CASE 01. ETHICAL DILEMMA A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FOR SOUTHERN X LTD John Kolikias‚ managing director of Southern X Ltd‚ fixed his gaze on the numbers on the screen. They were exciting. If correct‚ the innovation would be highly lucrative. The profits of their mobile phone subsidiary would literally explode. John sighed with relief. Southern X had been struggling for the last two years and its share price had plummeted by 40 percent. If the business didn’t turn around soon‚ a major restructuring would
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Ethical Dilemma ( Case Study Lying in Business ) Q.1: It is not always okay to lie in a business context. However‚ there will be very less specific circumstances that lies will be okay. Some time there will be the situation where we can lie it may be the case of help to others . In a business context‚ it might be okay‚ if liars have good purposes. For example‚ they are lying because they want to avoid a risking investment of the investor‚ and they are lying because they want to
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Ethical dilemmas in interpreting: case study 2 In the scenario‚ I am interpreting at a medical practice. The Service Provider (SP) is the GP practice and Service User (SU) is a patient. I arrive at the reception on time‚ the receptionist waves me in direction of the patient and then she answers a phone call. Then the patient is called into the consultation room. At the consultation room‚ I try to introduce myself and give my Code of Practice (CoP) to the doctor but he ignores me and asks what
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with treatment‚ as Bashir is requesting only comfort care‚ while her social service worker is advocating for medical intervention based on their duty of care and Jamilah’s desire to live with this statement "please help me‚ I want to live." The ethical dilemmas in this scenario include autonomy‚ non-maleficence‚ and beneficence. Beneficence is a fundamental principle in healthcare‚ emphasizing the importance of doing good and showing kindness and compassion towards patients. Healthcare providers are
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“Ethical Dilemma at Northlake” Week 3 – Case Study #1 Cecellia Dantzler Synopsis: Frank‚ manager of corporate reporting at Amalgamated Forest Products‚ has threatened to go public with information regarding a falsified report on the effect of effluent controls on the discharge of wastewater from pulp and paper companies‚ which has angered his boss‚ Jim McIntosh and the company’s president‚ Jim Letourneau. Letourneau was to testify before a legislative subcommittee the following week and use
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The cost of tragedy is a huge predicament in society. Having to decide between two moral wrongdoings is almost impossible. With no obvious answer‚ you must decide between the lesser of two evils from an ethical standpoint. While there may be tough decisions to be made‚ you need to ask yourself the obvious question as well as the tragic one. A situation may seem tragic‚ but a truly tragic situation is only when it involves moral wrongdoing. Choosing to eat at home vs eating with your friend for example
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fair to say that a traditionally beautiful person has a higher chance of a “better life” in that they are treated more favorably overall‚ so would aesthetic phenotypes classify as “ensuring a better life for the child” or go too far down into the ethical rabbit hole and lead to‚ essentially‚ justifying and perpetuating racism‚ sexism‚ and other bigotry? Should the ten percent of people who would screen for a tall stature in the child (Scientific American) be allowed to do so‚ or would that lead to
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At some point in everyone’s life they have probably heard an argument or a commercial about the ethical dilemma of abortion. Since the historical 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade‚ the discussion of a woman’s right to have an abortion has been one of the most contentious moral and political debates in America. The Court decided that a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy‚ protected by the fourteenth amendment. The decision gave a woman total freedom and control
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Ethical Issues on Immigration There are many issues in the United States. Some of them are more distraught than others. One issue that has recently had a lot of controversy would be immigration laws. Should we put a stop to immigrants coming over United States boarders? Should the immigrants already in the U.S.A. be allowed to stay? These are some questions being asked by today’s society. Immigrants are not all bad; some are very useful to the United States. In society today‚ it is easy for some
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3. A). Ethical dilemma I now face: * Return the dividend checks all 4 owners received to help with putting money back in the company. * Hire an independent firm to reconcile the financial statements. * Invest in an external auditor. * Disclose the wrongdoing. * Ensure all parties involve or have a stake in the financial statements are notified of the changes. B). No‚ because the ticket sales revenue is for the following year and the service has not been provided to the
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