Cruelty in Animals As human beings‚ we cannot live without other people. In order to survive‚ we need each other and should help each other. However‚ we need not only people but also other creatures‚ such as animals. Their presence is essential in human life as well. They can provide food‚ help us to earn money‚ be our companion and many more. Therefore‚ it is important to treat them with respect as we treat other human beings. In Indonesia‚ however‚ many people seem to not fully aware about the
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An Ethical Dilemma in the Health Care Setting Bobbi K. Handy HCS/478 November 29‚ 2010 Barbara Scheibe‚ RNC‚ MSN An Ethical Dilemma in the Health Care Setting Ethical dilemmas in the health care setting present themselves almost daily. It is imperative that the health care worker be able to understand when an ethical dilemma presents itself and know how to deal with the dilemma in the best interest of all involved. Many ethical dilemmas that health care workers face are difficult
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Ethical Theories Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is most often associated with Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). According to utilitarianism principle‚ a decision is ethical if it provides the greater utility than any other alternative decision. Thus the decision maker must evaluate each decision alternative‚ and then select the one that yields the greatest net utility (Fritzsche‚ 1997). There two types of utilitarianism‚ act and rule. Individual decisions are evaluated
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Ethical egoism is the normative theory that the promotion of one’s own good is in accordance with morality. In the strong version‚ it is held that it is always moral to promote one’s own good‚ and it is never moral not to promote it. In the weak version‚ it is said that although it is always moral to promote one’s own good‚ it is not necessarily never moral to not. That is‚ there may be conditions in which the avoidance of personal interest may be a moral action. In an imaginary construction
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Business ethics is also a descriptive term for the field of academic study in which many scholars conduct research and in which undergraduate and graduate students are exposed to ethics theory and practice‚ usually through the case method of analysis. Ethical behavior in business is critical. When business firms are charged with infractions‚ and when employees of those firms come under legal investigation‚ there is a concern raised about moral behavior in business. Hence‚ the level of mutual trust‚ which
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An Article Review on “Ethical Investment Processes and Outcomes” Introduction This article was written by Grant Michelson‚ Nick Wailes‚ Sandra van der Laan‚ and Geoff Frost. It was published in Journal of Business Ethics by Springer. This article highlights the key themes in the field and identifies some of the major theoretical and practical challenges facing both scholars and practitioners. Summary Generally there are two kinds of investors in the market‚ one who invests considering the pros
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Treatment of Celebrities in Society and the Law Celebrities are considered royalty in the eyes of the public‚ and like royalty‚ they receive biased treatment in many ways. As a result‚ celebrities are treated differently than civilians by prosecutors and jurors in the eyes of the law. There have been several cases where celebrities are able to commit heinous crimes and get away with them‚ even though there were witnesses to protest. Other civilians are falsely accused of being guilty‚ then years after the court condemns them
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If you were of the opinion that cultivated plants and domesticated animals is what wildlife consists of‚ you are mistaken. Wildlife‚ in fact‚ comprises of the innumerous varieties of wild plants‚ animals‚ fungi and microorganisms that exist on our planet earth‚ rather than just cultivated plants and domesticated animals. Knowingly or unknowingly‚ we largely depend on this wildlife for every elementary requirement in our life. The food we eat‚ the clothes we wear‚ the medicines we consume‚ a variety
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History When people first started to get involved in environmental ethics‚ the choices were based on “how does it benefit humans”. Most ethical perspectives were anthropocentric‚ human interests at the expense of nonhuman things. Such as clear cutting‚ or burning because we as humans can benefit more from the wood or the land‚ than the animals can benefit from it. The value of nonhuman things would depend on what the human needed the nonhuman thing for. In the early 1970’s some members
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Animal Cruelty Introduction: I. Did you know that nearly 1 million animals a year are victims of animal cruelty? This can contain not only abuse‚ but a lot of deaths. You often here the saying a dog is a man’s best friend. While if a dog is a man’s best friend why would we want to hurt or even kill them? These things lead me to the question… II. How do we stop animal cruelty? Here in South Dakota‚ there are animal protection laws that protect the animals from things like neglect‚ starvation
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