Readmissions to the hospital has been projected to cost the U.S. approximately 17 billion dollars annually‚ of which 90% of those readmitted were unplanned (Weiss‚ Yakusheva‚ and Bobay‚ 2011). For those patients who have a primary care provider and actually follow up as instructed within 1-2 weeks‚ 2/3 of those primary care providers will have not received a written discharge summary of the patient’s stay. On the other hand‚ a large percentage of patients either do not have access to primary care
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Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility Case Analysis: BP (Beyond Petroleum) Beyond Petroleum (BP)‚ one of the world’s largest energy companies has seen many highs and lows over its 100 history. Throughout BP’s 100 year history there have been numerous questions about the company’s ethical conduct. These ethical misconducts include fraud‚ environmental crimes‚ regulatory negligence‚ and the endangering of habitats (Thorne‚ D.M.‚ Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ & Ferrell‚ L.‚ 2011). With the multiple
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Assignment #4 The Ask: Does Wal-Mart have an ethical obligation to oversee labor violations and low labor wages occurring in its supply chain? Wal-Mart continues to ignore employee wage dissatisfaction and is now facing legal charges from indirect laborers and contractors. Wal-Mart oversees every aspect of their supply chain and have set the standard on how to keep cost the production‚ transportation and handling of goods to a bear minimum. This type of business model has placed an economic
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Title | Ethical and Legal Issues on the Internet | Assessment A‚ Part 1: MBC News Interview | What are the main ethical issues on college campuses today? | Plagiarism‚ cheating and copyright infringement. | | Do you think the Internet has made students less ethical? | The Internet doesn’t make people unethical; it only enables unethical people to do what they were always going to do - cheat‚ plagiarize‚ infringe on copyrights - easier and faster. | | What can colleges do today
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Nightingale Community Hospital: Patient Tracer Summary Western Governors University Nightingale Community Hospital: Patient Tracer Summary Nightingale Community Hospital utilizes a tracer methodology adapted from The Joint Commission to review patient charts weekly. The tracer method provides a precise appraisal of programs and methods for delivery of care and services. A thorough review of current services will help identify possible deficiencies. Patient 453355 medical record
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Evolutionary Change HOME :: CHAPTER :: :: 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
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“Ethical issues about Business “ Discrimination You’re the boss in a predominantly male environment. The presence of a new female employee stirs up conflict because your company has not had a chance to conduct sensitivity training. Some of your male employees make inappropriate remarks to your new employee. She complains to you; in response‚ you sanction those responsible for the conduct. You also wonder if it would be wise to move your new female employee to another position where she would
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Absolute ethic issues has only two sides either good or bad or black or white. Relative ethics is complicated and have multitudes of sides with varying shades of gray. Absolute is just being one or the other. Unethical behavior like bribery‚ extortion‚ excessive force and perjury are all unacceptable behavior police. In Relative Ethics the community can start to accept wrong behavior like looking away while police officers deal in drug trafficking.This is an example officer improper and illegal
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parents responsibility to take their child to the hospital in order for them to receive treatment. Within Canadian culture it is a common consensus within the majority that the life of a child is a very precious and valuable‚ and one that should not intentionally be harmed in any way. In the case of JJ‚ her parents intentionally go against the common norm in society by denying their child the life saving chemotherapy she needs. This shows issues of neglect‚ due to the persistent failure to meet a
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Game Simulation that helps to have a view on new threats and opportunities. Many companies lack of unethical acts and behaviors‚ which results in the loss of stakeholders shares. Rethinking a company’s purpose in terms of societal needs can help to differentiate from competition‚ promote public trust‚ and increase stakeholder value. A company needs to have their mind set to do "good"‚ not just to do "well". This leads to the decision‚ which the simulation experience changes the existing shelved products
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