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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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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those who rely on their services. CPA’s have an obligation to serve their clients and the public with a strict code of ethics. The Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) establishes ethical principles and rules of conduct for its members. The principles set in place by the AICPA provide universal guidelines that CPAs should strive to follow. CPA’s should serve as their client’s moral conscience. As professionals‚ they serve a critical role in society. They
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Introduction The ethical theories of ethical egoism‚ Kantian ethics and utilitarianism are very interesting in comparison to one another. Ethical egoism and utilitarianism are as different as night and day‚ one is all about self-sacrifice for the greater good while the other is all about serving your own self interests. Finally Kantian ethics is all about doing your duty‚ who it benefits‚ whether yourself or others is inconsequential. These three ethical theories have little in common and they are
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another ethical issue.Othe issues include selection of gender of the child which may adversely affect the population ratio (this is particularly true in many developing countries)‚ preservation of embryos and gemete donation which include many ethical and legal considerations and obligations. Other issues like development of complications during ART leading to life threatening diseases and surrogacy that raises multiple ethical‚ moral and legal issues‚also pose challenges before the ethical
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Explain the difference between psychological and ethical egoism‚ and why Rachels rejects both of these theories. Do you think his arguments are convincing? Why‚ or why not? Psychological egoism: all men are selfish in everything that they do; the only motive from which anyone ever acts is self interest Even if what they do is benefiting others‚ they are to believe that whatever they are doing is actually to their own benefit Ethical egoism: a normative view about how men ought to act. Regardless
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I believe in conducting myself with integrity. It is imperative that I exercise good judgment in all my endeavors whether it is personal or professional. It has been said that you are only as good as your word. This is a mantra that I live by. I am also a firm believer in honesty. With integrity comes honesty. It is my feeling that you must be truthful in all that you do. Along with truthfulness comes fairness. I believe in giving everyone a fair chance. Even though there are individuals
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that you want whenever you want would you? I believe that a vast majority of people would answer this with a yes. That is because everyone is at some level worried about themselves usually more than others. The philosophy behind this idea is called ethical egoism or the idea of putting one’s self before others. John Gardner’s Grendel hones in on this philosophy in chapter six. Gardner focuses on how Grendel only really cares for himself. He doesn’t care for his mother‚ he doesn’t care about any gods
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Joel Feinberg says that the harm principle can require certain types of actions. He agrees that the harm principle prevents harm from happening to the public but he also interprets the harm principle in a way that gives the public access to certain types of benefits that prevent harm. However‚ these benefits are made available by requiring taking action on the public. These benefits include but are not limited too‚ items such as paying taxes. By requiring the public to pay taxes then they are supporting
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Purpose and Audience: 1. I think this is aimed at a general audience because it covers many different jobs and different examples. 2. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Late in the story. I think they did this to lay the groundwork and to make you come to his way of thinking before he pitched it. 3. I think they are pretty serious overall‚ and they are there to instruct and entertain. Style and Structure: 1. So you get where they are coming from
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