Ethics Case Study HCS 335 Holly Martinez de Andino‚ MS‚ RN‚ CLNC August 21‚ 2012 Wendy Herrold Ethics Case Study Week 2 Introduction “Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is
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reporting and internal governance standard of public companies. Ethics Issues The first issue is the lack of independence of the board of directors and their breach of fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors has the legal and ethical duty of monitoring the company’s management on behalf of the shareholders. The members should remain independent and should always examine the company’s operations with great care. In Enron’s case‚ the Board of Directors was comprised of members who were too close
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Case Summary: Between 1966 and 1975‚ Orkin Exterminating Company contracted with their customers a “lifetime” termite protection control if the contracted customers continue to pay the annual renewal fee. But‚ this contract became too expensive for Orkin when US suffered price inflation. It decided to increase annual renewal fee by 40 Percent. Few persistent customers were able to escape the rate increase through an accommodation plan‚ while most customers were not informed about this possibility
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Enron is a U.S. company that was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay‚ an economist. On the 2nd of December 2001 the company had been filed for bankruptcy as a result of a great accounting fraud. Enron had been expanded by borrowings of money to buy up other companies which lead them to a 75% debt capital. To help encounter this problem‚ Jeffrey Skilling was appointed as head of Enron’s finance department. As the U.S. government deregulated energy prices‚ the price of gas became very unstable. Skilling
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Thomas Hobbes (English – Contractarian) 1. View of the State of Nature a. Human nature w/o government is : i. Egoistic ii. Everyone “equal” iii. Equal rights to everything iv. Warlike v. Psychological Egoism – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain vi. Rational vii. Law of Self Preservation + reason contract 2. Psychological / Ethical Egoism a. Psych – descriptive – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain b. Ethical
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professional team‚ it is‚ as for any health professional‚ crucial to gain sound knowledge and understanding of the legal and ethical aspects in health care. It is therefore important to follow up incidents that may arise carefully and properly. Law and ethics are to different factors but they are tied together in any given situation (Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council‚ 2008). The scenarios chosen for this paper will be analysed and looked at from a legal and ethical perspective. Furthermore‚ implementations
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Argentine Caudillo: Juan Manuel de Rosas In the year 1829 Argentina was faced with a conflict between two social and political groups to determine the future of the nation. Juan Manuel de Rosas‚ a federalist‚ became governor of Buenos Aires that same year starting a period of terror‚ tyranny and brutal suppression. Rosas’s dictatorship was noted for its law and order through tyranny in which his secret police and spies intimidated all opposition‚ so that by 1840 few people dared to oppose him and
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historians failed to mention was all of the patriots who were involved‚ leading up to the Alamo and those who fought after. One of these patriots was Juan Sequin‚ who ended up paying for his patriotism with banishment‚ and being marked a traitor. It would be many years after his death before the full story of what this man‚ and others‚ actually achieved. Juan Sequin was born in what is now known as San Antonio Texas‚ his family can be credited with settling this area. At the time our present day San Antonio
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Austen Pharmaceuticals Email Heather Hughey July 17‚ 2013 XMGT-216 Instructor Rebecca Montano To: AustenPharmaceuticalsDivsionManager@Austenpharmaceuticals.net From: HeatherHugheyDivisionManager@Austenpharmaceuticals.net Subject: My plan to decrease Payroll As we both know we have just hired more employees that are minorities and female to correct the lack of diversity in the work place here at Austen Pharmaceuticals. I also understand the budget cuts we have to make to keep the company
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Group 1 Blake Davis Imanee Azmi Paul Csizmadia Raquel Smiddy Integrated Business Policy and Strategy Dr. Acar McDonald’s Case 04/28/215 2 DECISION DILEMMA Problematic Situation McDonald’s is undoubtedly one of the most successful companies in the world. Even with its impressive growth and successes‚ McDonald’s has still failed to avoid a few issues on its road to success. Even with the incorporation of healthier food options to McDonald’s new menu‚ this fastfood resta
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