Ethics and Social Issues Final Exam Essay Questions ESSAY QUESTIONS 1. Essay Question: Rule Vs. Act Utilitarianism (Utilitarianism) Suppose that you were wondering whether you‚ as a doctor‚ should hug a patient who is in tears. Give an ethical analysis of pros and cons from an act utilitarian point of view. Then give an analysis from a rule utilitarian point of view. 2. Essay Question: (Case Scenario -- Utilitarianism) Suppose that Rosa moves away her children out of town because
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing How personal and societal values can influence ethical decision- making process when nurses are faced with ethical issues‚ nursing has long advocated a nonjudgmental approach to care. Nurses need to able to apply ethical principle in decision- making and consider their own values and belief and the values and belief of the client. As nurses we have the responsibility to protect the right of the client by acting as client advocate. According with Blais‚ Hayes‚
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Running Head: ETHICAL HEALTHCARE Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper Wanda Douglas Health Law and Ethics/HCS 545 October 17‚ 2011 Nancy Moody Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper In today’s health care industry providing quality patient care and avoiding harm are the foundations of ethical practices. However‚ many health care professionals are not meeting the guidelines or expectations of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) or obeying the organizations code of ethics policies
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impregnated. “The Christian Right seeks to criminalize abortion‚ but not all religions condemn abortion unequivocally.” Some people may ask if abortion is ethical or unethical‚ and based on location‚ moral beliefs‚ laws‚ and religion there are different views. In the world most countries created abortion laws that are strict and so has India. In the early 1970’s the Indian parliament enacted the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP). A woman in India is allowed to have an abortion only if it has been
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Toys with Happy meal The Ethical Dilemma of McDonald’s McDonald’s currently faces a crisis‚ as parents‚ who objected to the free toys offered with the McDonald’s Happy Meal‚ sued the company. San Francisco passed a law banning free toys with food. In this paper‚ I will address how a corporation responds to a law‚ which challenges the organization’s current policies. I will also assess McDonald’s ethical dilemma of the balancing corporate concerns and community concerns‚ and I will argue they
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Medicolegal and Ethical Issues Ethics are the study of right and wrong behavior or a set of moral principles. Morals are defined as rules or habits of conduct based on right and wrong. In regards to the relationship with the patient‚ the EMT must do no harm‚ be in good faith‚ and the patient’s best interest meaning the decisions of the EMT are based on providing the best care for the patient. Decisions are never made to benefit the EMT or any other person. There are several ethical conflicts that
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Ethical issues of Philedelphia The central ethical dilemma of the 1993 Jonathan Demme film Philadelphia is whether or not a man who is fully competent at performing his job can be fired simply because he possesses a disorder or exhibits a lifestyle against which the company’s owner possesses a prejudice. According to statutes like the Americans with Disabilities Act‚ it is illegal for an employer to fire a man because of a terminal illness such as cancer or AIDS‚ provided that the illness does
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Computer ethics deals with moral responsibility of what is wrong and right. Based on ―Importance of Computer Ethics and Software Piracy‖ article‚ software piracy is copying‚ distributing‚ and using software or games without paying. Software Piracy is a form of ethical issue that is hard to solve in society‚ especially among students of Faculty of Computer Science University of Indonesia. Based on writer observation in campus‚ students are still using pirated software‚ including using‚ duplicating
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their moral behavior. If our children are not good‚ honest‚ self-disciplined‚ kind‚ hard-working people‚ then their humanity is diminished. Parents need to respect children and require respect in return. Discipline must be respectful and model the restraint‚ gentleness‚ and fairness we expect of our children. As children get older‚ we need to ask for and consider their opinions when setting rules and consequences. These past ten years might as well go down in history as the “Decade of Moral Erosion
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Ethics Ethics are the moral codes laid down by professionals to ensure that their members or representatives adhere to certain standards of behaviour. All scientific bodies have such codes but those in psychology are particularly important because of the subject matter of the topic. The three main ethical issues in psychology using human participants are: Privacy‚ physical and psychological harm and deception. Deception involves either concealing the real intention of a study from participants
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