Michael Davis | Professional Responsibility: Just Following the Rules

Michael Davis | Professional Responsibility: Just Following the Rules?
Davis criticizes the view that professional responsibility goes beyond merely following the rules of one's code of ethics by necessarily involving certain character virtues. Rather, if a code of ethics is well-written, following these rules means that a professional is acting responsibly. He discusses seven different interpretations of "just following the rules": blind obedience, strict obedience, malicious obedience, negligent obedience, accidental obedience, stupid obedience, concluding with a positive discussion of interpretative obedience.
-In accidental obedience,

A) there is a failure to follow the rule for the right reason.
B) due care is never achieved.
C) the rules of good practice are properly understood.
D) the motivation for following a rule is never greed or fear of punishment.