Ethics Case Study HCS 335 Holly Martinez de Andino‚ MS‚ RN‚ CLNC August 21‚ 2012 Wendy Herrold Ethics Case Study Week 2 Introduction “Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is
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reporting and internal governance standard of public companies. Ethics Issues The first issue is the lack of independence of the board of directors and their breach of fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors has the legal and ethical duty of monitoring the company’s management on behalf of the shareholders. The members should remain independent and should always examine the company’s operations with great care. In Enron’s case‚ the Board of Directors was comprised of members who were too close
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the company. He found several sites‚ which could possibly question the ethics of the company‚ as well as the culture in which this company represented. In order for Benji to make a decision‚ he will need to base his decision on many critical factors. These factors may include: offers from other corporations‚ the ability to work within the business ethics of New Gen. and the culture of New Gen. Understanding business ethics will be useful
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Case Summary: Between 1966 and 1975‚ Orkin Exterminating Company contracted with their customers a “lifetime” termite protection control if the contracted customers continue to pay the annual renewal fee. But‚ this contract became too expensive for Orkin when US suffered price inflation. It decided to increase annual renewal fee by 40 Percent. Few persistent customers were able to escape the rate increase through an accommodation plan‚ while most customers were not informed about this possibility
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Thomas Hobbes (English – Contractarian) 1. View of the State of Nature a. Human nature w/o government is : i. Egoistic ii. Everyone “equal” iii. Equal rights to everything iv. Warlike v. Psychological Egoism – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain vi. Rational vii. Law of Self Preservation + reason contract 2. Psychological / Ethical Egoism a. Psych – descriptive – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain b. Ethical
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in mL will be equal to the mass of the water in g. 1 mL H2O = 1 g H2O For example‚ in trial 1‚ Volume of liquid water = 59 mL * Mass of liquid water = 59 g Observations: 1. While the cashew was burning‚ the flame barely rose above the nut. 2. The cashew burned for a long duration of time (about 2 minutes). 3. The cashew was completely black (charred) and brittle after it was entirely burnt. Processed Data: | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | Trial 4 | Trial 5 | Heat produced
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Enron is a U.S. company that was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay‚ an economist. On the 2nd of December 2001 the company had been filed for bankruptcy as a result of a great accounting fraud. Enron had been expanded by borrowings of money to buy up other companies which lead them to a 75% debt capital. To help encounter this problem‚ Jeffrey Skilling was appointed as head of Enron’s finance department. As the U.S. government deregulated energy prices‚ the price of gas became very unstable. Skilling
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Trading in the company shares was suspended in early 2008‚ followed by the company going into receivership in November of 2008. Who are the main players in this business case? The primary player in the centre of the collapse of ABC Learning Ltd is the founder and CEO Mr Eddy Groves. Mr Groves is currently involved in a court case‚ in the Brisbane Magistrates Court‚ regarding claims of poor disclosure‚
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Running Head; WHICH NUT Which Nut has More Energy? Aidan J. Flood Christ the King Many people ate peanuts such as explorers; the ones that explored the colonies. They lived off of the types of nuts grown in the colonies. (The life and Times of a Peanut) Many people ate nuts such as walnuts‚ peanuts‚ and almonds. All of the nuts pack a ton of energy inside. The testing was on which nut had more energy. It is necessary to test or experiment with the power of a nut‚ so people know how much
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Globe Theater: Nuts and Bolts During the epoch of Queen Elizabeth‚ one of the only forms of entertainment was theater. People would go to performances to take breaks from their harsh lives. Among the many constructed‚ no theater was quite as important and popular as the Globe Theater. The Globe stood its ground firmly with the beautiful gallery seats overseeing its grand wooden stage. Therefore‚ when describing this playhouse‚ one can divide the Globe into two parts – the parts of the playhouse
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