The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)‚ was established by Congress in 1990 "to protect cemeteries on federal and tribal lands‚ and to provide a way to return the human skeletal material and associated funerary objects in the nation’s scientific and museum collections to culturally affiliated tribes" (Jew 4). The enforcement of this law‚ however‚ has been met with several challenges‚ as a conflict rages between the archeologists who value "these remains and objects as
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Ethical Dilemmas in a Multicultural Setting Silvia Galea “An ethical dilemma exists whenever there are good but contradictory ethical reasons to take conflicting and incompatible courses of action.” (Kitchner‚ 1984 p.29) “There is no legitimate way to avoid these ethical struggles. They are part of our work”. (Pope & Vasquez‚ 2007 p.125). Introduction Cultural competence is fast becoming the new competence in counselling (Barnett 2009‚ Barnett 2000). As society changes and minorities
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Overview This article highlights the need for Surgical Technologists to understand the ethical and legal issues in their day to day activities. Professionalism when working in any area of a surgery department must be maintained no matter what the situation. Ethical and legal issues arise daily‚ so it is necessary to understand and apply certain concepts in order to properly evaluate a given situation and make appropriate decisions leading to performance that will render the highest quality patient
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The Duty To Report Reportable diseases and ethical dilemmas are a great concern‚ for those with a diagnosis of such disease. Patients do not want their diagnosis to get out. In fear of discrimination and social environment acceptance. Thus concealing such information can be detrimental to the population and everyone in close contact. Physicians have a duty to report all diseases that can be a life threat to others. With laws such as HIPPA patients information is considered confidential and
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Ethics and the Legal Environment Immanuel Kant and Ethical Dilemma Immanuel Rant and Ethical Dilemmas Today Today there are many ethical dilemmas going on in the world‚ from companies’ misuse of funding or executives’ misuse of their title. Ethical behavior has to be an important part in having a company that will survive in society. There have been many philosophers that contributed to the ethical understanding we have today. On of the most influential philosophers in history of Western
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Red Lobster’s Ethical Dilemma - Term Paper Gerry Mullen‚ CEO of Red Lobster restaurants‚ has been faced with a dilemma. He recently received an email from Terry Modotti‚ Vice President for Public Relations concerning the lobster retrieval in La Mosquitia‚ also known as the Mosquito Coast. The article states that many of the young working men are being killed and maimed to make lobsters available at cheap process to consumers in the United States. The men‚ known as buzos‚ must dive up to 130
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some of the ethical dilemmas which I have encountered and how I have dealt with them in a professional way. Anti-oppression/discrimination and reflective practice will also be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me the opportunity to work in partnership with other professionals from different fields‚ such as: Local social workers‚ Police ‚
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that affect clients seeking treatment. They are faced with situations on whether to continue care‚ determining the direction of care‚ and even deciding whom they should treat. Often‚ these decisions present an ethical dilemma. According to McConnell (2014)‚ the features of a moral dilemma consist of a situation where the $$$$agent is required to do each of two (or more) actions; the agent can do each of the actions; but the agent cannot do both (or all) of the actions. The agent thus seems condemned
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Code of Ethics Design Paper Yolanda Brassfield-Bolden Grand Canyon University Ethical Dilemmas and Stewardship LDR-800 Dr. Casey Reason February 25‚ 2015 Code of Ethics Design Paper OVERVIEW Ethics are the very principle foundations utilized by organizations to govern the activities and decisions of all individuals involved in and attached to an organization. The importance of these guiding principles directs the manner in which the organization conducts its business‚ therefore has a direct bearing
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Euthanasia Ethical Dilemma Essay As humans‚ we are bound to face the inevitable predicaments of ethical dilemmas at some point in our lives. What is an ethical dilemma? Ethics is a branch of philosophy that focuses on digging deeper to understand what makes a scenario right or wrong. When we face an ethical dilemma‚ we are being exposed to a problem of right and wrong. One is often felt conflicted in a dilemma such as this. The reason for confliction is often because we know what the right thing
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