Ethical Theories Business 670 Legal Environment August 10‚ 2010 The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ethical theories and their foundations from this week’s reading material. One is to describe the theories‚ discuss plus add one more that is not in the book. To understand l theories one needs to know understand that a theory is based on observation or testing‚ there is really no right or wrong answer to what a theory is. One does need to understand what is ethical? Ethical is basically
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An ethical issue can be defined as a conflict about whether the potential ethical costs of a study are outweighed by the scientific benefits they may have to society‚ also known as the cost-benefit analysis. The study needs to be scientifically valid‚ however the rights of the participant need to be met. Deception is an ethical issue that arises in many studies as participants tend to be deceived in order to obtain more scientifically valid results. Milgram is a great example of this as he used
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Factors……………………………………………………………………..4 2.0 Ethics and the Law: ………………………………………………………………5 2.1 Privileged Communication: …………………………………………………….6 2.2 Duty to Protect Potential Victims………………………………………………6 2.3 Duty to Warn……………………………………………………………………6 2.4 Privacy…………………………………………………………………………..7 2.5 Ethical and Legal Guidelines for Assessing Suicidal Behaviour ………………8 2.6 HIV/AIDS and the risk of Suicide……………………………………………...8 2.7 Confidentiality…………………………………………………………………..9
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Ethical Issues in Organizational Behavior Ethical decisions play a very important role in an organization. Ethics is the concept of good and bad behavior. Ethical behavior is governed by state‚ federal‚ and local laws. It is important for an organization to promote good moral choices and do everything in its power to prevent unethical behavior from taking place in the workplace. This can be achieved through continuous training and reinforcement of the desired behavior. Unethical behavior in the
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Ethical Challenges and Agency Issues Analyzing ethical challenges Most people are aware of the ethical challenges businesses face in today’s world especially‚ in the financial services industry. Financial services became a major target after several scandals such as Enron and MCI. Unfortunately‚ the financial industry is very large‚ which encompasses entities such as banks‚ insurance companies‚ mortgage lenders‚ pension‚ and securities funds. “The financial service sector represents 20 percent
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Australian Bureau of Statistics: Social issues are matters of concern to governments and the community. They reflect aspects of society‚ its people and institutions that people want to‚ and can‚ do something about. Ethical issues in IT. differ from general ethical issues in a variety of ways. Parker‚ Swope and Baker note that ethical problems involving computers pose a special challenge‚ for a number of different reasons. Various ethical issues are: 1.Ethical dilemmas 2.Plagiarism 3.Piracy 4.Hacking
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RUNNING HEAD: Ethical Issues in Research Ethical Issues in Research Alicia Smith Concordia University 1 Ethical Issues in Research 2 Ethical Issues in Research Is student achievement higher and are attitudes better toward English when all eight multiple intelligences are incorporated into the lesson? In the article‚ Effects of multiple intelligences supported projectbased learning on students’ achievement levels and attitudes
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from these incidents. As nurses‚ we are bound by legislation for one main purpose- public/patient protection. To fulfil our duty of care‚ we must continue to act as patient advocate. The culture in healthcare has transformed in recent years. Issues concerning health care and the law are rarely far from the headlines. The public are more informed about their health and have become very smart and astute of the differences between poor health service and good health service‚ since the publication
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Legal 2 Test 2 Studyguide Sole Proprietorships the simplest form of business organization. Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business organization in the US. Major advantages: * Forming a sole proprietorship is easy and does not cost a lot. * The owner has the right to make all management decisions concerning the business‚ including those involving hiring and firing employees. * The sole proprietor owns all of the business and has the right to receive all of the
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are not there‚ so George can meet guidelines. Bill‚ George’s superior has proposed relocating the plant 15 miles south to Mexico‚ where government regulations on air quality are almost non-existent. George is at a crossroads now‚ faced with many ethical and social dilemmas. Stake-Holders The stake holders are as follows: George – As manager of the plant in question‚ George is at the center of the current situation‚ and is in charge with any future decisions affecting the rest of the stakeholders
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