Current Ethical Issues Paper XMGT/216 January 20‚ 2013 Jeffery Day Current Ethical Issues Paper The fictional organization that I chose from the Virtual Organization is “Patton-Fuller Community Hospital.” The reason that I chose this organization is because the healthcare industry has always fascinated me. I think that it is really awesome that there are people in this world that actually choose to save others’ lives. Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a decent place to get immediate medical
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Operations The Ford-Firestone Case 1. The Recall In July 1998‚ Sam Boyden from State Farm Insurance received a call from a claims adjuster inquiring about Firestone tread separation. Sam began to research this issue and he found that there were 20 more such cases going back to 1992. All 21 cases involved Firestone ATX tires and 14 of them involved the Ford Explorer. He then sent an unsolicited e-mail to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing the 21 Firestone cases
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Ethical issues of Philedelphia The central ethical dilemma of the 1993 Jonathan Demme film Philadelphia is whether or not a man who is fully competent at performing his job can be fired simply because he possesses a disorder or exhibits a lifestyle against which the company’s owner possesses a prejudice. According to statutes like the Americans with Disabilities Act‚ it is illegal for an employer to fire a man because of a terminal illness such as cancer or AIDS‚ provided that the illness does
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Ethical issues in policing reach back to the early ages of law enforcement. The profession of policing plays a vital role in the rationale and motivation of how officers conduct themselves while on and off duty. This is a primary focus point of the society in which they work‚ due to the society’s level of trust and confidence in the officers to act accordingly and responsibly without any negative person vengeances or vendetta. As a result of the numerous negative encounters of officers interacting
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN ADVERTISING Advertising is a paid non personal communication about an organization and its products that is transmitted to a target audience through a mass medium. It is a kind of promotional activity. Advertising is widely criticized. Advertisements often do not include much objective information for the simple reason that their primary function is not that of providing unbiased information. Exaggerated claims and outright falsehoods are the most obvious targets for complaints
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and childhood obesity and the ethical arguments over obesity has greatly increased over the last 10 years. Health problems that occur from this deadly disease is something that no one wants to talk about. When people think about health‚ what usually is discussed is cancer or heart disease. Not many people really think about one of the biggest issues out there that is really not taken very seriously and that is obesity.
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It is ethical for newborn infants to participate as subjects in psychological research projects as long as the researchers remembers that they have a responsibility to protect the participants from harm. Infants are general used as test subjects in areas of Psychology. However‚ this can cause problems. For example‚ when infants are used as test subjects in laboratory setting they can experience distress; as a result‚ ethical issues should be raised. It is the experimenters’ task to safeguarding
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the business associated would need to change to fill such a void for fear of going bankrupt. Therefore‚ businesses must continually innovate or find areas in which they can create value for society and profit in a sustainable manner. A controversial issue facing the business world today is the use of a business framework known as Multi-level marketing. (MLM) MLM is also known as network marketing and associated with direct sales in the sense that it uses various levels of independent distributors
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As information technology systems is rapidly improving‚ the ethical issues of a organization as big as AT&T can no longer be ignored. This is mainly because with improving technology trends‚ growing benifits concerning the company will affect both existing and former executives. Since AT&T gathers incredibily massive amount of data from customers‚ how this information is used can be a major concern. For example‚ the personal information of a customer can be traded or sold to other information technology
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Ethical Issues Essay - “Blood Diamond” Aristotle’s approach to ethics includes a concept of human excellence‚ or virtues. This theory states that the highest form of happiness comes from engaging our capacity to reason as we develop a good character. To be happy one must live well‚ act well and act with virtue. Human excellence is developed through good habits that put out an image of what it means to be human. One may become a virtuous person by continuously acting virtuously. These virtuous
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