Ethics: Gay Marriage If the fetus you save is gay‚ will you still fight for its rights? (http://smartassproducts.hubpages.com) This is an ongoing ethical dilemma in our world today. With many states starting to recognize gay unions‚ and those who oppose it‚ the issues have raised many ethical questions like my opening statement. There are basically two sides to this debate: The Liberals (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal) and the Conservatives (http://dictionary.reference
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Red Lobster’s Ethical Dilemma - Term Paper Gerry Mullen‚ CEO of Red Lobster restaurants‚ has been faced with a dilemma. He recently received an email from Terry Modotti‚ Vice President for Public Relations concerning the lobster retrieval in La Mosquitia‚ also known as the Mosquito Coast. The article states that many of the young working men are being killed and maimed to make lobsters available at cheap process to consumers in the United States. The men‚ known as buzos‚ must dive up to 130
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Douglas’s decision The main ethical dilemma is due to a conflict between Phillip’s decision to withhold information from Colin‚ and Douglas’s responsibilities as Colin’s pharmacist to disclose the information to Colin due to its long-term repercussions. Colin’s medication‚ PitEase‚ has been known to cause sterility in up to 7% of the people taking the medication. Colin’s father‚ Phillip tries to prevent Douglas from sharing this information with Colin‚ by pleading to Douglas emotionally‚ by stating
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Colleagues‚ Supervisors‚ or Experts After considering the above moral principles‚ Winston consults with a fellow school counselor‚ Dana‚ who has been practicing for twenty years. Without revealing any identifying information‚ Winston discusses his ethical dilemma with Dana and asks for suggestions on possible courses of action. Dana informs Winston that in her experience‚ she has rarely divulged information that students told her to their teachers unless it was absolutely necessary. In the majority of
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novel of its time and still affecting its reader in present day. The film of this novel followed the text exceptionally well representing comedic scene and romance accurately. In the film main character Howard Campbell Jr. was faced with some ethical dilemmas and tough choices that would determine the path of his life. I determined four actions in the story that were significant in steering Howard Campbell Jr. life. Listed as follows: the choice to stay in Germany while his parents left to America
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Jimmy Carter’s book‚ A Call To Action began by establishing certain ethical dilemmas that have gone on in the past‚ and are still going on today. These dilemmas include women’s rights issues such as slavery‚ genital cutting‚ rape‚ spousal abuse‚ etc. Carter claims that a factor for the abuse of women is that people turn to violence first‚ instead of solving issues ethically and using violence as a last resort or even ceasing the use of violence entirely. Our former president then talked about how
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Often times at Medicine ward‚ I encouter patients family deciding to have a DNR or Do Not Resuscitate order. Once they decide‚ they have to sign the patients chart for legality purposes. But what is exactly DNR? A Do Not Resuscitate‚ or DNR order is a written order from a doctor that resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. Such an order may be instituted on the basis of an advance directive from a person‚ or from someone entitled to make decisions
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The purpose of this essay is to present a case study that was allocated to me on my second placement setting. I will discuss some of the ethical dilemmas which I have encountered and how I have dealt with them in a professional way. Anti-oppression/discrimination and reflective practice will also be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me
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1. View Lecture slides on Autonomy 2. View the movie “Million Dollar Baby” (if you are short on time view from the fight scene to the end) and answer the following questions: a. What kind of burden does it place on society or members within society‚ such as significant others of patient’s‚ when health care providers do not honor or attempt to find out the patient’s wishes regarding end of life care? (2.5pts) When a patient is not advised of his or her rights under the Patient Self-Determination Act
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employees at the other facilities of these changes. This document will discuss whether or not the practice of ethical decision making was exercise in the scenario. More specifically we will discuss: Whether or not it was ethical of Maggie to decide to create a new business model and management structure without seeking input of her managers and other staff‚ and Whether or not it was ethical for the manager who quit to have informed the employees at the other facilities of the upcoming changes. Unethical
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