Assessment 2- Case Study Analysis The problem and ethical considerations to be addressed Mary’s main concern is whether or not to maintain confidentiality between herself and Sandy or to disclose the information to Mrs Wilson regarding Sandy’s suspected pregnancy. As a health professional‚ Mary needs to ensure she is making a well-informed ethical decision to guarantee the wellbeing of Sandy is in her best interest. Mary may find conflict in what course of action to take as she needs to determine
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16 Ethical Leadership Leaders spend most of their time learning how to do their work and helping other people learn how to do theirs‚ yet in the end‚ it is the quality and character of the leader that determine the performance and results. —Frances Hesselbein1 We say these are the values of the organization‚ and we all live them. Then‚ no matter what the situation‚ we never think‚ “Well‚ I can be slightly unethical today‚ but tomorrow I’ll be better.” It doesn’t work that way. No matter how difficult
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Running head: ETHICAL PRINCIPALS CASE Ethical Principals Case Study Shawn R. Holy Grand Canyon University HLT 305 May 2‚ 2010 Ethical Principals Case Study You are presented with a 52-year-old female patient. She is experiencing acute discomfort from gall stone symptoms for the fourth time in 8 years. The condition has responded to non-surgical treatment in the past‚ but each subsequent time is a slower and more painful recovery. She is underinsured and the cost of a surgery would be
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Within the court system‚ bias and prejudice exists. The courts take measures to try to prevent these biases and prejudices from affecting their proceedings and the outcomes of the cases. Even with the courts best prevention efforts many ethical issues arise. One area where many ethical issues are present is in jury selection and within the jury itself. The process of jury selection is called voir dire (Starr & McCormick‚ pg. 21). However‚ it is not as much of a selection process as it is an
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Overview This article highlights the need for Surgical Technologists to understand the ethical and legal issues in their day to day activities. Professionalism when working in any area of a surgery department must be maintained no matter what the situation. Ethical and legal issues arise daily‚ so it is necessary to understand and apply certain concepts in order to properly evaluate a given situation and make appropriate decisions leading to performance that will render the highest quality patient
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This case highlights the problems that chartered companies faced‚ in the last century. It details the actions taken by one such chartered company‚ Hudson’s Bay Company‚ to combat the employees’ private trade activities‚ as it impacted the companies’ revenues‚ and to manage these remote managers efficiently. HBC introduced incentives and mechanisms to curb its employee’s private trade activities as it was not easy to determine‚ for the management in London‚ whether the number of furs/goods were less
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with respect to self-determination‚ is the patient who arrives via emergency medical services (EMS) in extremis who is a no code and objects to extraordinary measures‚ however‚ the family desires intervention. Emergency nurses retain a legal and ethical obligation to affirm the patient’s autonomy regarding the decision for no resuscitation and allowance of a natural death (Emergency Nurses Association‚ 2014). There is excellent support in our ED when encountering the difficult situation of patient
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ambulance with direct transportation to the acute-care hospital‚ and to have more effective in-hospital organization will be required for effective acute treatment options to be available to stroke patients. There are a couple of legal and ethical issues of this case. First let’s look the physician. Mrs. Smith presented the clear signs and symptoms of TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) which is called mini-stroke. First of all‚ the doctor failed to send the patient to emergency room to get CT scan‚ MRI
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challenging. Therefore‚ there are the ethical and legal rules to follow the educators’ practices during their dealing with the different stakeholders. The following essay will investigate the issues of moral and ethical obligations during dealing with these situations. The given case study reflects the ethical‚ moral and legal dilemma‚ that a teacher has to go through during day to day situations. In the given case study‚ there arises the issue of moral and ethical dilemma of concerning the wellbeing and
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that the taxing system stays just and fair to everyone. There are a number of ethical theories that support George Carters view on taxes for the homeless shelter. First of all‚ we can look at the consequences that would occur if the taxes would be raised. Utilitarianism is one ethical theory that focuses on that. As we know‚ utilitarians care about the amount of happiness that is produced by an action. In this case‚ more pain than pleasure would possibly be produced‚ because although we help the
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