from discrimination‚ they have had to create laws to safeguard an employee’s protected health information (PHI). These laws include: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct). While each law explicitly protects employee health information‚ it also allows employers to use certain PHI to meet certain requirements of each law and to ensure the safety of employees. What is Protected Health
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Chapter 4 of The Guidelines for Ethical Decision Making was very informative. The chapter covered important points that are essential in the field of social work. The chapter was about the guidelines and process of ethical decision making. One of the main points of the chapter was the process of ethical decision making. The chapter defined this as “a process or series of thoughts and activities that occurs over time and that results in a person or group acting (or not acting) in a particular manner”
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The Polluter’s Dilemma Topic: Environmental Protection Characters: JonicaGunson‚ Environmental Compliance Manager JonicaGunson is the environmental compliance manager for a small plastics manufacturing company. She is currently faced with the decision whether or not to spend money on new technology that will reduce the level of a particular toxin in the wastewater that flows out the back of the factory and into a lake. The factory’s emission levels are already within legal limits. However‚ Jonica
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Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling Addicts Crystal Ramsey Liberty University Abstract Robin was admitted to an intensive residential facility for drug addiction. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ a federal statute‚ requires counselors to give clients access to their records. Five moral principles are viewed as the foundation of ethics in counseling: autonomy‚ nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ justice‚ and fidelity. Ethical decision-making models include the following
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confidentiality now faces an ethical dilemma: if she keeps her promise to the girl‚ she may not get the proper follow up care and support to treat her illness‚ and if she breaks her promise‚ she has violated the ethical principles of fidelity‚ and autonomy (Nathanson‚ 2000). This paper will discuss the ethical implications of breaches of confidentiality‚ and how the ethical theory of teleology helps to determine the best course of action. Using the 6-step process of ethical decision-making from Purtilo
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Select a scenario from the list. 1. As a partner in a new business‚ one of your roles is to review information technology tools available to assist you in a certain aspect of your business (e.g.‚ marketing‚ accounting‚ sales‚ quality assurance). Evaluate technologies that have emerged within the last five years and consider their potential impact on your business. Determine whether or not you will adopt any of these technologies. 2. As a member of the human resources department in a manufacturing
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Zero Fee Tour-Making an Ethical Decision? Generally‚ ethic is similar to moral value that regulates the behavior of people and we use ethic to justify what is right and wrong. Business Ethic is therefore the standard to justify what is good or bad in making a business decision or in running a business (Geer‚ 1994). Business ethic is relevant to both conducts of individuals and business organizations. Some of the enterprises just simple ignore the business ethics and run the business practically
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head: Perceptions & Ethical Decisions in Today’s Business World Perceptions and Ethical Decisions in Today’s Business World The Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly James R. Perrin National American University . Abstract No matter how great the products or services are‚ customers will not beat down the door in numbers needed to stay in business if their view of the business is not positive. Sometimes‚ it only takes unsubstantiated negative publicity‚ or poor ethical choices to make a business
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Ethical Decision Making Paper What are ethics and how do they affect decision-making? According to the Santa Clara University‚ "[ ] [E]thics refers to well based standards of right and wrong [ ]." Ethics are not the same as religion‚ but "Religion can set high ethical standards and can provide intense motivations for ethical behavior" (Santa Clara University). What about the law? There can be a law in place‚ but that does not necessarily mean that the law is ethical. An example could be that San
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Ethical Decisions Ethical Decision The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a salesman‚ Joe Smith‚ uses the common good approach to make an ethical decision in making a possible uniform sale between UWEAR and Peninsula Hotels‚ Bill Batesman‚ CEO. Joe Smith has been reprimanded the year before when he signed the contract with Peninsula Hotels because the price he offered was so low. He has to bid so low because his competitor THREADS4U was a very shrewd bidder
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