Ethical Dilemmas

People from all walks of life face many ethical dilemmas. These dilemmas have consequences. Our worldview determines how we deal with these dilemmas, and guides us to the right decisions. In this essay, I will examine an ethical issues through my Christian worldview. I will also present other viewpoints, and compare them to mine.

Ethical dilemmas occur when there is a disagreement about a situation and all parties involved question how they should behave based on their individual ethical morals. (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). The dilemma that I will be addressing in this essay involves Michael, recently employed male educator working in the nursery, and parents of a baby enrolled at the centre. The parents have raised concerns about male educators changing their child’s nappy as they have cultural practices that do not allow this practice to take place. This situation is classed as an ethical dilemma as there is a dispute between cultural beliefs and legal requirements within the workplace. There are four parties involved (parents, child, educator and director), all

Program planning is a process to achieve a particular goal and/or mission. Program planning is an organized process through which a set of coordinated activities or interventions is developed to address and facilitate change in some or all of the identified problems. Program evaluation provides useful information for improving the programs and the service delivery systems. Program evaluation is to improve the program planning, effectiveness, design, and efficiency. The two are different processes, but ideally they hold the same goals and/or mission. The evaluation process takes place after the planning of a

Taut, S. (2008). What Have We Learned About Stakeholder Involvement in Program Evaluation. Studies in Educational Evaluation , 224 - 230.

The question of what is truly the nature of justice remains an unanswered question as noted by Bertrand Russell in ‘The History of Western Philosophy’ wherein he notes that Socrates was unable to provide a convincing rebuttal of Glaucon’s arguments on justice, and neither have all the social philosophers since, been able to do. Amartya Sen, in his book ‘The Idea of Justice’, has

I have two issues and wanted to know if we have a policy on each one?

An ethical dilemma is a situation in which one need to select from two or more morally acceptable choices or between equally unacceptable actions when one option prevents selection of the other (Ong, Yee & Lee, 2012). An example for an ethical dilemma in the moral values related to health policy is the end of life issues. One of the end of life issues includes withholding and withdrawing the medical treatment. Passive euthanasia is the act of withdrawing life supports or interventions needed to keep a patient alive (American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2014). This is usually done according to the wish of the patient. Patients who do not want to receive resuscitative treatment will opt out of these treatment measures and obtain a do-not-resuscitate

Purpose of the evaluation: What aspect of the program would you assess? How does this complement the larger group evaluation? (5 points)

This research analysis is meant to measure the effects of this particular program against the goals it set out to accomplish as a means of contributing to subsequent decision making about the program and improving future programming. This applied research study is an evaluation research project of social science that is intended to supply scientifically valid information with which to guide public policy. The goals of this evaluation research are to provide feedback to policy makers in concrete and measurable terms.

Formal program evaluation and results-based management are methods of measuring government program feedback. These methods also have differences and one approach may be more appropriate over the other.

Funding is one of the most fundamental aspects with regards to providing social services in any setting. Children’s Arts & Science Workshops, Inc. (CASW) is a non-profit organization that runs programming both on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the Soundview area in the Bronx. As a result of my field placement with Ittleson Center pending, I will be evaluating CASW. The program specifically, I will explore in this paper is Opportunity Youth Program (OYP) this is a Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) initiative Pilot Program that is entering in its third year in NYC. CASW as an agency lacks one specific measurement tool with regards to evaluating effectiveness of all of their programs. However, both DYCD auditors and CASW OYP staff assess the level of participant success using a combination of Standardized Self-Report Scales and Pre and Post Test Evaluation. Though, I comprehend the purpose of evaluating a program for the sake of funding, I also consider evaluation of services/programs to be useful to provide comparative data on program performances and to provide higher quality service for the participants/communities it services.

“Brad is a production engineer at a bicycle company and part of his job includes inspecting broken bikes and drafting the design repairs for their repair” (Bartlett). Brad is considering replacing a broken brake cable with a more durable material, even though the customer did not request it in their order and specifically requested that “No aesthetic changes be made to the bike” (Bartlett). Brad’s manager suggests that his considered actions would go against the company’s policy of “The customer is always right.” Should Brad disobey the manager and the customer to possibly lose his job or go along with

At the request of the CEO of the Spring Creek After-school Program, this project is designed to create and implement a sustainable assessment system for the program’s managers. A sustainable assessment system will help the organization improve the daily operations and programming of the after-school program. Specifically, this project is designed to create an assessment system that will assist the program managers to understand the current state of the program (inputs, activities) and the program’s effectiveness (outputs, outcomes, impacts). The proposed plan will help management:

The ethical dilemma is a situation by which it’s difficult to determine whether a situation is can be handled without disappointing both sides. Therefore, an ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is clear or when members of the healthcare team cannot agree on the right thing to do. Ethical dilemmas require negotiation of different points of view (potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall 2011pg 78).

Ethics can be dangerous to your career. The danger may come not from your own ethics but from the ethics of people around you and the organization of which you are a part. Employees have various moral decisions to make. Many of these decisions should be made on the basis of our moral obligations, but sometimes the morally preferable action could require courage and be performed beyond the call of duty. One defense against involvement in wrongdoing is vocalizing when there are unethical practices being made. While being prepared for organizational challenges that will inevitably test your personal values, moral beliefs, and commitment may be doing the right thing, is it ethical when one’s job is on the line?