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    Legal‚ Political‚ Ethical Dimension - Week 5 Midterm 1. Question : TCO B. After the 2010 fall election‚ the Democratic National Committee (DNC) decides to take matters into its own hands. During the lame duck session‚ they pass a new "Elections Are Free Act" that requires single people who make more than $75‚000/year or married couples who make more than $150‚000/year to provide a copy of their tax return to their local county officials before being allowed to register to vote. The return must

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    How being a Sophic-Empiricist-Ethical Egoist is shown throughout my life Being a Sophic-Empiricist-Ethical Egoist is how I live in the world. Although a hybrid of three different philosophies‚ I strongly connect with what these philosophies are defined as. Starting with Sophism‚ I always believe that are there are two sides to any story‚ no matter if it is the truth or a lie. Stories are based on perspective‚ and it is almost impossible to agree with others if you are narrow-minded and strongly

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    t: Types of ethical dilemmas Mastery 67% Questions 1 2 3 Materials on the concept: Typical Moral Dilemmas Confronting Business Communicators Ethics and Law for Management Communication Top of Form 1. As part of an effort to hire younger workers‚ a multinational organization assures applicants that they will get to visit its offices in other countries and work with the employees there. However‚ only two out of every nine workers actually get selected for such projects. What moral dilemma best

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    observable at any given time. Examples of such can be found in the infidelity of numerous characters and the condemnation of all of them according to the conventional”standard” that is heavily influenced by categorical imperative. But in consonance to ethical egoism‚ on the contrary‚ one should only act in one’s own self interest‚ in this case not dissimilar to conforming to the natural law itself. As aforementioned‚ infidelity as the representation of immoral behaviour is a rather common occurrence. The

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    PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF YOUR CHOSEN ORGANISATION AND ROLE Ozcare is a leading not-for-profit organisation‚ providing a diverse range of quality health and human services from over 60 locations throughout Queensland. Our commitment is to provide clients with only the highest standards of care and every day we provide aged care and community care‚ including health and support services‚ to over 15‚000 Queenslanders.1 (Ozcare‚ 2014) Position: Support Worker reporting to Co-ordinator/Program

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    Ethics 1.) Psychological egoism is not an ethical theory‚ but a descriptive view about human behavior. Given this‚ how might the truth of psychological egoism have implications on ethics? Ethics is a requirement for human life. It is our means of deciding a course of action. Without it‚ our actions would be random and aimless. There would be no way to work towards a goal because there would be no way to pick between a limitless numbers of goals. Even with an ethical standard‚ we may be unable

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    You really have to be careful using egoism when you hold a position of power. You can’t do what is going to benefit their own interest but what is the best for law enforcement. There are times though where you have to do what is best for you‚ as an officer. I was always told that it is between

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    would be happy” p153 - Browne uses a concept that he calls the “Merry-go-round” that has no ultimate purpose or end p154 - Instead of using the term selfish we should give “prudential generosity” p154 - Browne grounds his views on psychological egoism‚ believes that we follow everything by a single motive “self-love” p154 - Unselfishness trap : the belief that you must be the happiness of others before your own - Everyone motive is doing what he believes will assure his happiness

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    "guide and inspire psychologists toward the very highest ethical ideals of the profession." These principles include beneficence and nonmaleficence (i.e.‚ benefit people and do no harm); fidelity and responsibility; and integrity‚ justice‚ and respect for people’s rights and dignity. The Belmont Report identified three basic ethical principles when conducting research: respect for persons‚ justice‚ and beneficence. The following are five basic ethical principles presented in the order of the general principles

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    Ethics codes or ethical principles appeared with the incease in awareness and knowledge of the field in human rights. Ethics codes administer pschotherapists’ actions that are part of their works as a psychologist. They regulates actions as what is good‚ harmful or beneficial for both public and psychologists. They frame the responsibility of psychologist and also provide client’s well-being (APA‚ 1953). They were created to reduce or prevent harm to clients‚ students‚ psychologists etc. in ambigious

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