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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Hunsaker Ethical Dilemma Kevin Hunsaker‚ HP’s Chief Ethics Officer‚was intentionally engaged and a part of an immoral‚ unethical‚ and legally questionable practice(7.1.6.3). It is highly thought that Hunsakerencountered an ethical dilemma towards his involvement to investigation. For exploring thisethical dilemma and other ethical issues in this assignment‚ Kitchener’s (1984) five moralprinciples of ‘autonomy’‚ ‘Non-maleficence’‚ ‘Beneficence’‚ ‘Justice’‚ and ‘Fidelity’ are used asthe ethical guideline
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act is right if and only if it produces more happiness and pleasure than unhappiness and pain. When we do utilitarianism‚ we aim to maximize overall happiness and minimize pain. In this essay‚ I will explain and defend the moral theory of utilitarianism. According to the theory of utilitarianism‚ an action is right if it brings the best possible result. An action is right based on the actual results‚ not the expected results. For instance‚
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The exemplar that shall be discussed and analysed would be the empowerment exemplar. In order to analyse the ethical decisions made‚ it is important to assess the patient holistically. It is important to assess the impact that the symptoms may have on the patient’s quality of life. For instance‚ would amputating her leg immobilise her? Physically‚ if the patient is to remain not amputated would that increase the risk of infection or would the ulcers worsen? The risk factors should also be assessed
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so she took a different position. I understand how hard that situation is but the action is clear to me. The student who recorded the information had an unprofessional attitude. I have faced an ethical dilemma before and I made a choice based in my values to qualify the first situation with ethical distress type.I faced the distress as my part because I felt uncomfortable with the situation and with the unprofessional attitude from the colleague to complete the action.As afuture occupational therapist
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“the moral theory that holds that an action can be considered good or bad in relation to its end result” (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2012‚ p. 40)‚ health care workers make daily decisions that impact other people’s lives. When making decisions for health care issues‚ I think about what I can do that can help the majority of the people involved‚ as opposed to helping just one person in general‚ “distributive justice” (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2012‚ p. 81). The video‚ People Face a Terrifying Moral Dilemma
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Jimmy Carter’s book‚ A Call To Action began by establishing certain ethical dilemmas that have gone on in the past‚ and are still going on today. These dilemmas include women’s rights issues such as slavery‚ genital cutting‚ rape‚ spousal abuse‚ etc. Carter claims that a factor for the abuse of women is that people turn to violence first‚ instead of solving issues ethically and using violence as a last resort or even ceasing the use of violence entirely. Our former president then talked about how
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Ethical Dilemmas in HR Managements Human Resources are the important resources of an organization. If an organization doesn’t have this‚ for sure it would not be effective and successful even if they have its other resources. It is because Human resources are the people who work in the organization. These people work for various jobs‚ tasks and functions of an organization. These people are employed to work on the organization in exchange with wages and salaries. And these people are selected
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is to present a case study that was allocated to me on my second placement setting. I will discuss some of the ethical dilemmas which I have encountered and how I have dealt with them in a professional way. Anti-oppression/discrimination and reflective practice will also be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me the opportunity to work in
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Nemur and Strauss‚ some people believe that they did ethical actions. Charlie wanted the increase of the intelligence‚ so they just conducted the operation how Charlie wanted. They believe that those doctors had answered questions in each category of making ethical decisions. "What are the probabilities of success of various treatment options? … Is the patient unwilling or unable to cooperate with medical treatment
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