discrimination still present in the modern day world. Many of these instances take place during the daily operations of business. The objective of this paper is to highlight the concept of affirmative action in the workplace‚ and explain why one person of gender or race would be hired over another more qualified for the position just to fulfill hiring requirements‚ while using Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories to justify each side of the issue. Affirmative action policies can be described as any policies
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a patient’s cultural background will influence how the patient may perceive the nurses’ advice. The article that I did my research on was published in 2011‚ by Perez-Avila‚ Sobralske and Katz; the name of the article is “No Comprendo: Practice Considerations When Caring for Latinos With Limited English Proficiency in the United States Health Care System”. In the United States‚ Hispanics form the largest minority. Most of this community has limited English proficiency; the purpose of this article is
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A few people are given an inner conviction that they must follow a certain occupation‚ irrespective of money‚ status or obligation to family. This applies to clergy‚ sometimes to doctors and nurses‚ and occasionally to teachers and social workers. So choosing a career includes many factors such as: capabilities‚ qualifications‚ personal problems and career goals. Most people choose a career taking into account these factors carefully. First‚ we refer to capabilities which are developed in college
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each provide for their positions? Singer – animals can experience pleasure/pain so they deserve our moral consideration. Speciesism is an injustice parallel to racism and sexism. · Not all animal lives are of equal worth. Human interests may outweigh those of nonhumans. · Need of an overall balance of pleasure over suffering Steinbock · Pain of animals is a morally relevant consideration but is not morally decisive. · Morally good reasons for taking our own species as morally special · Affirms
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their cars. Some could argue that Volkswagen only acted illegally and not immorally as well. In the paper‚ I will be arguing that Volkswagen acted illegally and immorally based on Kantian ethics. Kantian ethics is an example of a deontological moral theory. Deontological is an ethical theory that uses rules to differentiate right from wrong. What’s right or wrong of an action is not based on its consequences but
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Liturgy Part B – TH209 1. Two important considerations for the renewal of liturgical music are as follows; Firstly‚ The use of singing in the mass especially the singing of the Psalms‚ hymns and spiritual canticles for the Christian faithful is one of the Lords expectations and as the Apostle Paul says ‘ according to the Lord to sing is the sign of the heart’s joy and that those who sing pray twice over’.1 Great significance should therefore be placed on the renewal of the use of singing in the
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Ethical Dilemmas in Genetic Patenting – A Utilitarian Perspective On August 16th‚ the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City‚ Utah‚ had the right to patent ‘isolated’ genes that are linked to ovarian and breast cancers.1 This means that Myriad Genetics can prevent others from using the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in research. It also means that Myriad can charge high prices from companies that wish to use these genes. This has raised arguments about the ethical
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Evaluator’s ethical considerations The evaluator is supposed to observe ethical protocols involved with the participants during the evaluation process thus he or she is expected to be professional and objective in their conduct. Wilson and MacLean (2001:597) have defined ethical guidelines as the general principles and rules of moral behaviour. What to do when respondents are traumatized during the interview children deaths on the road is a sensitive topic‚ should there be a respondents who will
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concepts: the Utilitarian and Retributive. Utilitarian theory of punishment to discourage criminal behaviors someone attempts to punish the perpetrators‚ or " shock and awe”‚ the future wrong behavior. Retribution theory attempts to punish the perpetrators because they should be punished. According to the philosophy of utilitarianism‚ the law should be used to maximize the well being of society. Since crime and punishment is inconsistent with happiness‚ should be kept to a minimum. Utilitarian understand
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Nathan Strain Capital Punishment‚ Ethical Considerations PHL464X Fall 2014 Sullivan University 10/26/14 Introduction Capital punishment as defined by Thiroux‚ J. and Krasemann‚ K. (2012) is the inflection of death for certain crimes. Capital punishment is a widely debated topic. Some states have banned its use and others continue the practice. Philosophies differ on its use some call for an eye-for-eye type of punishment and others call for rehabilitation. The ethical debate of weather capital
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