Workplace Ethical Dilemma Elizabeth Tirado BSHS/332 February 4‚ 2013 Kathleen Roberts Workplace Ethical Dilemma I have often thought of myself as a good person. My parents raised me to respect my elders‚ be kind to animals and children‚ and to say always please. These are good qualities for a person to have‚ but it is important to know why people have these qualities. Showing common courtesy to someone may make an impact in that person’s day‚ but in the workplace common courtesy‚ especially
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incorrect can depend on the ethical morals that a person‚ or company‚ upholds. In the situation given from the Improper Conduct by Management‚ a company named Dicers buys wafers from another company then resales after processing and packaging them. Engineer A worked for the company Dicers and was assigned the task to alter a certain testing process to which the wafers quality was seemed to be less when in reality there was no difference. Engineer A objected to the change‚ yet his supervisor continued to
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become a global phenomenon and a key player in a lot of businesses around the world. Yet‚ at the same time‚ many questions have arisen about the negative impacts of such practice and more and more businesses have to face the dilemma of outsourcing their work at the cost of its ethical consequences. The recent downturn in global economy has put more pressure on companies to cut their cost while doing business. Numerous corporations in big countries such as US‚ UK... have been driven to begin
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University of Phoenix Material Ethical Dilemma Worksheet Incident Review 1. What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. The ethical issue develops when the truth is altered in the second or “signed off” report. The officer altered the report to state that they had actually witnessed the husband drive and park the car‚ although they had not. 2. What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important
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Abortion is a controversial topic among society today because it is in fact a moral dilemma that women struggle with today due to religious groups influence and government officials with conservative viewpoints. The abortion debates main focus is whether or not it is right or wrong to end a pregnancy before normal childbirth begins. Women should have the right to make decisions pertaining to themselves because there are a lot of factors involved with pregnancies. Besides abortions‚ these clinics
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The ethical situation surrounding the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 involved the highest level of management at three space centers: Kennedy Space Center in Florida‚ Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ and the Marshall Space Flight Center. Management and engineers with Morton Thiokol‚ a NASA contractor that manufactured the solid booster rockets‚ also joined these discussions that resulted in catastrophic failure. Launch discussions took place throughout the day and
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A. Should the medical profession force feed people with anorexia as part of treatment? One of the contributing factors to developing anorexia is an individual’s need to control his or her environment. In my opinion‚ force feeding a patient who suffers from this serious disorder‚ would be unethical as well as a violation of the patient’s constitutional rights. The libertarian philosophy of freedom is based on the premise that self-ownership is a basic right and that initiating violence against others
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The ethical issues involved in the case study for school psychology or ABA‚ are pertaining to patient confidentiality. In the case study‚ the patient trusted the psychologist to not tell anyone that she had started to cut herself in order to make friends with a group of girls. The patient is excited to finally be making friends as she has difficulty in socializing with others. According to the psychologist‚ she or he has not discussed patient confidentiality or its terms with the client. In reference
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A Prisoner’s Dilemma is a canonical example of a game analyzed in game theory that shows why two individuals might not cooperate‚ even if it appears that it is in their best interest to do so. By saying that ‚ that breaks it down saying that they think that they have to act and do what ever to get through. They have to watch their backs and make Peace in many different ways to survive that punishment to the crime they committed. During Bill Lawson’s findings are very interesting and true ‚because
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CASE 01. ETHICAL DILEMMA A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FOR SOUTHERN X LTD John Kolikias‚ managing director of Southern X Ltd‚ fixed his gaze on the numbers on the screen. They were exciting. If correct‚ the innovation would be highly lucrative. The profits of their mobile phone subsidiary would literally explode. John sighed with relief. Southern X had been struggling for the last two years and its share price had plummeted by 40 percent. If the business didn’t turn around soon‚ a major restructuring would
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