Memorandum To: Hospital Staff‚ Peer Review Committee‚ Hospital Trustees From: -Lead Surgeon Date: January 20‚ 2013 Subject: Heart Transplant Candidate The purpose of this memorandum is to come to a conclusion about which individual should receive the heart transplant taking into account ethics. There are three people who are in need of the organ transplant; Jerry‚ Lisa‚ and Ozzy. In order to make an informed decision it is important to look at all three cases. Candidate #1- Jerry is a
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Act Utilitarian and Rule Utilitarian Decisions Name Class name Teacher name Date Act Utilitarian and Rule Utilitarian Decisions Making decisions is hard for most people‚ but making a decision regarding another person life is even harder. The scenario shows a common case for a a doctor‚ and according to his education he could take an act utilitarian decision or a rule utilitarian one. Act utilitarian acts are those that are consider to be right if there is maximized utility
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acts of Dora who sold a child to organ peddler but later realized and corrected her action‚ with the action of Bob‚ who chose to save a valuable old car than the life of a child. Using the two situations both supports different moral judgment and use reader’s emotions to act on saving lives of children by donating money to charitable organizations. 2. Yes‚ the author was able to persuade me to think that I also have a
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South African Investment and Utilitarian Principles “Utilitarianism is a general term for any view that holds that actions and policies should be evaluated on the basis of the benefits and costs they will impose on society” (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ p. 59). The Ford Pinto example (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ pp. 60-61) calculated utilitarian benefits as a straight-line computation based upon monetary values which were placed on costs and benefits and making a decision based upon where the scale showed the
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Defendant-Petitioner‚ -versus- CIVIL CASE NO. L-12345 For: Ejectment JANE DOE‚ Plaintiff-Respondent. x-------------------------------------------------------------------------x MEMORANDUM COME NOW PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT‚ through the undersigned counsel‚ unto this Honorable Supreme Court most respectfully submit and present this Memorandum in the above-titled case and aver that: THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff-Respondent Jane Doe is of legal age‚ single‚ and residing on 1010 Ginoo Boulevard‚ Pasay City‚ where she
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Experiment 16: Fractional Distillation of a Mixture CHM2210L Kelley Paul May 26‚ 2014 Tuesday Session: 50432 Abstract A distillation experiment was performed in attempt to separate two miscible fluids.This experiment used fractional distillation to separate ethanol from the azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water. The initial composition of the solution did not matter because the goal of the experiment was to distill the ethanol-water solution and obtain 95% ethanol in the distilled fraction
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Memorandum To: Stockholders of Carpino Company CC: Ms. Lydia Money‚ Chief Executive Officer From: W. E. Count‚ Financial Analyst Date: 10/5/13 Re: Corporate Financial Position/Statement of Cash Flows I have been charged to examine the Financial Statements of Carpino Company for the purpose of providing an objective opinion regarding organizational capacity to generate sufficient cash to continue as a going concern. Toward that end‚ I have examined financial statements and have prepared the
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Question : What is Utilitarianism? Identify and discuss the arguments for and against using Utilitarian principles in the workplace. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that proclaims that the morally right course of action in any given situation is the one that produces the greatest amount of pleasure over pain for everyone affected (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich &Ferrell 2008).This is evident in business decision making processes done by analysts‚ legislators and managers‚ for instance on deciding
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Organ Trafficking – Law Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure and is widely used around the world. According to WHO‚ kidney transplants are carried out in 91 countries. Around 66 000 kidney transplants‚ 21000 liver transplants and 6000 heart transplants were performed globally in 2005. The access of patients to organ transplantation varies to the national situations‚ and is determined by the cost of healthcare‚ the level of technology advance and the availability
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Kantian Ethics It is clear from the case study that Alistair knows the contract is unorthodox. The problem he faces is whether he should overlook the bribe or report it to the board. The board of directors expects Alistair to tell the truth and report the bribe because of: his position as Chief Legal Officer‚ the board has a very strong ethics policy and they are wary of unethical activities. Immanual Kant theorised that moral rules are based on reason‚ in other words the ability to think and form
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