Ethics

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meaning of profession (5)

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1. An important expertise to the community
2. Exclusive, only some can do it
3. Involves knowledge, experience and education as a prerequisite.
4. Professional organizations within the profession articulate, interpret, and supervise dentists’ conduct in relation to the obligations they have.
5. Within the dental schools the expertise is not handed over to the students as it were simply a commodity. It is passed on with the understanding of responsibility.

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why do people trust the profession? (3 reasons)

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1. It is understood that dentists/hygienists have obligations not to coerce, cheat or defraud patients
2. It is not thought of as a commodity… like a car
3. The relationship between the doctor and patient is not competitive

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measures of professionalism

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• Attendance- showing up time
• Standard of Dress
• Respect –for others, for authority and positions of those whom we submit ourselves to for education(doesn’t necessarily agreement)
• Confidentiality –with the exceptions of known wrong doing and violation of honor codes

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knowledge is:

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• The capability to represent something appropriately by thought and experience

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equation for maximum impact

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MI=HP+CP+CC
• High Potency (learn all you can)+
• Close Proximity (get to know your teachers)+
• Clear Communication( ask questions until you understand, explain until your understood)=
• Maximum Impact

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Things everyone knows

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• In his book “What We Can’t Not Know” J.Budziszewski Philosophy Professor at U.T. Austin states …there is a moral common ground, sometimes called natural law…most societies have things considered wrong- lying, cheating murder, stealing …and good -compassion altruism, sharing, being responsible.
• Baylor has a responsibility to the public and the profession that supersedes your individual rights to do what you want, when you want. Actions have consequences.

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what our oaths demonstrate

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• Show us a long historical view of ethical practice in western Medicine and Dentistry
• Demonstrate where the ADA draws its values
• Tapping into one’s faith because our faiths undergird the moral framework that we operate out of. (Open pluralism- letting others comment from their faith perspective)*
• 80 % of the American people say this is important to them(faith)
• In an informal study of 600 dental students at Baylor and Arizona shows 69.9 % (faith shapes their moral decision making)cobb
• There are common values found in oaths, sometimes called “natural law”

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definition of ethics

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• ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.

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definiton of teleological (1) and de-ontological (2)

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• Teleological- The results are more important than how you got there (consequences)
• De-ontological- The steps along the way are as important the final result (Principles)
• HINT… Since the ADA has set forth Principles for us to live by we are principlists we operate De-ontological- the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules

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fundamentals of academic integrity

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• Honesty
• Trust
• Fairness
• Respect
• Responsibility

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rests' components- moral capacities

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• Capacities of sensitivity
• Moral Reasoning /judgment
• Moral motivation / identity
• Moral implementation/follow through

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reasons for moral failure

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• Moral Blindness- don’t know it’s wrong
• Defective Reasoning- lack moral intuition, what fair,right and wrong,etc
• Lack of commitment to moral ideals- not motivated to do right, just don’t care
• Deficiencies of character and competence- lack strength to follow through on beliefs

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ADA Values/principles

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- Patient Autonomy- freedom
• Nonmaleficence – do no harm
• Beneficence – do good
• Justice- fairness
• Veracity- truth

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ADA's statement of professionalism

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they are committed to academic integrity