1. To define the term of the whistleblowing 2. To Discuss elements to execute whistleblowing 3. To present the case study related to whistleblowing 3 – (I) Gene G. James • The attempt of an employee or former employee of an organization to disclose what he or she believes to be wrongdoing in or by the organization. ― (II) Charles B. Fleddermann • Act by an employee of informing the public or higher management of unethical or illegal behavior by an employer or supervisor. 4
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The theory behind utilitarianism is that one’s actions are right if it promotes happiness or pleasure and wrong if it does not promote happiness or pleasure. The main point to this theory is the principle of utility that states “according to which actions should be chosen that bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people.” (Palmer) Jeremy Bentham gave essentially utilitarianism its name and brought more attention to it than those before him. Bentham came up with
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Reaction Paper: “Ethical Dilemmas” Morality is the behavior that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong. It is the character‚ decency‚ goodness‚ integrity‚ righteousness‚ virtue etc. of a person living in one society. And it has a big confusion to everyone if morality is relative. Individuals differ in taste‚ personality‚ behavior and beliefs. Each country or maybe groups of people have their own standard of morality. How could morality relative if there is no universal standard
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Executive Summary Table of Contents Introduction Freedom of speech means that a person or a body have a right to express them without any fear of suppression or penalty. It also means that there will not be any imposition of person’s speech. In today’s context‚ “Speech” is not limited to public speaking and it does include other forms of expression including social media. Australia does not have any explicit constitutional rights related to freedom of speech. However‚ parliamentarians are protected
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Nursing Leadership and management Ethical Dilemma Synopsis As nurses‚ we vow to advocate for our patients by respecting their autonomy and maintaining their dignity. We practice beneficence and veracity when providing patient care. During my time as a student‚ I have unfortunately heard and seen many breaches in ethical principles regarding patients and their care. As the nurses exchanged report from the previous shift‚ they gossiped about a nurse on another medical-surgical unit making a medication
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Media ethics Media ethics is the subdivision of applied ethics dealing with the specific ethical principles and standards of media‚ including broadcast media‚ film‚ theatre‚ the arts‚ print media and the internet. The field covers many varied and highly controversial topics‚ ranging from war journalism to Benetton advertising. Ethics of journalism The ethics of journalism is one of the most well-defined branches of media ethics‚ primarily because it is frequently taught in schools of journalism
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Question One: Name two important circumstances in which you would consider breaching confidentiality. What factors would you consider and what steps might you take‚ before making this decision? Confidentiality is extremely important for trusting and effective counselling practice (Corey‚2009)‚ however there will be certain situations where confidentiality may need to be breached to ensure the safety of the client or community. Two of these circumstances would be a client under 16 who has
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Introduction Justice is the importance of an individual or society having rights‚ equality and fairness. Fracking in the Karoo has damaged the environment and contaminated the water sources which have led to the violation of people rights (du Toit‚ 2011). In order to come to a moral decision whether fracking in the Karoo is or is not desirable I studied Mill’s utilitarian theory of justice which helped me understand that actions must be made to maximize the overall happiness of the individuals
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Is there such a thing as a justified killing? Is all murder morally wrong? According to the bible one shall not kill‚ but that is a very vague statement. Its basically saying that no matter what killing is bad. Even if ones life may be threatened one shall not kill. Some would say yes it is wrong to kill someone no matter what. It is a sin to take ones life and with that should never be done. Well that is true‚ no one should go out and kill people for fun or anything like that. But if someone is
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Case Analysis 1. Summarize the SCENARIOS in the case: Provide a brief (one or two paragraphs) summary. While malicious hackers are spreading viruses all over the global computer network‚ advertisers and scam artists are writing programs called spy-ware. Spy-ware is a program that installs themselves on computers to serve up advertising‚ monitor Web surfing and other computer activities. In return certain spy-ware have what they call ‘key loggers’ that record every tap on the keyboard‚
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