PART A: TERM PAPER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN CHILDCARE 1) Record the relevant government agency that deals with child protection in your state – South Australia. The South Australia Department for Families and Communities (DFC) is responsible for child protection among other things. (COAG) Families SA runs the Child Abuse Report Line on 131 478. The Report Line is the focal point where all child protection concerns are to be reported. There are three teams in operation
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The auditors should have raised concerns over several fraud risk factors that were present. There was a perceived ethical disconnect between JP Morgan’s Code of Conduct and the “tone at the top” that upper management created. Jamie Dimon built an environment that allowed employees to do practically anything to achieve more impressive earnings. A special group was permitted to function outside the established business standards. According to Spoehr (2012)‚ this group included individuals with
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want. There is a big difference of things we need and what we want. We need something like water‚ but we want stuff like jewelry. There are a lot of examples in stories of people being simplistic and not being greedy. In the story “The Thrill of the Chase” there is a man who is very wealthy and finds out he has cancer. He has over 3 million dollars’ worth of artwork‚ and his friend wants it. He tells his friend no because he wants his friend to find the artwork. The man puts the artwork in a chest and
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acceptable in the workplace and are against policies set forth by the organization’s leaders. When these types of issues occur‚ the organization’s managers need to consistently discipline employees to ensure high worker productivity‚ set certain standards for all employees equally‚ and to comply with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2007). There are many moral and ethical issues faced by managers when dealing with discipline. Unfortunately‚ some managers have a difficult time disciplining
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nur391 January 14‚ 2010 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s code of ethics provides guidelines to help nurses make ethical decisions with the patient’s needs as the main focus of concern. In the case where Marianne‚ a 79-year-old woman who is admitted for a hemorrhagic stroke and her family is in conflict over the decision to have surgery or not to have surgery‚ the code of ethics expresses the need for the nurse to be
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a nurse realizes that a co-worker is abusing drugs or alcohol‚ and this creates an unsafe environment‚ the nurse is ethically and legally obligated to report this behavior. It improves patient care. Ethics not only provides a better way for making decisions but creates an environment
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investment. What ethical issues had Goldman Sachs disregarded which led to its loss of reputation dilemma? Goldman was accused
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Introduction Throughout history‚ there have been significant pandemics that have left a great impact on humankind. The first influenza pandemic to occur took place in 1918-1919. This pandemic was later classified as the Spanish influenza A H1N1. Successive outbreaks of influenza had occurred almost simultaneously throughout North America‚ Europe and Africa with not much being know about the virulence of the virus. It has been estimated that this pandemic caused around fifty million deaths in
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Ethical issues in businesses today There are a million ethical issues in today’s businesses and unfortunately there is no perfect decision measurement for all these ethical issues in business. The ethical issues in international businesses are much more complicated and much more delicate‚ along with being tenfold in numbers. According to Wiley (1995)‚ “ethics is concerned with moral obligation‚ responsibility‚ and social justice.” She goes on to say that “ethics reflects the character of the
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“Ethical issues about Business “ Discrimination You’re the boss in a predominantly male environment. The presence of a new female employee stirs up conflict because your company has not had a chance to conduct sensitivity training. Some of your male employees make inappropriate remarks to your new employee. She complains to you; in response‚ you sanction those responsible for the conduct. You also wonder if it would be wise to move your new female employee to another position where she would
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