After careful consideration of the lawsuits presented in Chapter 20 of the text‚ this writer chose two lawsuits that violate standards in which important future cases were based upon due to the outcomes of these cases. The first case is that within an employment setting in which testing was used to determine employee performance‚ yet was considered to not be valid or reliable. Griggs vs. Duke Power Company‚ 1971 brought to question if the testing that was being used to hold back African Americans
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Ethical Decisions for Stakeholders: A Practical Application Introduction Organizational culture‚ or the values‚ attitudes and beliefs held by an organization‚ directly impacts all the stakeholders of an organization. This assignment looks at a hypothetical scenario from Strait about a situation at private university. The goal is to determine an ethical decision that has the greatest benefits to the stakeholders in this organizational culture. To lend insight to the university
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* Ethical relativism : means that there isn’t rational way to decide that if there is an ethical stander is absolutely true or absolutely false . For example : "drinking" is immoral in the Islamic countries ‚ yet "drinking" is not wrong in the other countries . *The objection to theory of ethical relativism : 1 - Some moral standards are found in all societies : it means there are some ethical acts that are immoral in all societies like : Killing 2- Moral differences do not logically imply
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MODULE 4 DQ 2 Nurses and Physicians deal with many ethical issues on a daily basis. The basic ethical principles assist us in understanding‚ negotiating and navigating these issues. Ethical dilemmas arise when two or more ethical principles apply in a particular case and would lead to different outcomes. Looking at the difference between between beneficence and Non-maleficence as follows: Beneficence: Compassion; taking positive action to help others; desire to do good; core principle of our
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Ethical Leadership Influence plays a major part in leadership (Yukl‚ 2010). Powerful leaders can have a huge impact on the lives of followers and the organization (Yukl‚ 2010). Leaders will use power‚ but the primary issue is whether the leaders will use the power wisely (Yukl‚ 2010). At the expense the organization and the public‚ powerful leaders can move up in their careers and economic gain (Yukl‚ 2010). A leader can make unethical practices look legitimate and even influence the members
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5. What ethical issues have you witnessed or heard about on this company? State your opinions on what should have been done to deal with these ethical issues. a) Conflict on human rights Nokia has been involved in conflict-minerals which engaging in human rights abuses. For example‚ the conflict-minerals took place in Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Central of Africa in July of 2010. The illegal activities involved the extraction and trade of minerals which controlled by warlords. The head of the
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Ethical Issue: breech of being professional The intention of the code of ethics is to direct and help registered nurses practice ethically safe so no harm can be done to clients (New Zealand Nursing Organisation‚ 2010). Firstly this essay will describe an issue that was conflicting whilst on clinical placement. Secondly this essay will discuss the ethical principle of being professional which is defined in the code of ethics. Lastly this essay will discuss the importance of a nurse being professional
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1. What is the basic idea of ethical subjectivism? Why might a person argue that the theory is broken. What are the flaws of the theory? The basic idea of ethical subjectivism is that your own opinion is your own truth and considered a fact even if is not in agreement with someone else’s opinion/truth because the conclusion was drawn from your own perspective from personal experiences. A person might argue that the theory is broken when the truth of another is a falsehood according to his/her
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In this paper‚ I will discuss the ethical dilemma faced by a nurse who is caring for an eight month old patient‚ who reports with his mother to the emergency room with a suspicious fracture. The mother provides a plausible story‚ and the physician knows the family and does not suspect abuse. I will discuss the action I would take in order to provide the appropriate care for this patient. As a registered professional nurse‚ I feel the only approach to the case is to report the injury to Department
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Current Ethical Issue in Business Paper Current Ethical Issue in Business Recently the scooter store founded in 1991 has had setbacks that led the company in laying-off 1800 employees. Later that week some 300 employees where brought back to continue working for the company. The scooter store serves some 700‚000 senior citizens and individuals with disabilities by providing their customers with mobility. The scooter store is the nation’s largest suppliers of power wheelchairs and scooters. Recently
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