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When professionals become victims: the ethical implications of self-perceived victimhood.

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| March 22, 2006 | Brown, Brad; Perry, Susan | COPYRIGHT 2006 California State University, Los Angeles. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Many professions have recently come under attack as the result of a variety of well-published scandals involving unethical or unprofessional behavior. Brokerage firms have been accused of trading stocks using insider information; bond traders of manipulating the U.S. Treasury Bond offerings; doctors of ignoring malpractice within their profession and inflating health care costs with unnecessary surgery and diagnostic tests; bankers of causing the economy's woes because they make too many bad loans or, alternatively, too few loans; and lawyers continue to be blamed for almost everything. Society grants professions considerable autonomy; because professionals have ...

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