Ethical Dilemma Derrick SUNY Empire State College Patient confidentiality has become an integral aspect of healthcare ethical standards since the HIPPA law came into being. (Erikson 2005). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursingworld‚ 2005). When a patient’s confidentiality is violated‚ his/ her wellbeing is negatively impacted. Patient confidentiality encompasses
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Week 2 Assignment 1 LaMarcia Smalls South University Principles of Management Week 2 Assignment 1 Stepping away from a company that has brought sales up to an increasing 15% will take courage. Will you have the courage to stand for what is right for the current workers working for a company that is working long hours and a few dollars a day or continue doing business that may cause backlash from the media and public? You are responsible for deciding if you will continue to do business
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Ethical-Legal Considerations Identify the ethical/legal violation(s) involved in each of the following scenarios. Provide a rationale for your answer. Scenario 1 A nursing home resident continues to wander into the rooms of other residents. The nursing assistant yells “I’m gonna hit you if you go into one more room today!” Both ethical and legal violation. Scenario 2 A female patient refuses to eat the food that has been served on her breakfast tray. The nursing assistant
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Ethical Dilemma Paper . The content of this paper will address an ethical dilemma from a recent news story. It will identify the nature of the dilemma and the ethical issue that was made concerning the matter. Next‚ it will identify alternative courses of action and the outcome of the situation. In addition‚ it will identify the themes of peacemaking. Then‚ compare and contrast between utilitarianism and deontology. Ethics is defined as what is considered to be right or wrong behavior. This behavior
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Law Enforcement Deviance Never before‚ had the city of Los Angeles been involved in a scandal like the one it faced within the department’s Rampart Area. Allegations of perjury‚ false arrest reports‚ evidence planting‚ police brutality‚ and even murder plagued the department. What started out as an attempt to stop the growing number of “gang related” crimes in the Rampart Area of Los Angeles‚ had turned into one of the worst scandals to disgrace the city and permanently tarnish the department’s
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Practice 1994‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 2‚ 161-167 Ethical and Professional Conflicts in Correctional Psychology Linda E. Weinberger and Shoba Sreenivasan The role of the mental health professional in a prison setting has changed to reflect the prevailing ideology of the correctional administration that deemphasizes treatment and emphasizes security and custodial concerns. As a consequence‚ mental health professionals who work in corrections have experienced unique ethical and professional conflicts. Standards
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in ethical decision making as well as ethical behavior. Police ethics is an issue of how to behave. The oath is a sworn commitment to act in an ethical manner. You can ’t have one without the other being affected. A Dutch philosopher‚ Benedict De Spenoza said‚ "Because God is infinite and the creator of all‚ understanding God is the most important goal in life. Those who understand God will desire good for others and behave ethically toward them" (Spenoza‚ 1995). Definitions of ethical behavior
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When looking at the conduct of law enforcement officers that are deemed deviant as they relate to ethical standards and personal conduct of officers that leads to them down the road of the community demanding answers for their behavior. To understand this manner by the organizational leadership‚ they must understand that their different types of deviance. These types of deviance are misfeasance‚ malfeasance‚ and nonfeasance that place these officer’s ethical standard that has been put into questions
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In the recent past‚ law enforcement in various parts of the world has come under serious threat from different types of media. In the United States‚ law enforcement agencies argue that their work is greatly affected by the misrepresentation made by the electronic‚ print‚ and social media (Colbran‚ 2014). They fear that in the contemporary world‚ social media platforms such as YouTube‚ Facebook‚ and Twitter are negatively affecting their work and playing a major role in the rising cases of violence
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community is contingent on the integrity and ethical conduct of law enforcement is paramount to effective policing. Community relationships can be repaired and/or strengthened by educating and training officers on procedural justice‚ bias reduction‚ and racial reconciliation (Kassin‚ 2008). When these three concepts are enforced an environment is created where law enforcement and the community can prosper. This thread will focus on conduct becoming law enforcement in regard to the Fourth Amendment and
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