Adelajda Zhgaba Medical Ethics PHL 211 Ethical considerations in chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients 1. Would it be ethically concerning to accept refusal of chemotherapy treatment from cancer patients‚ more importantly from teenagers diagnosed with this disease? According to the National Cancer Institute‚ approximately 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year and 7.6 million of them die from this disease. People usually undergo chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy‚
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This detailed literature is about the ethical egoism‚ altruism and social contract which is summarizing the point of view on the moral psychology concerning the inherent selfishness and the upright personality of humans or selfless. Effectively‚ the psychological egoism is defined as a descriptive version of egoism where people are selfish and motivated by self-interest. Unlike psychological egoism‚ ethical egoism is a normative version of egoism which advocates the moral correctness that is good
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I. Chapter: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility True or Flase 11. Wever‚ Inc. is considering relocating a facility to Mexico. The interests of the various stakeholders affected by this decision may conflict. 12. In analyzing ethical dilemmas using the ethics checklist presented in the textbook‚ it is best to narrow your focus to encompass only one or two major issues. 14. Because of the increasing medical concern over obesity in the United States
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available cash resources to the modernization of facilities in order to better compete in the 21st century.” Is a 5% stock dividend equivalent to a $1.00 per share cash dividend when shares are trading at $20 per share? Is the chair’s suggestion ethical? In this case‚ we see the problem is whether we choose cash dividend or stock dividend. But before we made our decision we must have to understand that neither cash nor stock dividend changes the shareholder’s net worth in the company (table)
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HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND FIND YOUR PURPOSE Being an entrepreneur is in a lot of ways similar to being an explorer. We set out on a long journey‚ regularly pushing our minds and bodies‚ and often have little or no idea of where the road will eventually lead us. As an entrepreneur‚ though‚ it’s important—critical‚ even—to at least know the next few steps of your journey. You might have no idea where you’ll be in 5 years‚ but you’d better have a good idea of what you’re doing in the next few months —
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Action Items 1. Review the assigned readings from the text and article by Carroll (1991). 2. Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper titled‚ Corporate Social Responsibility. 3. Reflect upon your text readings from Chapters 1 and 9 with a focus on the following core concepts: Organizational Social Responsibility (Chapters 1 and 9) The Ethical Decision-making Process (Chapter 1) Corporate Reputation (Chapter 9) The Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid (Chapter 9) The Importance of Trust (Chapter 9) The
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1. Using consequential‚ rule-based and character theories‚ evaluate Jim’s options. • Consequential-Jim would need to assess how it would affect each worker and the company and identify the benefits or damage it would cause if he fired Bill. Jim would need to makes sure the benefits outweighed the harm. If firing Bill is helpful to the company‚ then it would be acceptable. • Rule-based-With this theory‚ Jim needs to look at the other workers to see if maybe Bill is getting his attitude from them
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One of the most challenging moral/ethical dilemmas to resolve occurs when the patient’s autonomous choices conflict with the nurse’s duty to look out for the patient’s best interests. The scenario presented to me describes a conflict between a patient who refuses to bathe and a nurse whose duty is to provide the patient’s care. Because of the patient’s physical condition and inability to get out of bed‚ they require a two-person bath involving lifts. The patient refuses to bathe at the time scheduled
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Virtue ethics is relative There are different opinions and views within virtue ethics as to which virtues to follow and‚ more importantly‚ what makes a "Virtuous person" the contrast in opinions demonstrates the relativism of Virtue ethics. The doctrine of the mean does not work in practice It seems perfect in theory but as the statement claims‚ it is difficult to work in practise. The main area of failure is when/ how we know when we’ve gone to either extreme? This judgement amongst subjective
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differently. This situation is considered an ethical dilemma because Guillermina feels as if her cultural and individual differences are not being valued‚ and therefore‚ she does not feel comfortable sitting in class. This situation pertains to the fifth general principle of
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