Ethical Issues : Information Issues

All information which has been acquired by you during or in the course of your employment, or has otherwise been acquired by you in confidence.

The two major ethical considerations that are important to address are 9.02 - Use of Assessments and 9.06 - Interpreting Assessment Results. 9.02 - Use of Assessments is particularly important because the psychologist must consider the individual’s language preference and competence. As was noted in the initial case description, Brandon’s parents are both Polish immigrants, and Brandon spoke Polish in home until he attended junior kindergarten. Although he may not have an accent, his language preference should be noted as English may not be the language he is more comfortable using. 9.06 - Interpreting Assessment Results should also be considered. Brandon’s test-taking abilities should be highlighted, as he is suspicious and ambivalent towards the psychological testing. These feelings may negatively affect his test scores, as he may try to either hide how he truly feels, or lie to make himself seem better or worse. It should also be noted that there could be other client characteristics that affect his scores as well, particularly cultural factors.

This report will address the ethical and management issues presented in the case studies Seven Eleven, Are organisation’s exploiting ‘non-employees’ and New and challenging HRM issues in China and India. The main ethical issues raised by these case studies are cultural diversity issues, discrimination and employee working conditions. Along with these ethical issues there are also management issues outlined Corporate Greed and an issue Human resource. This resulted in loss of thousands of dollar for the seven eleven employees, non-employees experiencing sudden loss of income due to casual and temporary work, and IT workers in India forced to work very long hours as well as poor working conditions in China. Recommendations on

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Is pleasing the customers, and telling them what they might want to hear, more important than being honest with them? When clients ask the company for reports, their main interest should be to get a thorough and comprehensive analysis. If they were only looking for a confirmation of what they wanted to hear, they should not need the research.

Data consistency- means that all information within the document must be a reliable source of data.

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct (Dictionary.com).

The differences with ethics, moral, etiquette (values) and laws are not that significant, they all stem from the best judgment and values, the concept that gives life meaning. There is law, which has an external consequence from a controlling authority; however, ethics has an internal consequence based on a one’s decision; it could make one suffer conscientiously. Morals and etiquette involve listening to one’s conscience as well. Although not stated, the similarities for all suggest right from wrong. The differences in healthcare may lie in the context of conceptual and practical perspectives.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public access to information held by public authorities.

When making ethical decisions we as Christians use different sources to help us in deciding how we should respond to a given situation while staying true to our Christian faith and its values.

The United Nations has suggested numerous policies for companies to implement to ensure the human rights of all people are upheld, especially with regards to minority groups like women. The “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Policy Framework can be utilized to ensure gender equality in our organization. The policy framework includes:

What are the relevant facts of the case? What facts are not known? Can I learn more about the situation? Do I know enough to make a decision?

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).

Valid – Correct Information and not fake. Also means that Logic. (Of an argument) so constructed that if the premises are jointly asserted, the conclusion cannot be denied without contradiction. An very good example of valid is information that you can trust such as information supplied to you by a governing body. Valid financial information would be tax rates supplied to companies from the Governments Tax Office.

Completeness is characterized by the presence, absence, and meaning of null values in the data tables (Batini & Scannapieca, 2006). Uniqueness refers to the data item recorded without duplication. The dimension of timeliness measures how data represent reality from a particular point in time. Data consistency shows that a data item is the same in multiple data sets or databases. Validity refers to data that conforms to the correct syntax for its definition (DAMA UK, 2013). Once the data quality assessment is completed, proof of concept can be developed.