A HIPAA violation is extremely serious violation. The failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a choice in determining the amount of the penalty based on the nature and extent of the violation and the nature and extent of the harm done from the violation. The HHS is still forbidden from imposing civil penalties‚ except in cases of willful neglect. In the case of criminal penalties‚ in June 2005
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Disparate treatment means unequal behavior toward someone because of a protected characteristic‚ and it is protected under Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act. A disparate treatment violation occurs when an individual of a protected group is shown to have been singled out and treated less favorably than others in a similar situation on the basis of a characteristic that is protected under Title VII. For a disparate treatment claim to be upheld in court it must be plausible and shows that the employer
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Ockham Technology – what happened? Board of Directors Raised first round from VCs (Noro-Moseley & Monarch)‚ with each getting one seat on the board Added a 5th‚ very experienced industry person Development/outsourcing – Outsourced to ThoughtMill Also hired Gus as internal development team leader Founder tensions Tensions continued to grow‚ and worsened after Ockham hired a COO Mike left Company sold in 2002 to competitor Splitting Founder’s Equity Lesson #1 Considerations in Allocating Initial
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How Is Certainty Possible? Certainty is defined as being free of doubt. In philosophy is there such a thing that we know without any doubt? Do we know anything with absolute certainty? Although we may believe to have genuine knowledge in some cases‚ there are other cases in which we do not know‚ but only think we know. Now therein lies the problem‚ how do we distinguish what is absolutely certain and what is not? This is why the idea of knowledge and certainty is so important. Both empiricists
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The article “Medical Technology and Ethical Issues” by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey discusses the use of some technology in the medical field. Throughout this passage the authors’ goal is to inform the reader about how programs like RIP can be a benefit medical situations and employees. In the beginning of the article the authors create an urgent‚ worried tone by describing the scene of a patient arriving to the hospital in an ambulance; this shows the importance of situations like this
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In 2011‚ then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government announced a new law‚ stating that no individual can be permitted to veil their face while taking the citizenship oath. However‚ in 2015‚ a federal judge ruled that that law was in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ and abolished it (Isai 2015) while subsequently‚ candidate Justin Trudeau had expressed his support for that verdict. Albeit that‚ many Canadian have been expressing their concern that allowing the traditions
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Information Technology Acts Paper Aaron Smith BIS/220 April 9‚ 2013 Gordon Jensen Information Technology Acts Paper This paper will explore two information technology acts; along with what ethical issues and information technology advances that caused the acts to be in place. The two acts that will be covered will be the electronic funds transfer act of 1978‚ and the children’s internet protection act of 2000. According to Rainer and Cegielski (2011) “Ethics refers to the principles of right
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Those are the words of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ one of the great examples of a leader of a civil disobedience movement that exemplifies the way that civil disobedience positively impacted society. Lynching and bombings that resulted in deaths of African Americans were a part of daily life in addition to the fact that African Americans were second class citizens as a result of Supreme Court cases and many laws enacted throughout the United States
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Ethical Decision Making George T. Jackson‚ University of Phoenix Psych 545 Survey of Professional Psychology Dr. Christi Moore‚ Facilitator Ethical Decision Making Paper In this paper I will examine the relationship of a school psychologist and the relationship of his client and how boundaries were crossed when the school psychologist entered a sexual relationship with
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chapter two Strategic human resource management John Bratton If a global company is to function successfully‚ strategies at different levels need to inter-relate.1 Throughout the first half of our century and even into the early eighties‚ planning – with its inevitable companion‚ strategy – has always been a key word‚ the core‚ the near-ultimate weapon of ‘good’ and ‘true’ management. Yet‚ many firms‚ including Sony‚ Xerox‚ Texas Instruments‚ …have been remarkably successful… with minimal
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