Legal/Ethical Study Guide 1.) Nurse Practice Acts 3 Origins of legal guidelines for nursing: 1) Statutory Law - Elected legislative bodies such as state legislatures and the US Congress create these laws. - Nurse Practice Acts .Describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state. - Standards Of Care – Provide the minimum acceptable nursing care. - Establish educational req’s for nurses - Distinguish between nursing and medical
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designed to address international legal and ethical issues for a company‚ there were a number of things that can be taken for granted within the United States but is though upon differently in other countries. It was interesting to note that there are distinct issues that must be addressed in resolving legal disputes‚ especially in international transactions. One issue is that there needs to be a clause‚ written within the contract‚ which will address how issues will be resolved between the parties
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Ethical and Legal Obligations Ethical and legal obligations apply to all members of society. As one in society‚ the obligation to act in an ethical‚ law abiding manner on a daily basis is vital to the integrity of daily life. Many professions have their own code of ethics. Financial reporting is not exempt from such ethical and legal standards. One’s lively hood depends on decisions made in the business world. Business transactions are done daily and can impact one’s economic stability.
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Kent has to deal with some ethical and possibly legal issues in the marketing of his game “Lucky”. Ethically he has to figure out if it is acceptable to market a game that focuses on nudity‚ violence‚ and gambling. As far as legal issues‚ is it legal to market these things in foreign countries and even online. If they can market this game in other countries they will have to change portions of the game for each of the countries that Brad has looked into targeting. Kent has basically two options
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Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Richard R. Sharp‚ PhD Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine Historical Perspectives The use of animals in biomedical research has a lengthy history. Early Greek writings (circa 500 B.C.)‚ for example‚ describe the dissection of living animals by physician-scientists interested in physiological processes. These early vivisections appear to have been done mostly for exploratory purposes‚ however
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The problem This paper discusses the legal and ethical implications in conjunction with performing surgery on disabled people for social reasons. Ethical Katie is immaturity and she has the right like other non-disabled girls to live with her body in tact and she has the same choice to give birth to her own baby. According to the Family Court in Australia and Family Law Act 1975‚ no person under 18 should have hysterectomy unless the procedures are necessary to prevent serious physical and psychological
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Zhenzhen Xu BUSN290 Professor Craig Johnson Oct. 2‚ 2013 In chapter 1‚ I get to know five widely used ethical methods that are Utilitarianism‚ Kant’s Categorical Imperative‚ Rawls’s Justice as Fairness‚ Confucianism and Altruism. I choose Utilitarianism to compare with Confucianism. Utilitarianism is what we should consider both short- and long-term consequences when we make some ethical choices. The goal of Utilitarianism is to expand profits as possible as they can. In other words‚ it is a
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The Legal and Ethical Issues of Death and Dying End of Life Issues Advance Directives Why do we need an advance directive? Physicians used to subjectively decide for the patient‚ and the patient did not have autonomy‚ such as CPR for cardiac arrest. Now this decision making has shifted to the patient. Most family members‚ having not been in an ICU before‚ are not prepared to make decisions. Physicians have a sense of whether the patient in the ICU is going to live or die. Typically
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SERVICE INDUSTRY-PRICING ISSUES J.R KUMAR Faculty Director‚ FAPCCI. The basic aim of the Service Industry is to provide services to the clients/customers who need those services. These services include the services for the manufacturing units‚ as well as the services to other direct or indirect service providers who offer services to others involved
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Legal issues in outsourcing INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed a significant trend towards ever-increasing outsourcing by firms in most developed economies. This trend reverses an earlier pattern in the evolution and growth of large industrial firms towards greater level of vertical integration that prevailed during most of the previous 100 years. What does Outsourcing mean? * It involves “takeover” and “transfer” of non-core function or entire business unit of an organisation
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