Department of Pharmaceutical Legislation and Management, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 Ion Creangă Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Environ Health. 2021 May 5;20(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00739-6.
Authors of various backgrounds are preoccupied with the meaning of environmental ethics, which refers to specific values, norms, attitudes, and practices with respect to all beings and elements of nature. Many international organizations have adopted important documents proclaiming the ethical obligation to protect the environment in all professional activities. At the national level, professional associations should include and develop this obligation in their codes of conduct. This study aimed to analyze and compare elements of environmental protection included in codes of conduct for pharmacists, to find ways to integrate environmental ethics into their activities.
Seven codes of conduct for pharmacists were analyzed using the comparative method and methods of legal interpretation. Based on acknowledged values and principles of environmental ethics, a framework model for developing environmental protection in pharmacists' activities was created via an iterative process of reflection and discussion.
Explicit provisions for environmental ethics were found in codes in force in three countries and in a Romanian project. These provisions refer, in general, to an ethical duty of environmental protection in pharmacists' activities. Regarding the other codes, the study could only interpret stipulations of public health ethics to deduce an ethical environmental obligation. Considering the need for developing such provisions, an ethical framework was proposed as a model for professional associations of pharmacists.
The studied codes demonstrate a preoccupation of the professional associations with environmental protection in pharmacists' activities, with different degrees of interest in developing environmental ethics. To this end, the codes of conduct for pharmacists should include environmental values, principles, and ethics guidelines. Those guidelines should indicate the ethical attitude in relation to the environment for each activity. Further research is needed to stimulate, shape, and develop an environmental ethical behavior in pharmacists' practice.
不同背景的作者都关注环境伦理的含义，它是指与自然界中的所有生物和元素有关的特定价值观、规范、态度和实践。许多国际组织都通过了重要文件，宣布在所有专业活动中保护环境的道德义务。在国家层面，专业协会应将这一义务纳入其行为准则。本研究旨在分析和比较药剂师行为准则中包含的环境保护要素，寻找将环境伦理纳入其活动的方法。
采用比较法和法律解释方法对七份药剂师行为准则进行分析。基于公认的环境伦理价值观和原则，通过反复思考和讨论，创建了一个用于在药剂师活动中制定环境保护的框架模型。
在三个国家和一个罗马尼亚项目的现行准则中发现了明确的环境伦理规定。这些规定一般涉及药剂师活动中的环境保护道德义务。至于其他准则，研究只能从公共卫生伦理的规定中解释出道德环境义务。考虑到制定这些规定的必要性，提出了一个伦理框架作为药剂师专业协会的模型。
所研究的准则表明，专业协会对药剂师活动中的环境保护问题表示关注，并对制定环境伦理表现出不同程度的兴趣。为此，药剂师行为准则应包括环境价值观、原则和伦理准则。这些准则应表明每种活动与环境的道德态度。需要进一步研究来激发、塑造和发展药剂师实践中的环境伦理行为。
