When it comes to criminal defense in the United States‚ it can be a very controversial topic. Regardless if the case is something as minor as a traffic ticket dispute‚ or something major like the Michael Jackson trial. Ethical issues are relevant in all different types of cases. Every case varies depending on the evidence presented to the court. There is a very fine line between being accused of something and flat out being guilty given the circumstances. For example‚ the Boston bomber was seen very
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The meet between Juan Ramirez and Jenny potter did hold a several ethical issues. When Juan read her name didn’t realize that Jenny Potter was a girl he dated in High School. When they met her s when he knew he knows her. They right away got acquaintance with their past and build a not a professional relationship. Apparently‚ they kept in contact to the point that her brother and Juan play golf together. Also‚ Jenny’s brother‚ Jenny and Juan have lunch together. Here was a professional that
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providers‚ all of them are required to comply with HIPAA policies and standards. Following a hybrid approach for implementing HIPAA would help these different healthcare entities manage their compliance related activities better. The risk based model which is easily scalable would enable entities to perform risk assessment based on their operating landscape‚ while the checklist would allow all these entities to easily evaluate their compliance with HIPAA. For example‚ hospitals have to perform far more
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HIPAA Violation and Prevention Many healthcare professionals and organizations have not been following the regulations set forth by HIPAA. Whenever violations of HIPAA’s privacy or security laws occur the organizations responsible must be held accountable resulting in a fine or penalty. Penalties provide incentive for organizations to guarantee patient privacy and security. Recently‚ certain people have failed to follow through with the laws and restrictions and were forced to accept the penalty
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Medical Marijuana There are a number of ethical issues that a nurse faces while in the clinical setting. One of these issues deals with using marijuana as medicine to treat patients. There has been controversy over medical marijuana ever since it was discovered that patients respond to it. There are many arguments supporting the use of medical marijuana in the health care field and many arguments in opposition of its use. The United States Congress classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance
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You are a legislative aide to a state legislator who wishes to introduce legislation creating a new state department of drug enforcement. It is intended that‚ among other authorities‚ this new administrative agency will have authority to establish a list of controlled drugs‚ establish rules regarding penalties for possession or use of controlled drugs‚ establish a process for adjudicating cases involving violators of the rules‚ and enter into contracts with a private agency or agencies to establish
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There are several ethical issues that were presented in the A Tattle Tale case study. The main ethical issue is plagiarism. K.C.‚ one of TJ’s group member‚ presented an assessment that was copied from an internet source without proper citations. Even though KC attempted to paraphrase some of his assessment’s contents‚ it was still clearly plagiarized because parts of his papers were copied from an unidentified website. (Ling‚ 2009). The other ethical issues are submitting substandard work that can
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interview An Hunt. Ms. Hunt is a Family Service Specialist for a local social service agency. Ms. Hunt has been working in this field for two and a half years in the Foster Care Unit. Ms. Hunt reported their being many ethical issues that she faces everyday. Some of those ethical issues come from her own bias’s about what is acceptable and what is unethical according to her own norms and what is actually written in policy. Ms. Hunt reported that honest is very important in the child welfare system
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ethics? Why or why not? There are two issues addressed here. One is whether to believe that sports figures should be held to a different ethical standard and two‚ whether others should have the right to sue Lance Armstrong. Sports professionals should adhere to the ethical standards of business and the governing body for the sport in which they participate. Professional sports is big business and professional athletes should be held to the same ethical standards as corporations. Thus‚ they should
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In the last few years‚ countless ethical issues have arisen in the world of college sports a series of scandals involving players receiving improper benefits‚ coaches involved in recruiting violations and have challenged the integrity of college athletics. leaving many to wonder if sports are compatible with the goals of higher education. They a lot of problems of colleges and universities with mistrust and in today athletics and how money and famous can make people go crazy just make sure that athletes
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