Disciplinary.Net 3rd Global Conference
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Subject
Social Work not elsewhere classified