Accounting and Corporate Finance‚ Kuiperskaai 55/E‚ 9000 Ghent‚ Belgium. Email: Gerrit.Sarens@UGent.be‚ Phone: +32 9 264 35 66‚ Fax: +32 9 264 35 88. Acknowledgment: We appreciate the comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper received from Andrew Chambers (London South Bank University)‚ Rogier Deumes (University of Maastricht)‚ Abigail Levrau (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School)‚ Tom Baelden (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School)‚ Ann Vanstraelen (University of Antwerp and University
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A1. Introduction/Potential Ethical Dilemmas Jamilah Shah arrived at the hospital after collapsing. Once testing was completed‚ it was determined that Jamilah suffered from a heart attack. A decision regarding whether further treatment is going to be done needs to be made quickly‚ but before a decision can be made‚ all aspects of her health and quality of life need to be assessed/considered. Many potential ethical dilemmas exist in this situation. These include disagreeing opinions between the healthcare
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RESEARCH METHODS PAST YEAR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q1.What are the similarities and differences between basic and applied research reports? Solutions : Both basic and applied research are important to the advancement of human knowledge‚ but they work in slightly different ways‚ and they have different end goals in sight. Basic or pure research is conducted solely for the purpose of gathering information and building on existing knowledge‚ as opposed to applied research‚ which is geared towards
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Addressing end-of-life measures is a common ethical issue that nurses experience on a daily basis‚ especially nurses who work in the critical care setting. Ethical concerns dealing with this particular type of care normally revolves around the interest of patients‚ commonly known as autonomy or self-determination. The Code of Ethics defines autonomy and self-determination as the philosophical basis for informed consent in healthcare giving the patient the right to determine what healthcare measures
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Ethical decision making: A dilemma Ethical issues have greatly transformed in our lives since the great Enron‚ Xerox and other huge corporations proposed big profits showing earnings of billions of dollars and yet in reality facing bankruptcy. These corporations faced great trouble with the federals and state for manipulating financial statements. But not only corporations can be blamed on this‚ accounting firms were involved in this as much as the corporations were. With the business stand
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Pellegrino states‚ in the Virtuous Physician and the Ethics of Medicine “that in most professional ethical codes‚ virtue and duty-based ethics are intermingled.” He is explaining how in both codes the medical professional is looking to the best interest of others‚ virtuously the patient. Virtue-based ethics is considered doing what is right not just because you are told to but because it is right. Duty-based ethics is the obligation and laws a person is expected to abide by with others. When a person
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scenario‚ Jamilah Shah‚ a 90-year-old Turkish immigrant who speaks basic English‚ was admitted to the hospital after collapsing in her bed in an ECF. Tests and labs show that Jamilah had a heart attack. She has no advanced directives on file and her youngest son‚ Bashir‚ is her emergency contact. The healthcare team is divided on how to proceed with treatment‚ as Bashir is requesting only comfort care‚ while her social service worker is advocating for medical intervention based on their duty of care and
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OOUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND POSSIBILITIES Dr Roy Killen Faculty of Education‚ University of Newcastle‚ Australia This paper explores some of the basic principles of outcomes-based education and relates them to the Australian school and vocational education context. It is intended to help teachers 2 understand how they can translate the theory and philosophy of OBE into practical action in their instructional planning‚ teaching and assessment of student 3 learning. The
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trivial trait coverage is because it is reporter based and dependent on the media outlet. It does not reflect what is most important when deciding who to vote for. In contrast to both of the previous theories‚ a third school of thought is that there is no difference in female and male senatorial candidate trait coverage. Hayes examined thousands of articles in local newspapers and found that there is almost no difference in the information about female and male senate candidates. Women and men
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has a positive impact on improving hand hygiene and reducing healthcare-associated infection. Detailed practical guidance on steps for the organization of education programmes in healthcare facilities and teaching–learning strategies are provided using the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health Care as the basis for recommendations. Several key elements for a successful educational programme are also identified. A particular emphasis is placed on concepts included in
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