Ethics or Morals are a set of principles that allow people to distinguish right from wrong in the way that they interact with the world. Two main‚ yet very contrasting approaches to ethical decision-making are duty based and consequentialist perspectives. The theory of duty-based or Deontological ethics states that we are morally obligated to act in accordance with a certain set of principles and rules regardless of the results that follow. The Consequentialist or as it is otherwise known “Utilitarian”
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Duty‚ Honor‚ Country “And through all this welter of change and development‚ your mission remains fixed‚ determined‚ inviolable: it is to win our wars‚” this statement embodies Douglas Macarthur’s Speech “Duty‚ Honor‚ Country”. It was given in 1962 in acceptance of the Thayer Award‚ “The Award given… citizen of the United States‚ whose outstanding character‚ … comparison to the qualities for which West Point strives‚ in keeping with its motto - Duty‚ Honor‚ Country.” (AOGUSMA) It has been presented
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1. How do the doctrines of Duty to Protect and Duty to Warn apply to this scenario? -There are many ways that Duty to Protect and Duty to Warn apply to this scenario. In the scenario we are told that a mental health caseworker has a client that verbally admitted to physically abusing her children during the session‚ and the caseworker later decides to tell her supervisor about the situation and seek guidance. Since the caseworker’s supervisor was not there there was a person there to cover for the
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Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 The term ‘Duty of care’ means anyone working within the Health & social care sector must act in the best interest of the people that they are supporting. They also have to do everything in their power to ensure these people are safe from harm. My company also has a duty of care to ensure that their staff works within a safe environment. 1.2 I must ensure that I am familiar with the code of practice
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Business and the Law‚ duty of care is an element of the tort of negligence and it is defined as the responsibility owed to avoid careless that causes harm to others. Also‚ it necessarily need to test in terms of two types factors such as foreseeability and proximity: legal neighbour because a plaintiff must state and clarify the two factors in order to successfully bring a claim in negligence for compensation for an injury. As the result of the Negligence Analysis steps to establish Duty of Care shows positive
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Completed Duties Before Patients Arrive Donna Carter June 20‚ 2012 HS: 210.02 Professor Yancey As a Medical Assistant‚ it is important to have the office ready before patients arrive‚ which includes; listening to phone messages from the night before‚ going over the patient schedules‚ having the patient charts organized and ready‚ filling out any paperwork needed for the day‚ and having patient rooms cleaned and prepped (eMedicalAssistant‚ 2012). It is important to have a well organized staff
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Assignment 205 introduction to duty of care in Health‚ social care or children’s And young people’s settings Task B Case Study Case Study One You are a support worker for Mrs Ahmed who is 89‚ physically frail and lives alone. She has diabetes. Mrs Ahmed wants to eat foods that are not suitable for her medical condition‚ and asks you to shop for her as she is not able to get the shop herself. Bi Describe the difficulties for you in exercising your duty of care and upholding Mrs Ahmed’s
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DELEGATION OF DUTIES Delegation is ascribed as the due process where authority for a decision making process is vested on a subordinate and it is a missing case in various business markets in present day with a majority of employees feeling management is not taking it in stride to even offer them routine assignments (Collins‚ 2008). Many at times people in management positions are actively involving in checking the step to step undertakings of their subordinates even the most minimal duties such as seating
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In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the use of word choice conveys how societal duty can lead us to act against our beliefs. “The Lottery is a story about a village that holds a lottery every year. The true purpose is not revealed until the end‚ and even then it is not very clear. In the beginning the author describes the lottery and how the whole town comes out for this event. As Jackson is describing the lottery she describes the box they use. The box is old‚ but no one is willing to replace it
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In the essay A Duty to Family‚ Heritage‚ and Country by Ying Ying Yu‚ she explains the great burden and high expectations her Chinese immigrant family expects from her and the pressures that come with it. Yu explains how her Chinese parents view grades as what makes you and what is most important. This puts a great weight on her shoulders and produces a belief that she owes her family and country good grades because of her culture and duty. Having heard such phrases while growing up has affected
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