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    represents the legal‚ moral and ethical implications of testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs as a precondition of employment or as a condition of continued employment. It is the author’s opinion of moral‚ ethical and legal issues that such testing causes. What exactly is meant by "moral and ethical issues"? The "Moral" refers to the conditions to be satisfied by any right course of action. In the context of drug and alcohol testing‚ the objective factors such as privacy‚ employer control

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    M3 Original Assignment Are drug companies that test experimental drugs in foreign countries acting ethically? To answer this question‚ it is worth looking at why a drug company would experiment in a foreign country before even examining the negative impacts in doing so. Testing drugs internationally is done because it is cheaper and far easier to endanger trial patients in a foreign country. Now when exploring the reasons for the need to test at all‚ an act utilitarian may surmise that because

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    have explored the world of drugs‚ and drugs come with medical problems. “Many surgeons order routine laboratory tests before admission to the hospital‚ or even before certain outpatient procedures‚ to identify potential problems that might complicate surgery if not detected and treated early” (Stanford University). Some doctors make their patients take drug tests to detect drugs and other problems of the body. People of today’s generation have frequent access to drugs and can get them at essentially

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    Drug Testing Should Drug testing in schools need to be mandatory? Is it an invasion of privacy? About 17% of students are doing drugs‚ drinking alcohol‚ or smoking during school. By 8th grade‚ 38% of teens have consumed alcohol‚ 15% have smoked cigarettes‚ and 16.5% have used marijuana. Drug testing should be mandatory due to the overuse of drugs in high school. The overuse of drugs is becoming huge. I know many people that use drugs in my grade that need help or punishment. Since random student

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    Is Drug Testing in the Workplace Truly Effective in Keeping Employees Drug Free? In the field of Human Resources‚ employees are considered the most valuable resource. The job of a human resources representative is to find the best qualified person for the position. There are many forms of pre-employment testing that corporations use. Some use aptitude tests or other forms of intelligence testing‚ but more and more companies are now requiring a passing drug analysis as a condition for hire as

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    Drug testing in the workplace became legal when President Reagan signed "Executive Order 12564 -- Drug-free Federal workplace". In turn‚ that spawned the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Although both apply only to the workplaces of Federal employers and Federal contractors and grantees‚ private-sector employers immediately followed the government ’s lead because they legally could. However‚ there is much controversy over the legality of drug testing in the workplace‚ especially the legality of random

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    Drug Testing in the Workplace As drug use throughout the world continues to rise‚ there are many employers becoming concerned for their businesses. Collecting hair‚ blood‚ or urine is usually the beginning process of a drug test. It is then tested in a lab with chemicals to extract drugs from the samples taken. It is done before one is hired in order to detect the use and or abuse of illegal substances such as marijuana and cocaine. While many people feel that drug testing is a violation of one’s

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    ITT | Drug Testing Welfare Recipients | Why We Shouldn’t | | Michael Chiodo | 8/30/2012 | Drug testing welfare recipients has been a major topic across the United States for a few years now. Many argue that if working class people are subject to a test prior to hire or randomly during the length of employment‚ why should those that don’t have to work for money not have the same treatment? Invasion of privacy is a huge disadvantage on the government’s part‚ yes it is free money but

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    main reason for drug testing is to check both the health of the mother and baby and in doing so make the effects of drug abuse known. in most cases pregnant individuals are vulnerable especially during labor. It is often difficult to go through a detailed and prompt paperwork at the expense of concentrating. These patients ultimately sign off without a second thought. In most cases‚ they do not carefully read the paperwork‚ which is a risky act. A recent study proved that drug tests would help

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    new laws and social media. Others would argue quite the opposite. The argument of random drug testing in schools is a modern day idea that can solve many problems‚ but can also create problems too. Both sides of the argument bring up many valid points‚ all of which are from credible sources. Whether they think random drug testing in schools is harmful to students’ rights or that the benefits of drug testing outweigh the preferred privacy of the students‚ the articles present reliable evidence that

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