According to an article published October 11‚ 2016‚ Wells Fargo Bank has had substantial ethical and fraudulent issues for several years (Cowley‚ 2016). There are reports of misuse in reporting and fraudulent activity dating back to the year 2005. A Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo in May 2015 (Cowley‚ 2016). This lawsuit was filed to bring light to the creation of unauthorized accounts by Wells Fargo Bank and the organization’s employees. Wells Fargo was accused of
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discuss the concept of consent in paramedicine and the legal and ethical implications that are involved in treating a patient. As a paramedic‚ before treating or transporting a patient‚ informed consent needs to be obtained. The term consent means to give assent‚ permission‚ agreement or to approve (Steer‚ 2007). When deciding on the validity of consent‚ some key points have to be examined. Firstly‚ the patient must be competent‚ meaning they have sufficient decision making capacity. If the patient
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In today’s electronic age‚ many employers are faced daunting task of making a legal call when determining if monitoring employee behavior is appropriate at all times. In essence‚ “Little Brother” is always watching. According to Schulman (2013)‚ Little Brother represents the tremendous capabilities technology as provided for employers to keep track of what their work force is up to. Several programs are available that search e-mails‚ as well as software to block objectionable websites. The most
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Ethical Theories Business 670 Legal Environment August 10‚ 2010 The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ethical theories and their foundations from this week’s reading material. One is to describe the theories‚ discuss plus add one more that is not in the book. To understand l theories one needs to know understand that a theory is based on observation or testing‚ there is really no right or wrong answer to what a theory is. One does need to understand what is ethical? Ethical is basically
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VIII – Legal Issues in Radiology Conduct a web search to identify a specific legal issue that may arise in a radiology department. Discuss the likely responsibility of the department manager in this issue. The workplace bullying institute (WBI) advises bullying is on the rise. Workplace bullying May begin as innocent fun and then turn into offensive and cruel conduct‚ evolving into a dysfunctional department conflict that if the appropriate actions are not taken; could become a legal issue. Bullying
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Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Ethical Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry Abstract No one can deny that the pharmaceutical industry has made significant contributions to human progress. The pharmaceutical industry has been responsible for drugs that have saved millions of lives‚ cured many forms of cancer‚ and ensured that an AIDS diagnosis is no longer an automatic death sentence. Yet despite this there are questions that the public has on whether the industry
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:: :: SEX SELECTION: ETHICAL ISSUES PREVIOUS :: NEXT Sex Selection: Ethical Issues A paper to be used as background for discussion K. Cloonan‚ C. Crumley‚ and S. Kiymaz Edited by S. F. Gilbert and E. Zackin Discussions of cloning and stem cell research involve whether we should set limits on technologies that do not yet exist. However‚ the debate on whether sex selection is an ethical practice involves technology that is already perfected. It is possible‚ through prenatal genetic screening
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Aug 5th 2014 BUS 212 Business Law and Corporate Ethics Professor Jonathan McGovern Argosy University - Inland Empire Was it ethical for Normandale to sell the alleged knock-off products at a lower price? Explain. No it was not ethical for them to sell counterfeit products at a lower price. This gives them an unfair advantage over their competitors and also helps to fuel a 250 Billion a year industry that is being compared to organized crime by the United Nations Office
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Security of Organizational Intranets in the Banking Section Version 1.0 * Introduction * Ethical Issues * Restricted access of information for employees in the organization’s intranet (From employee’s point of view‚ they may lose the faith in the organization‚ untrustworthy etc.) (From organization’s point of view‚ it is important to hide information such as personal sensitive information; confidential information due to some employees may gain advantages using such information)
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To ensure the business is compliant the new owner will need to be aware of several legal and ethical considerations. Ethical issues include: Honesty- This is not limited to dealing with money and property. Colleagues and customers also expect honesty in their relationships. Confidentiality- It is against the Privacy Act and bad for business to reveal information about customers and colleagues unless they are informed. Employees also need to keep trade secrets so that their enterprise maintains a
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