In academic medicine we are ruled by many masters—the need to see patients, the expectations of teaching, the desire (and expectation) to advance our careers through scholarship and research, and the ever present specter ...

The purpose of this research was to learn the impact that ethics codes, ethics training, and audits have in promoting ethical behavior among local government employees. The research began with a survey of city auditors and finance department...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the present study, two CFH were designed in combination with ethical problem-solving guidelines. Two types of links, embedded links and question links, were used to foster...

in the scientific process and have serious consequences, potentially reducing funding sources, research subject willingness to participate, and research quality. Few studies have examined the empirical issues surrounding the role of culture and climate in promoting...

Journalists have increasingly used bioethicists as expert sources in stories on science, medicine, and technology with strong ethical ramifications. Yet little is known about how and why journalists select bioethicists as expert sources, which...

-order concepts of uncertainty and relevance, can be applied to intermedia agenda setting. A separate conceptualization of reporters' need for orientation toward issues, toward frames, and toward evaluations found little support. A content analysis of political...

Political polarization in the American electorate has received a great deal of attention in recent years with most of the research focusing on social issues and their impact on electoral outcomes. However, scant attention has been paid...

business news coverage on the public perceptions of corporate reputation. The study uses the Annual Reputation Quotient SM study, a public opinion poll on corporate reputations, for selecting 20 companies each year from 2002 to 2004. The study analyzes...