! ! ! Liability for Negligence! 1. The Duty! PURE ECONOMIC LOSS ! Neighbour Test (Donoghue v Stevenson): Care must be taken to avoid acts Salient Features Test (Perre v Apand): Neighbour test is not enough in cases of which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who are pure economic loss to establish a duty of care‚ which caused a need for further persons I ought to reasonably have in contemplation as I take an action/omission. tests to identify
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Unit 7: Florida Licensure and Certification Shereena Khan COUN5217 Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Counseling August 28‚ 2016 Dr. Angela Banks-Johnson Florida License and Certification In the pursuit of becoming a mental health counselor (MHC) certain licenses and certifications are needed. While the requirements vary by state‚ this paper will focus on the requirements graduate students need in order to become a MHC in the state of Florida. Upon completing the required educational
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Legal and Ethical Issues Concerning Labor Unions Xxxxx xxxxxxx Park University Abstract Labor Unions have played a role in the growth of this country for many years and the debate on whether it is good or bad rages on. There has been study after study done to try prove that there have been positive gains through unions from the past to the present. A lot of legal and ethical issues today in regards to unions keep them in the spot light on issues such as equal labor rights with companies
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Resuscitate Status: A Legal and Ethical Challenge for Nursing Shawn Wolkart Senior Integrative Seminar Spring A semester‚ 2010 University of Saint Mary Abstract A status of do resuscitate in those critically ill patients may result in a slow code. A slow code is a situation where the nursing staff decides to do less than the standard set forth by advanced life support algorithms and the nurse practice act and allow the patient to die instead of possibly sustaining life. The legal implications include
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Does the Possession of Knowledge Carry an Ethical Responsibility? There is no singular definition of knowledge‚ but for the purpose of this paper; knowledge will be defined as the familiarity with a situation or fact. Ethics‚ on the other hand‚ is a set of moral principles that govern a person’s behavior. Simplifying the knowledge issue would be to state that: The familiarity of something (whether a fact or situation) entails compliance with ethical or moral obligations. In disagreement with
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Cultural‚ Ethical and Legal Considerations in Psychological Testing Cultural Considerations in Psychological Testing Culture differs in every part of the world and in these differences; psychology addresses the people who take part in the idea of culture and its practices. In psychological testing‚ many issues are raised regarding how such tests are appropriate for different groups of people‚ underlying their traditions‚ races‚ and sex. It has always been a challenge for testing and assessment
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Business ethics (corporate ethics) – This is the concept of moral or ethical problem that take place in businesses that whether it is adequate or not adequate with the business environment. Data protection Act 1998- this is an Act that protect personal data from being misused. The business should store the information on their databases. Tesco Compare is part of Tesco group; they are responsible for protecting personal information from customers. This information gathered from their customers;
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of Limited Liability Partnership. Its purpose was to solve the conflict | |between the continually expanding professional service organizations and unlimited joint liability. In 2006‚ newly revised the | |"Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Partnership" referenced this system‚ referred to as "special general | |partnership". This new organization blocked the unlimited joint liability among partners‚ partners protected by limited | |liability. Because of
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Feigning Ignorance The ethical responsibilities a person should uphold to those they are in a direct relationship with‚ specifically the environment‚ is to act in consideration of its value as an ecological conscience and to not take the land for granted in terms of its value from a philosophical standpoint due to the principles of the land ethic. In accordance to this‚ Aldo Leopold’s land ethic largely supports the land as an entity and suggests the proper and ethical way the land and its non-human
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Political‚ legal and ethical health promotion considerations There are various political considerations involved in health promotion for the patient. The main issue that is seen at the facility that I am located at is the allocation of resources for wound care treatment. It is extremely difficult to provide patients with the supplies needed due to the recent cut backs over the past years in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid. Since these cutbacks have taken effect‚ it is very difficult
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