Ethical Dilemma Paper . The content of this paper will address an ethical dilemma from a recent news story. It will identify the nature of the dilemma and the ethical issue that was made concerning the matter. Next‚ it will identify alternative courses of action and the outcome of the situation. In addition‚ it will identify the themes of peacemaking. Then‚ compare and contrast between utilitarianism and deontology. Ethics is defined as what is considered to be right or wrong behavior. This behavior
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The purpose of this memo is to identify the ethical dilemma Helen is trapped into and her responsibilities towards making the correct decision. Helen Kanell is a final year student with a 4.0 average grade point at the Empire State University. She is also the president of Beta Alpha Psi‚ the accounting student honor society. Being a president of such honorable society requires a great deal of responsibility and time commitment. Helen is already appointed a position at the Big & Apple LLC. Yet‚ Helen
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Looking back on my eleven years of being a Memphis police officer‚ there has been several times in which I have been faced with an ethical dilemma. A police officer can encounter these types dilemmas on a daily basis. I remember one of the first ethical issues I faced‚ was during my probationary phase. We had been dispatched to a one car accident. The dispatcher advised the complaint was a motorist who observed a vehicle severe off the road hit a guardrail and split a pole. My partner who had relinquished
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important for counselors to keep their personal feelings and beliefs aside and relay all relevant information about abortion to their client. Abortion issues can be discussed within the framework of five ethical principles of autonomy‚ fidelity‚ justice‚ beneficence‚ and nonmaleficence. Various ethical decision-making models and self-examinations within the context of both personal
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article is titled: When Abortion becomes birth: A Dilemma of Medical Ethics Shaken by New Advances (New York Times). The main ethical question following this article is: when if ever is an abortion ethical according to deontology? Abortion by dictionary definition is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy” (“Abortion.” Merriam-Webster). Abortion is one of the most controversial ethical issues because it concerns the taking of a human
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Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet‚ but he still is not fast enough to save everyone leaving him with the hardest decision of all. Superman in essence plays God with the people of earth since he cannot save everyone who is in danger. This ethical dilemma is the reason why there are some people who despise superheroes due to their role in choosing who lives and who dies. In spite of the fact that Superman makes these decisions‚ there are still people who understand what he is doing and will still
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Ethical Dilemmas in The Insider The movie The Insider is based on real-life events from the mid-nineties. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation‚ but was unsatisfied with the direction that the company was heading. He was fired when he started to vocalize concerns about just how dangerous cigarettes actually were and about the fact that the company was adding chemicals that made the cigarettes even more addictive. An investigative reporter at
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Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma There are several key players involved in the Japanese culture dilemma. The first major player is Ryan McNamara who has been called into the office by his manager‚ Natalie Berman of Pryor Sterling Inc. She informs him of a “crucial project with ties to three of the firm’s major international accounts” in Tokyo (Nelson & Quick‚ p.66). Natalie provides Ryan with information “on the specifics of the project and timetable for completion” (p. 66). The other key players
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Ethical Dilemma Nader Ayyad Chamberlain College of Nursing Pediatric/Nursing Ethical Dilemma A major health problem that is affecting millions of children around the globe is child maltreatment (ANA‚ 2015). Child maltreatment is any act of harm or threat to a child under the age of eighteen by a parent‚ caregiver‚ or guardian (ANA‚ 2015). There are four common types of abuse; physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect (CDC‚ 2015). There are many forms of neglect such as
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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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