The general themes for the project are set by staff members and can be different each year. The themes reflect contemporary dilemma’s. When faced with a dilemma‚ one must make a difficult choice between 2 (or more!) alternatives. What makes the choice difficult lies in the fact that choosing one will be disadvantageous to the other. Dilemmas cannot be resolved. General solutions do not exist‚ but actors need to engage with the issue and constant (re-)negotiation is required. Rather than solving
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Moral dilemmas in medical practice Interview assignment with health care professional Ofra Weisz Student number: 2031213 Ofra_91@hotmail.com Mobile number: 06 21865469 07-10-2012 Amsterdam University College Honours programme Teachers: Prof. dr. Guy Widdershoven Drs. Suzanne Metselaar Biographical background Mrs. M. is twenty five years old and got married three years ago. She was born and raised in the Netherlands and has a religious Jewish background. M. is studying
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things I value most is God‚ my recovery‚ self‚ respect‚ family‚ education‚ career‚ freedom‚ friends‚ community‚ and finance. For me‚ these people and things are desirable and important. However‚ there are times when those things and people cause dilemma in my life‚ and when I neglect to attend to them‚ especially when it is those values concerning family‚ friends‚ and community‚ I develop this personal conflict. One thing I have learned to value most is my personal relationship with my Higher Power
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with a dilemma regarding new plant construction in Detroit‚ Michigan. GM intended to close two of its aging facilities and rebuild new assembly plants at a different site location although still in the Detroit metro area. The only land site matching the construction specifications was a settlement called Poletown‚ Michigan. This township was home to more than 3‚500 residents‚ all of whom would have to be relocated if construction were approved. The following is an analysis of this dilemma according
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General ethical dilemmas Making sure there is no misconduct going on‚ by this I mean couples cannot sneak off to a quit place‚ and there is no drug use going on and no harassment of any kind. This can be a big problem with the type of children who will be coming to the facility so you want to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. Ethical Dilemmas of specific services Crystal Monarch deals with all type of teens and young adults I think the biggest ethical dilemma faced is that there
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OPPORTUNITY CREATES ETHICAL DILEMMAS Definition of ethical dilemmas Ethical dilemmas‚ also known as a moral dilemmas‚ are situations in which there are two choices to be made‚ neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In such cases‚ societal and personal ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for the chooser. Ethical dilemmas assume that the chooser will abide by societal norms‚ such as codes of law or religious teachings‚ in order to make the choice
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to analyse how useful Game Theory is in explaining the decisions ( or lack thereof ! ) on economic policy taken by governments at the recent Copenhagen summit on climate change ( 6th – 18th December 2009 ). Starting with the classical Prisoners Dilemma‚ can Game Theory explain why the players defected against each other ( i.e. cooperation did not happen at Copenhagen ) when most ‘rational’ agents would have expected co-operation ? ( self interested meaning being capable of seeing long term consequences
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Terrorism is a rare‚ broad concept that affects individuals‚ schools‚ corporations‚ and governments alike. Generally terrorists end up wanting to make change with governments‚ and governments are usually the only groups powerful enough to try to deal with governments. But what should be the best strategy to deal with terrorists? Since September 11‚ 2001 game theory has been used to analyze how governments and how terrorists should act to achieve their best outcome. This paper will analyze the
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1 Agency Visit Paper BSHS/332 Professional Ethics and Legal issues in Human Service In summer of 2011 I made a decision that would change my life to move from Southern California to Atlanta‚ Georgia. I was laid off‚ bored‚ and wanting a change in my life and with the support of my family and friends I made the move by myself. The first few months down there were a culture shock; I had no friends and no job. One I received a phone call to work for a nonprofit organization called
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to increase their profits. The prisoner’s dilemma is a fundamental problem in game theory that demonstrates why two people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do so. It was originally framed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher working at RAND in 1950. Albert W. Tucker formalized the game with prison sentence payoffs and gave it the "prisoner’s dilemma" name (Poundstone‚ 1992). A classic example of the prisoner’s dilemma (PD) is presented as follows: Two suspects
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