2903503 COHORT NAME CHARLES KORANTENG UNIT TITLE ETHICS AND LAW UNIT REFERENCE NFP-1-053 ASSIGNMENT TITLE ADULT CASE STUDY (blood transfusion) I shall discuss the ethical and legal implications of a 70 year old patient who has been admitted to the casualty department after a road traffic accident. He has sustained some severe injuries which require him to have a blood transfusion. However‚ he is refusing the blood transfusion‚ due
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Laws and Ethics are actually two different things. When you say ethics‚ it is actually rules of conduct‚ it tells the society on how one should behave and it is the guiding rules when creating laws. It does not have punishment‚ unlike in the laws. Ethics depends on the person’s conscience and self worth. A person‚ who knows what is right from wrong‚ is a person who is ethical. Ethics is also defined as how individuals prefer to interact with one another. Stealing is a good example. Not stealing a
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Constitutional Principles on the Rights of the Child • Article 38B of the Constitution provides for a very important principle regarding children - the best interest of the child is to be the primary consideration in relation to all matters involving children. So your best interests are what is to be the guide for your upbringing and development. • Article 38C of the Constitution also provides that where a child is to be adopted‚ the best interest of the child must be taken into
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Defense side of the case Free market ethics: The two companies‚ Grace and J. Riley leather Co. Inc.‚ were dumping the toxic waste on the nearby open ground for many years resulting in groundwater contamination. As the companies focused only on increasing the shareholder value by reducing the operational costs‚ they overlooked environmental health and safety regulations regarding toxic waste disposal. If companies would have followed the safe toxic waste disposal practices‚ it would have prevented
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1. Law Assignment Alone‚ jobless and mentally ill: a father ’s road to murder. The Plan: In Melbourne ’s suburb Tyabbs‚ Greg Anderson wanted to commit “suicide by cop” after killing his son with a cricket bat . The death of the 11 year old was not in the act of revenge or the murderous rage‚ but through the unseen message of his mental illness. The Visuals The savageness of the attack showed that he was determined to kill his son. With no attempt to escape he waited for the police to arrive
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Although following the law is important‚ it is not the same thing as being ethical. Law is clear cut and to the point while ethics have more gray areas‚ and they are less about doing certain things because they are what is expected‚ and more about doing what is right and what feels in line with one’s moral code. Demanding ethical and socially responsible behavior from one’s self and from others can be intimidating‚ especially in the professional world. However‚ it is important that people work up
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environment. Walmart’s Statement of Ethics is very well organized. At the very beginning is a Table of Contents that will easily guide you through the Statement. You will then find a message from the Chief Executive Officer. Next‚ you will get into how to use the statement of ethics and the different items in the Table of Contents. There are many important issues addressed in their Statement of Ethics. The two that I think are most important are Raising Concerns and Speaking Up which tell you how to
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general partnership. 1. Limited partners do not play an active role in the business 2. Limited partners are not personally liable 3. Limited partners face slightly different tax rules (NOLO) BB is not a formalized company under the laws of corporation and taxation‚ so in turn each individual can be held liable for the debt legally. However‚ Dracca should not have gone after Ms. Grey solely on a tip of her wealth. Business Judgment Rule The Business Judgment Rule states that
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patient is the same doctor to correct the medical records and tells you when the correction was made. This information could come in handy during a malpractice lawsuit. Patients should be advised about the existence of computerized data basis in which their medical information is being stored. Such information should be communicated to the patient prior to the doctor’s release of medical information to the computerized data basis. As well as all individuals and organizations with some form of access
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Media Laws and Ethics – MCM 610 LAW VU LESSON 01 A law is basically a body of principles or rules which are the basis of a society and are abide by the society. No system in a society can exist without a law. Human life needs a proper rule of conduct or principle at every step. It is also important for a successful society. If it will not happen then there will b anarchy and disturbance in a society and it will not exist for long. There are various definitions of law. Some of them are as
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