The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that was developed by an English philosopher Philippa Foot. It was designed for the purpose of analyzing how people make ethical decisions in critical situations. The trolley problem describes a trolley that is moving on tracks with non functioning brakes and there are five people tied to the tracks ahead of it. There is also a lever that switches the direction of the tracks in the way where only one person is tied to the tracks. The problem asks people to
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Ethical Dilemma ETH/321 March 10th‚ 2015 Big Media Becoming More Powerful American media was in the hands of 50 corporations back in 1983‚ but is actually being controlled by only 6 media giants. This is known as oligopoly. As if that was not enough‚ the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is pushing to ban small enterprising media companies in all areas where one of these media goliaths reaches. The FCC is the organization created by the government to protect the public’s ownership
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professional counselor or therapist‚ how would you feel when he or she resolves her fatal illness with end-of-life decisions? An ethical dilemma is encountered by helping professionals who may be involved when a patient or an individual have the opportunity to conclude his or her own personal life due to a deadly disease. Assisted-suicide or euthanasia is an imperative ethical issue that is contemplated by terminally-ill patients and those who are suffering from a perverse discomfort.
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Assignment 3 6/8/2012 A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer (temporary data storage area) than it was intended to hold. Since buffers are created to contain a finite amount of data‚ the extra information - which has to go somewhere - can overflow into adjacent buffers‚ corrupting or overwriting the valid data held in them. Although it may occur accidentally through programming error‚ buffer overflow is an increasingly common type of security attack
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Registered Health Information Technician Eddie Wheeler Ivy Tech Community College November 18‚ 2015 Betty Klein Registered Health Information Technician Registered health information technicians (RHITs) are custodians of one of the most important tools in modern health care—the medical record. These professionals ensure that patients’ histories are accurate‚ complete‚ up to date and properly entered into the clinical database. Thanks to the work of RHITs‚ doctors and other providers have
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Chapter 3 An Ethical Dilemma 1. Keeping in mind the facts and timeline of this situation‚ discuss Lavonda’s situation in terms of legal and ethical issues. This case has many aspects of sexual harassment‚ and is very complicated. Karline is partially correct in that it was common knowledge that Lavonda and Allen were intimate. It was because Lavonda crossed that line‚ and did not report the relationship‚ that Lavonda’s sexual harassment suit becomes unstable. Her legal suit would carry more weight
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Rhiannon Haskin Tiffany Fisher Ethics 22 July 2010 Ethical Workplace Dilemma When I think about it‚ I have encountered different ethical dilemmas in my place of work. One issue that has come up recently‚ was that of one of my employees came to me to discuss a hygiene issue she was having with one of the other workers in the office. At the time‚ I wasn’t sure about how to approach the situation‚ but thought back to some of my management training I had about 7 months ago‚ and what steps
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Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the
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Bhopal Union Carbide Ethical Dilemma Many ethical issues are raised by the situation that occurred in 1984 at the Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal‚ India. The most important is the moral and ethical duty to preserve and protect human life. Union Carbide’s management‚ both in the United States and India failed to sufficiently protect its employees‚ the surrounding communities and environment from harm while operating its plant. It appears that the safety procedures at the plant were
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Chapter 1 : Introduction to Information Technology 1.1 The Practical User: How Becoming Computer SavvyBenefits You What does being computer savvy mean‚ and what are its practical payoffs? There is no doubt now that for most of us information technology is becoming like a second skin—an extension of our intellects and even emotions‚ creating almost a parallel universe of “digital selves.” Perhaps you have been using computers a long time and in a multitude of ways‚ or perhaps not. Either way‚ this
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