American Ethical Dilemmas

She wrote: “I have emphysema and tumors and have been given six months to a year to live. I believe my final days will be filled with pain and distress not only for me but for my family” (Harris, The Ethics, 16-17). Ferry found the suffering of her disease to be unbearable and serves an example of one of many that cannot do anything about it. It was too far along this diseased road to have the possibility of a cure. No treatment or medication would be beneficial. And most importantly, there was no way to painlessly end the suffering. Because it is illegal for doctors to help these patients fulfill their wishes of death, the patients are left, often times unable to perform daily functions and activities, to wait for the treacherous disease to take their lives slowly.

Grey’s anatomy is a television show about a group of surgeons and interns who work at Seattle Grace Hospital. The series emphasizes on a group of doctors who fight to save their patient 's lives while contending to become the head surgeon. Aside from the competition, they go through a lot of heartbreak; either relationships problems or family crises throughout each of their lives. The series began with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) starting her career as a medical intern with other interns, who became her friends and roommates later on. Being on air every Wednesday for eleven years, the show has drawn a beautiful fantasy world, among hospital life; many people, including me being inspired enough to want to join the field. Even though

On the fateful May day of 1846, America, under President James Polk, declared war on Mexico. By the end of the war in 1848, Mexico lost nearly almost half its territory to the United States. Do you think this was justified? Taking another’s land through 2 long years of war? Is it worth it? I believe that Polk and Congress’s decision was wrongful for the following reasons: Polk had provoked war, [American but Amerishouldn’t] and finally the United States was committing a robbery by stealing Texas.

The Mythical Norm is a set of attributes that are advantageous in what one seeks to have. These advantages vary in race, class, physical features, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, and religion. Lorde (2001) describes these norms in America being “defined as white, thin, male, young, heterosexual, Christian, and finally secure” (p. 178). People who seek the Mythical Norm fail to recognize their privilege from those who lack them.

Risk; something we do everyday turning onto a street from a blind corner, jaywalking to get somewhere faster, peeking at our phones while driving and signing up for something new. The everyday risks we take can seem meaningless and uneventful, but for others it can mean their lives; for them everything must be in check otherwise it could result in death. Astronauts are trained for months about how to deal with the risks they will be faced with during their missions, along with proper solutions. These solutions are taught to them by the great minds of scientists; whose duty is to also make sure there is the least amount of risk possible for the mission. The scientists communicate to the head of the programs whether they believe the mission is possible or not, if it should be delayed or pushed up. Unfortunately, the communication between the scientists, and high up workers are ignored or misread. This was the case for the Challenger, a mission that lasted 73 seconds before it exploded, because the weather was too cold for the metal on the O-rings around the rocket. 17 Years later a similar miscommunication cause the loss of the Columbia shuttle because it failed to show the seriousness of the loss of foam from the outside of the shuttle.

Imagine the sheer terror of being the subject of a human experiment. Unknown substances are injected into your veins with the sharp prick of a needle. You are made horribly ill, all in the name of scientific progress that you may not even live to see. This is a fate far too many people in the world have endured. We often associate the malevolence of human experimentations with groups such as the Nazis, but America likes to act as if it would never compromise it’s citizens rights in the name of scientific progress. The United States looks at itself as a role model for other countries because its ethics and values seem so sound. However, this is only an idealization. Cases of unethical human experimentation in Holmesburg Prison,

On Thursday August 4, 2016, I was at work. I was informed that there was a young man asking for my work schedule (what days I worked and time) and what car I drove. After no information was given out to him (Tala Toilolo) left my work location in which shortly after Johnnie contacted a former co-worker and a current employee. He asked for the same information. Someone came to my job before my shift was over to watch out for me and inform me of everything she had heard Johnnie and affliates were after. This person warned me to "watch my back, to never be alone, and that whenever I go out whether it was work or anywhere else to not leave anywhere until I made sure my ride arrived ." If someone overhears all this and is friends with

With a disease that gives you no say, she wanted to have a say in how she dies and she finally got her

Many Americans have the luxury of purchasing new electronics almost every year. Something that is ignored, since it has become so natural, is exactly how their little devices had come to their lives and what happens when it is thrown away. In a more perfect world, the production of electronics would that of an ethical process, but it is unfortunately not that case. It all starts with the harvesting of raw materials.

Her mind focused on making a resolution centered upon her own moral compass and with the thought of future legal or ethical consequences that she could encounter if she reluctantly surrendered to the pressure from her naïve co-worker and the stubborn physician of the practice. Although she believed in her heart that she did not share, the stance that insurance, companies take when covering the cost of medication. The insurance companies’ rulings are in most cases not centered on sound ethical principles and the harmful impact on the patient as they wait for prior authorization. Furthermore, their decisions focused on the best of their stakeholders, which is to save money by providing the patient with a little as possible. In this particular case and so many others, the ones that the other person handled, she lied on the forms to expedite the approval process to ensure the patient received the medication without any delays. Consequently, in all the cases she handled she continued to operate in an ethical manner. She knows that it was quite aggravating to her physician, and probably lead to her dismissal from the company. Nevertheless, she would not change a thing because she rather operates with integrity at all

Although codes of ethics have become part of the public relations profession, Newsom et al. (2013, p. 49) state that not all practitioners adhere to their respective standards. Bernays (1998, p. 29) notes that unlike most other professions, public relations lack an ethical code that gives the state the power to restrict the practice of those who breach any such code. Bernays (1998, p. 32) believes the public relations profession should have ‘…registration and licensing by the state…’ so that both the practitioners and publics can be confident in the profession’s ethical standards. The Public Relations Society of America’s code of ethics was first implemented in 1950 but is essentially unenforceable (Fitzpatrick, cited in Sha 2001, p. 122).

The organization by which I work was organized over two hundred years ago. As one of the largest law firms within the borders of the United States, the responsibility of my organization extends to both criminal and civil matters. The stakeholders represented by my organization are not the typical investors according to the rules of business. Those dependent upon our services are those who are warranted by justice to be made whole: society-at-large. The Firm was created by a Judiciary Act to serve as the nation’s primary source of litigative actions. The Firm has been divided into nearly 100 individual Districts. Each District is tasked with three primary responsibilities: to prosecute criminal cases, to prosecute and defend civil cases,

Upon entering the hospital setting, a nurse must ruminate on his or her three obligations – client, peer, and society. While each of these three facets obtains a basis in the ANA Cold of Ethics, they retain diverse levels, types, and severity of obligations. In this case study, Sue, a staff nurse at Holy Christ Hospital, discovers herself in a dilemma between her obligations to a patient and her obligations to a colleague. Jessica, a colleague, miscalculated the insulin dosage of a patient and failed to check on their recovery, preceding the patient to become hypoglycemic. Sue remains conflicted on whether she should report the incident to the Doctor, or preserve her moral fidelity to her friend, as her friend requested that she does not

Part of the North America diet is to drink eight glasses of milk a day. Who would ever think that such a habit could cost your life? In 2008 that is exactly what happened in China, four babies died and 53,000 fell ill. How does a parent feel, when on the most important aspects of helping your child grow is to give them milk for calcium and instead it kills your baby.

“The greatest ethical test that we're ever going to face is the treatment of those who are at our mercy”.― Lyn White