Legal/Ethical issue 1 Life support‚ a 72 year old woman‚ was admitted to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit following a cerebral hemorrhage that left her with severe brain damage and ventilator.1 The husband disregarded the patients’ rights by refusing to abide by his wife’s wishes as stated in her living will The patient’s living will specified that she did not want to be on a ventilator support or other artificial life support in the event of a permanent unconscious condition or terminal condition
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When it comes to criminal defense in the United States‚ it can be a very controversial topic. Regardless if the case is something as minor as a traffic ticket dispute‚ or something major like the Michael Jackson trial. Ethical issues are relevant in all different types of cases. Every case varies depending on the evidence presented to the court. There is a very fine line between being accused of something and flat out being guilty given the circumstances. For example‚ the Boston bomber was seen very
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Organizational Structure Paper Carly Fader XMGT/ 230 University of Phoenix Today‚ most companies have an organizational structure‚ which gives a lot of character to the company and allows the consumers to see what the company values. Certain companies may have an organizational structure such as a divisional structure which is basically where functionalities of that company are divided based on the “functional” areas. However‚ there is also a matrix structure. A matrix structure consists
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living‚ however the meaning of ethics or what is ethical differs. Ethics is commonly associated with morality and Webster’s New world Dictionary defines ethical as “conforming to the standards of conduct of a given profession or group.” Knowing what a particular society considers ethical and unethical is what contributes to living successfully in that society. This is the same for researchers; researchers need to be aware of what is considered ethical and unethical conduct of scientific inquiry.
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Ethical Issues Termination of viable fetus for non life-threatening conditions or abortion has become the subject of many debates even up to these days. It is a universal belief that life is sacred and nobody should be deprived of life‚ even the little ones. The fetus is a human form and from the moment of conception‚ it achieves humanity. Therefore‚ it is entitled to live. When one patient decided to undergo abortion‚ I do not know what exactly I should feel. Considering that she is not having
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nur391 January 14‚ 2010 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s code of ethics provides guidelines to help nurses make ethical decisions with the patient’s needs as the main focus of concern. In the case where Marianne‚ a 79-year-old woman who is admitted for a hemorrhagic stroke and her family is in conflict over the decision to have surgery or not to have surgery‚ the code of ethics expresses the need for the nurse to be
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Medical Marijuana There are a number of ethical issues that a nurse faces while in the clinical setting. One of these issues deals with using marijuana as medicine to treat patients. There has been controversy over medical marijuana ever since it was discovered that patients respond to it. There are many arguments supporting the use of medical marijuana in the health care field and many arguments in opposition of its use. The United States Congress classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance
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There are several ethical issues that were presented in the A Tattle Tale case study. The main ethical issue is plagiarism. K.C.‚ one of TJ’s group member‚ presented an assessment that was copied from an internet source without proper citations. Even though KC attempted to paraphrase some of his assessment’s contents‚ it was still clearly plagiarized because parts of his papers were copied from an unidentified website. (Ling‚ 2009). The other ethical issues are submitting substandard work that can
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acceptable in the workplace and are against policies set forth by the organization’s leaders. When these types of issues occur‚ the organization’s managers need to consistently discipline employees to ensure high worker productivity‚ set certain standards for all employees equally‚ and to comply with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2007). There are many moral and ethical issues faced by managers when dealing with discipline. Unfortunately‚ some managers have a difficult time disciplining
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interview An Hunt. Ms. Hunt is a Family Service Specialist for a local social service agency. Ms. Hunt has been working in this field for two and a half years in the Foster Care Unit. Ms. Hunt reported their being many ethical issues that she faces everyday. Some of those ethical issues come from her own bias’s about what is acceptable and what is unethical according to her own norms and what is actually written in policy. Ms. Hunt reported that honest is very important in the child welfare system
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