Lecture Notes: Legal/Ethical Issues and Social Policy Paris Finner-Williams‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.‚ Esq. Description Dr. Paris Finner-Williams describes areas of addiction and how legal/ethical issues and social policy relate to these areas. She discusses the legal/ethical issues directly related to alcohol‚ drugs‚ and other illicit drugs. Finally‚ Dr. Finner-Williams addresses cultural competency issues as they relate to addiction and recovery. Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson‚ students:
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Management 113 Professor Becich January 30‚ 2015 Legal/Ethical Challenge Response 2 Do you think it is fair to force Forest to retire Howard Solomon given that no one has specifically alleged that he did anything illegal? 1. Absolutely not. Individual managers should not be held responsible for the unethical behavior of other people in the organization. After all‚ Solomon did not personally do anything wrong. I disagree that individual managers should not be held responsible for the unethical behavior
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relationship Other staff members will notice if a co-worker isn’t pulling his weight‚ and it can quickly have a detrimental effect on the morale of the entire workforce. Managers must identify the underperforming employees within their organization and deal with the behavior immediately. Step 1 Document the performance problems you observe. If the employee’s performance issues were raised as a concern by someone else‚ verify the allegations are legitimate by reviewing his work product. Research the
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professional provides services to a patient there is room for error and in return room for legal and ethical violations. Education and training in these areas for all health care personnel is pertinent since perception is a major concern. We all think and see things differently and without regulations behind us we all could look at a situation and handle it in many different ways and if that was the case then how could we hold ourselves to a high level of care if that level of care is not defined. What
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Argumental writing Should assisted suicide be legal? What would you do if you were laying on a hospitalbed‚ waiting to die? Feeling your blood running slower and slower through your body‚ while seing your loved ones with tears in their eyes around you. Wouldn’t you want to end your life? In my opinion assisted suicide should be legal in most cases. Just imagine going through all the pain and suffering‚ feeling yourself die slowly‚ knowing that you only have a limited amount of days left to
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Obligations Travis Pernell American InterContinental University International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Instructor Kerri Holloway April 3‚ 2011 Abstract This paper will discuss the four elements that make up a valid contract and the objective theory surrounding contracts. This paper will discuss how the objective theory applies to the Leonard v. Pepsico‚ Inc. case. The paper will also discuss how the court reached its decision to claim that there was not a valid agreement made
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The question‚ "Should people be judged by their potential rather than by their experience and achievements?" suggests that society undervalues potential. In other words‚ by judging based off achievements and experience‚ one will truly not be capable of getting a good judgement. In my opinion‚ people should be judged based on their potential. Throughout society and in life‚ the evidence to support my viewpoint is pervasive. A quite famous example to support my viewpoint is Albert Einstein‚ a ground
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CP:150 Introduction to Computers Unit 13 Paper Why legalizing marijuana would be beneficial to the United States. The current drug laws are doing more harm than good‚ legalizing marijuana would benefit the country in many ways. It would increase revenue for states. If marijuana were legal‚ the states would have more money to spend on important problems. Also marijuana has many medical benefits. Marijuana has been a part of humanity for almost as long as history has been recorded. Written references
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1 (Ozcare‚ 2014) Position: Support Worker reporting to Co-ordinator/Program Manager/Clinical Nurse Manager or Delegate 1 (Ozcare‚ 2014) STATE THE KEY STATUTES AND REGULATIONS THAT GUIDE PRACTICE IN THIS ROLE The Care Worker should have a broad knowledge of the legal framework that operates within the organisation. Duties and responsibilities are affected by laws‚ regulations‚ policies and procedures. 2 (GCIT 2014) The Mental Health Act 2000 provides for the involuntary assessment and treatment
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Should gay marriage be legal? Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object or the person who experiences it. The first reason why same sex marriage
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