This essay is based on a case scenario and will critically analyse the ethical dilemmas that health and social care practitioner’s encounter with regards to: implications of consent‚ disclosure of personal information and maintaining patient confidentiality. The legal aspects of the scenario will be discussed in relation to the breaching of confidentiality and how the Data Protection Act (1998) can conflict with other legislation intended to protect patient’s rights. In addition it will identify
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Ethical Dilemmas 1 Ethical Dilemmas Larry Carter COM 425 May 31‚ 2010 Ethical Dilemmas 2 Ethical Dilemmas In today’s world employees face many different challenges in the workplace‚ challenges which not only bring on difficult choices‚ but could also bring about unwanted change. One of these challenges is Ethical Dilemmas. When an ethical dilemma arises in the workplace an employee is faced with what to do. How do they
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child and youth care practice. In every organization there is need for ethical practices and the Child and Youth Care field is not an exception. Stuart (2009:181) defines a code of ethics as a set of rules or standards for behavior or as a set of principles to follow in making decisions about how to behave. These set of rules will be the yardstick for right and wrong in the field of Child and Youth Care work. Below is going to be a discussion on the importance of ethical practices‚ the writers’ view
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it is not a theory of ethics but rather a theory of human psychology. Psychological Egoism has extreme consequences for human morality. If Psychological Egoism were true‚ then our entire society would consist of selfish individuals only interested in their own welfare; it would be pointless to talk about what people ought to do. Ethical Egoism in contrast claims that each person ought to pursue his or her own self-interest exclusively (Rachels 70). The main difference between the two is that Psychological
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Ethical Egoism is the ethical theory which states that all actions ought to be done either solely/ultimately for the sake of self interest. The criterion of rightness is what is morally right is what is good for the agent. The decision procedure would be that the agent must determine‚ in some way‚ what is good for him/her‚ and then do that. So‚ an act is right if and only if it brings the best consequences for an individual. Therefore‚ the action that is to be done is the action that is only to
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Ethical Vignette Paper 1 Tanya Pamplin COUN 501 2/3/2015 Liberty University Dr. Alyson Pompeo-Fargnoli Ethical Vignette Paper 1 SUMMARY: The vignette video covered ethical issues such as; duty to report‚ duty to warn‚ confidentiality and privileged information. The first case scenario was about a foster child by the name of Dominic who was taken to the emergency room by his foster parent. Dominic was unconscious when he arrived at the hospital and he had a bruise under his eye and several
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Ethical hacking also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking‚ involves the same tools‚ tricks‚ and techniques that hackers use‚ but with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal. Ethical hacking is performed with the target’s permission. The intent of ethical hacking is to discover vulnerabilities from a hacker’s viewpoint so systems can be better secured. Its part of an overall information risk management program that allows for ongoing security improvements. Ethical hacking
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The Ethical Debate of Pornography Ashford University Dr. Craig Allen SOC120: Ethics and Social Responsibility Aug 15‚ 1014 Abstract In this report‚ I will attempt to describe‚ compare‚ and apply the ethical theories and perspectives to the topic of pornography to explain how the theories and perspectives would analyze this issue. What are the ethical issues of pornography and are there breaches of ethical behavior? In this report‚ we will apply the ethical theories of Utilitarianism‚ Deontology
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Capital Region (NCR). Richard and his two partners have worked for one of the four major NCR firms and are well known in the local real estate community. And recently‚ Richard has just completed a preliminary evaluation of a property for Watson & Musico‚ which is one of NCR’s major developers and property owners. However‚ John Mortimer from Watson & Musico is unsatisfied with the Richard’s evaluation price‚ he asks Richard to raise the value‚ otherwise they have no business. This situation is difficult
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Ethical Issue in Business – Pfizer‚ Examined Staci Holt PHL/323 Cassandra Giles Sunday‚ August 1‚ 2010 Ethical Issue in Business - Pfizer‚ Examined Pfizer‚ Inc (Pfizer hereafter) is an international pharmaceutical firm with $45.2 billion in profits in previous years and has an estimated allotment for research and development around $7.9 billion (Pagnattaro‚ 2005). Currently involved in a legal battle originating from allegations that the company unethically pursued clinical trials in an
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