Социологическое понимание профессиональной и организационной этики

Abstract

The paper studies the issue of the importance of studying professional ethics with the help of theories and approaches of sociology of professions, sociology of morality and modern sociological theory. It raises the question of the ratio of individual moral standing to the requirements of professional ethics. The paper also outlines the key features of the conflicts arising in professional environment, such as in the situations provoking ethical dilemma conditioned by external institutional factors and the logic of managerialism. The authors focus on the ethical stress in the academia regarding the relationship between academic professionals and admini­strative staff. The paper raises the question of professional ethics in maturing communities, and describes the corporate volunteering practices. Prospects for studying professional ethics, including the need for empirical study of toxic moral choices in professional area and the manipulative risks of applying formal codes of ethics in order to gain power in professional environment, are outlined.