Ethical dilemmas arise at almost every turn in a professional’s life. Social workers are no exception to this and are faced with the daunting task distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong while simultaneously fighting for social justice. What makes a person’s decision more right than the next person’s? In a world where we struggle to understand right from wrong clear answers may be argued for an eternity. An ethical dilemma is considered as a decision-making problem between two possible
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Throughout our lifetime we face ethical dilemmas‚ and in this fictional ethical dilemma the main character must decide if he’s willing obey his superior or go against his superior because he views his superior has the wrong viewpoint. The main character is Robert Jackson‚ and he works in his local police department. The ethical dilemma is that Officer Jackson must decide if it’s morally right to target areas‚ which wealthy retirees tend to live in‚ with tickets. His boss tries to justify it by showing
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The Ethical Dilemma of a Police Officer Professions are guided by codes of ethics to aid them in performance of their duties and to ensure maintenance of high standards of conduct. Police officers are faced with a maze of obligations in the performance of their official duties. The “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics” and “Canons of Police Ethics” were created to make explicit the conduct considered appropriate for police officers and to guide them in the performance of their duties. Although police
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Abstract This paper explores the ethical dilemma of a licensed professional counselor who is practicing out of a church setting. Most of the counselors’ clients are clients who are overall stable and well-functioning. Due to the status of the clients he sees he does not feel that it is necessary to keep records of the clients he sees therefore he does not keep any records at all. He feels that in a different situation where his clients were not stable he would then need to consider record keeping
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The ethical dilemma that I have decided on for this assignment is a choice that I must do a couple times a week minimum. This choice always tear’s at me when having to decide which way I will lean. The decision or “dilemma” that I face is having to up-sale extra work or not too. I know this might not sound like an ethical dilemma‚ but for dealership technicians it is. I remain under pressure from upper management to obtain more up-sales on every vehicle that comes in for service. Now how is this
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health policies in direct care and thus solve the dilemma or problems in nursing. Medical practitioners face ethical dilemma on a daily basis because what one person may consider ethical may be different from what is needed to approach a particular situation. Additionally‚ to deliver patient care‚ nurses are tasked with using ethical concepts‚ which involve‚ justice‚ maleficence‚ the duty to act with beneficence‚ and respect for patient autonomy. The ethical concepts require nurse to give rational‚ correct
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Week 3 Individual Assignment I - Ethical Dilemma p. 59-61 Read the "Ethical Dilemma" in Chapter 3 found on pages 59-61 in your Ferrell text. Provide a response to each of the four questions at the end of the ethical dilemma on page 61. 1.) Keeping in mind the facts and timeline of this situation‚ discuss Jackie’s situation in term of its legal and ethical issues. Jackie’s ethical issue was that she slept and carried on a relationship with her manager Curtis. As far as legal issues‚ if Jackie
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always stated " innocent until proven guilty." The war in Iraq has brought out several ethical dilemmas since significant changes in the military action and homeland security. Holding terrorists suspects without legal representation‚ charges or court hearings is almost absurd. However‚ using the paradigm model‚ it really explains itself. The paradigm of short term versus long term is best suited for this type of dilemma. The government is taking immediate present action‚ due to the need of human safety
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS – AN ETHICAL DILEMMA 1 Case Analysis – An Ethical Dilemma Jerald D. Peet Saint Leo University AN ETHICAL DILEMMA 2 Salary Matrix
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Surrogate Mothers and Ethical Dilemmas Kimberly G. Manning Carlow University Surrogate Mothers and Ethical Dilemmas Few options exist for same-sex partners or heterosexual partners unable to bear children when deciding to have a child. A couple may adopt‚ but if they want a biological child‚ the couple must employ a surrogate mother. Two types of surrogacy exist. Gestational surrogacy involves extracting an egg and sperm from donors and placing the fertilized egg into the surrogate’s uterus
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