In this paper‚ I will discuss the ethical dilemma faced by a nurse who is caring for an eight month old patient‚ who reports with his mother to the emergency room with a suspicious fracture. The mother provides a plausible story‚ and the physician knows the family and does not suspect abuse. I will discuss the action I would take in order to provide the appropriate care for this patient. As a registered professional nurse‚ I feel the only approach to the case is to report the injury to Department
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Part A (a): Ethical dilemma Kate is faced with the dilemma is weather to report about the contaminated milk to the Queensland Food Safety Authority (FSA). Ethical egoism Under ethical egoism‚ Kate should report the issue to the food safety Authority. Because under the ethical egoism it is maximising the self-interest which she doesn’t want to see customers get ill and furthermore the business get bad publicity. Also being rewarded as a most honest person in the restaurant she doesn’t want to be
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Page Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures http://www.eccouncil.org EC-Council Certified C EH Ethical Hacker EC-Council TM Page http://www.eccouncil.org Hackers are here. Where are you? Computers around the world are systematically being victimized by rampant hacking. This hacking is not only widespread‚ but is being executed so flawlessly that the attackers compromise a system‚ steal everything of value and completely erase their tracks within 20 minutes. The goal
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Thompson−Strickland−Gamble: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 16th Edition I. Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy 1. What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? chapter one © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2008 1 What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. —Jack Welch Former CEO‚ General Electric A strategy is a commitment to undertake one set of actions rather than
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When faced with an ethical dilemma‚ it is often difficult to determine the best course of action. First‚ one must determine whether the dilemma is “right versus right” or “right versus wrong.” Right versus right dilemmas “are genuine dilemmas precisely because each side is firmly rooted in one of our basic‚ core values” (Kidder‚ R.‚ 2009). On the other hand‚ Right versus wrong dilemmas set one apart from another‚ leaving no room for a resolution and can consist of lying‚ cheating‚ stealing‚ etc.
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living is “a recipe of disaster.” This is in contrast with the beliefs of Robert Puff in his article “Why Pursuing Happiness Is The Greatest Goal.” Puff writes‚ “If happiness is what we pursue and only what we pursue‚ then what will happen is that we’ll end up being happy‚ if we also have good direction.” As I examine these two perspectives‚ I find myself in agreement with Shwartz; actively pursuing a happiness as a goal and not receiving it will result in disappointment and in feeling impatient. In
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also define the cultural issue within the global organization as well as provide an analysis of the ethical and social responsibility issues that the organization must deal with as a result of being a global organization. The analysis will identify ethical perspectives in the global organization and it will compare these ethical perspectives across cultures involved in the global organization. Ethical Perspectives Paper Due to many strict regulations placed on corporations by the United States
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Ethical Dilemma Ben Lennon XMGT/216 March 13‚ 2011 Meisel Randolph Ethical Dilemmapage 1 An ethical dilemma is any situation which guiding moral principles cannot determine which course of action is right or wrong (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Moral Dilemmas). Often in the work place we are faced with dilemmas all the time. Many have the choice to do the right thing or doing the wrong one. However‚ doing the right is the moral thing to do‚ but some choose the alternate.
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relationship" (Associated Press‚ 1995). Ms. Mendoza also noted that Ms. Forward‚ had falsely represented herself as a psychologist in television interviews. Ms. Forward later asserted that she had not violated patient confidentiality because the patient was dead‚ but had agreed not to appeal the board’s decision in order to avoid a costly legal fight. Example 2: Author Diane Middlebrook set out to write a biography of thendeceased Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton with the permission of Sexton’s
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and explain at least three ethical considerations. I believe that the first ethical consideration is the fact that the potential employee was upfront in revealing that he had a degenerative progressive condition that could result in a disability. He did not have to bring this to our attention and his physicians are not even able to predict when the disabling condition will appear or if it will appear at all. The candidate was demonstrating his own highly ethical behavior which is ultimately
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