Running head: ETHICS CASE STUDY Ethic Case Study University of Phoenix HCS 335 January 11‚ 2011 “Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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(10%) Select any of the following cases and write a report about it. Your report (2-3 pages) will discuss the selected case containing the following parts: 1. Statement of the selected case [2 point ] 2. The moral dilemma involved in the case [2 points] 3. What do societal or professional values require in the selected case? [2 points] 4. What do professional ethical standards require in the selected case? Cite relevant parts of the Codes of Ethics. [2 points] 5. What action
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Ethics Case Study Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected
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The Analyst’s Dilemma (A) This case presents a very typical situation that people encounter while working in the corporate environment. What is ethical‚ what is morally correct and what is just right out against the law are the questions that we all face while working in a corporate environment. Some of the ethical questions are governed by the law facing the situation. For example while working in an investment bank you most probably have access to inside information about upcoming deals that
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Ethics Case Study Everyday health care workers around the world are faced with tough decisions. The law guides many decisions but some decisions require ethical considerations. Making good ethical decisions is not always as easy as it seems. Making ethical decisions is even harder when the primary intention is to be helpful‚ but it is beyond an employee’s qualifications. Jerry’s Qualifications versus Necessary Qualifications Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical
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Business Ethics Case Shirley Jones was Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family. Ethical Case 3.4 Within this case little three year old Joshua was mailed an offer by times magazine. Within the see through window of the envelope there was an offer stating that if the recipient only opened that letter that they would receive a free calculator watch. After his mother opened the envelope and read further it seemed that not only opening the envelope but purchasing the magazine was required
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Dilemmas Case Studies Professional Accountants in Business December 20112 Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3 Case Study 1...............................................................................................................................5 Pressure to overstate stock valuation ...................................................................................5 Case Study 2
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ETHICS CASE Dilemma of an Accountant In 1976 Senator Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) released a report on the public accounting industry which rocked the profession. Despite a decade of revisions in rules and regulations (variously established by the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ Accounting Principles Board‚ and Financial Accounting Standards Board)‚ public accounting firms were still perceived by many on Capitol Hill as biased in favor of their clients‚ incapable of or unwilling to police
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BUSINESS ETHICS CASE STUDY 1) What are Joseph’s ethical problems? Joseph is faced with some ethical problems such as honesty‚ conflicts of interest‚ fairness and bribes. He found out that Carl and other employees were using (kickback) with their customers. Even if the Alcon’s hand book didn’t say anything about the kickback‚ but it include this statement" our company stands for the right thing at all time and giving our customers the best products for the best price" so Joseph and the employees
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reporting and internal governance standard of public companies. Ethics Issues The first issue is the lack of independence of the board of directors and their breach of fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors has the legal and ethical duty of monitoring the company’s management on behalf of the shareholders. The members should remain independent and should always examine the company’s operations with great care. In Enron’s case‚ the Board of Directors was comprised of members who were too close
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