Lawyers are not algorithms: sustainability, corruption, and the role of the lawyer in institutional frameworks and corporate transactions

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-06-14 DOI:10.1080/1460728x.2021.1979728

L. Backer

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Among key emerging societal principles to which a lawyer owes a high degree of fidelity are those that advance sustainability and that combat corruption. This essay considers the character of those ethical obligations when sustainability and corruption principles are manifested against the needs of institutions and the objectives of ‘deals’. Part 1 briefly introduces the challenge of lawyer ethics. Part 2 then maps the lawyer’s ethics duty as a function of cross cutting ethical duties. Part 3 turns to the framework and challenges of the ethical lawyer, situating the role of lawyers as ethical gatekeepers and mediators. Part 4 applies the insights developed to examine the lawyer’s ethical dilemmas as they may manifest themselves within the specific context of sustainability and corruption and within institutional frameworks and client transactions. The essay concludes with the core insight that ethics is a deeply moral project and that fidelity to moral principles ought to drive ethical decision making.

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律师不是算法：可持续性、腐败以及律师在制度框架和公司交易中的作用

摘要律师高度忠诚的新兴社会原则包括促进可持续发展和打击腐败的原则。当可持续性和腐败原则与机构的需求和“交易”的目标相矛盾时，本文考虑了这些道德义务的性质。第一部分简要介绍了律师伦理面临的挑战。第二部分将律师的道德义务映射为贯穿各领域的道德义务的函数。第三部分介绍了道德律师的框架和挑战，阐述了律师作为道德守门人和调解员的角色。第4部分应用为研究律师的道德困境而开发的见解，因为这些困境可能在可持续性和腐败的特定背景下以及在制度框架和客户交易中表现出来。文章的核心观点是，伦理是一个深刻的道德工程，对道德原则的忠诚应该推动伦理决策。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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