Melinda's Ethical Dilemma

After reading Alice’s case I believe the ethical issue would be the social worker going to the funeral and delivering Alice’s eulogy. Now if the social worker just attended the funeral I don’t feel like she would necessarily be creating an ethical issue but I do believe by going she is putting herself at risk to one. The codes of ethics for social workers are not black and white. There are many values that we as social workers have to uphold but a lot of the times we have to read between the lines and ask ourselves if certain scenarios involving our client will hinder the overall wellbeing of our professional relationship. I say this to try and convey that the code of ethics is not a list of every situation that is deemed wrong in the social

Knowing that as a nurse, I may be faced with this type of situation, it made me reflect upon what my duty would have been toward my own patients. I could relate to the staff member that we’re feeling torn about leaving because I too have a family and would have faced the same dilemma had I been presented with the same situation. What I learned from writing this paper was that you can be faced with decisions that are not easy, but we must try to come up for the best possible outcome for all the parties involved. Working as part of a team, we must pull together and make compromises, which did not happen within the article. It was not an easy choice for anyone to make on who should stay or leave, and I was uncomfortable with some of the decisions made by the hospital. What I learned from the overall experience was that throughout my own career there may be times that I must accept the decision made about my patient that I do not agree with. This becomes even harder once you build a relationship with your patient. I believe I am part of a healing and caring profession and patient must be treated fairly and with compassion. As nurses we are direct care professional who tends to the daily care of our patient and it is our duty to advocate for our patient well-being and it was not shown within the

Melinda Sordino is known as the girl who called the cops at the end of summer party. Because of this incident all her old friends hate her and people she does not know hate her. While all of this is happening Melinda just try to avoid the fact that something bad happened the night of the party. She feels that if she isolates herself from everybody thing will get better but the only way things can truly get better is if she speaks the truth.

The men of Macon county who were from a line of lower educated people and farmers were mistreated, lied, and used as experiments is one of the most shocking things I have learned in the class so far. It really hits home for me because I come from a small town in rural America where you wake up earlier work all day, get home when it?s dark just to survive in this world. I could not even begin to imagine doing this while being subjected to the treatment these men where by the government. I don?t feel as if informed consent would have even mattered in this experiment and make it ethical, there are multiple reason why I say this. The nation was at a place where blacks were viewed as less than humans and only white folk mattered. The scientific

When faced with ethical dilemmas, medical practitioners should be guided by the ethical precepts of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice. These ethical precepts are of absolute importance in which ethical problems, faced in medicine, are taught to professionals and medical students alike (Christen, Ineichen & Tanner, 2014). Where conflicting obligations and responsibilities are faced, these codes will also provide some sort of framework in making informed choices (Turner, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to briefly explain what these four precepts are, and to apply them to the disciplines of psychotherapy, public health and scientific research to demonstrate how important and vital it is to adhere to them. I will also apply

One of Hillary’s duties is to direct the State Department. The state department was under investigation because of the attack of the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others were killed on September 11, 2012. The state department had “systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies.” Clinton was scheduled to testify in December 2012 however she had contracted a stomach virus and then suffered from a concussion. Republicans thought the timing of her illness was very suspicious. She was in hospitalized for a while she recovered. On January 23, 2013 Clinton testified, she took full responsibility and officially stepped down of her post on February 1 2013. It did not end there she testified again on October 20, 2015. On both occasions, Clinton was cleared of any wrongdoing or participation. There was no evidence of her being involved or at fault. The media ate Clinton alive by stating her lack of control meant she not capable of sustaining a government post. (Harp,

Is the new cancer drug more effective than standard protocol? Does the new cancer drug increase the population prevalence, and decreases mortality than the standard protocol? The independent variable is the experimental treatment and the dependent variable is cancer.

Valerie Young, an employee at Wisson, a cosmetic/fragrance company, is the troubled subject of ‘How Personal Can Ethics Get?” (Hellriegel & Slocum 563). Valerie finds herself in the midst of an ethical dilemma that not only has the ability to affect her but also her colleagues. An enthusiastic finance and marketing specialist eager to learn the business of fragrance, Valerie discovers misconduct on the part of her boss, Lionel Waters.

Whose interests are advanced by sustaining the "war on drugs"? Are these interests designed to advance the greatest good for the greatest number of citizens? What ethical arguments by way of consequentialism facilitate your analysis?

The case in this ethical and legal issue is quite complicated. Patient is 89 years old; recently lost his wife of 60 years a week ago. He attempted suicide by gunshot and left a note; he admitted that he was too heartbroken to go on. His prognosis even with surgery is not good. However, his big family wants to proceed with the surgery. End-of-life (EOL) care often becomes an issue for a family of dying patient, especially if they cannot make a decision nor have contradictory desires (Blais & Hayes, 2016). Having this patient committed suicide even makes this end-of-life care more complicated. While the case needs to be reported to the authority due to its legal issue, the ethical issue remains.

In the article “A Question of Ethics” the author explains that animal testing isn’t necessary. They argue that animals feel pain and don’t understand, that the conditions they are kept in is horrible, and that there are other ways to study the effects of medication. They question the readers how this treatment of animals could ever be ethical.

Each year, there are patients who are faced with end of life choices that can sometimes be predicted, but at times, something they would have believed never would happen. When the choice is not their own to make, what is the right decision when the time comes? Do the families help to make the decision when the patient is incapable to do so? And will the person know to make the decision that is based on what is in the patient’s best interest? As there isn’t always a direct note discussing what are the most recent requests at the end of life, the decision can be difficult and can create conflict and debate in determining what is the “right decision”. Doctors, as well as nurses, play a large role in this decision, and should be able to help set

Every profession has distinct ethical obligations to the public. These obligations include professional competency, integrity, honesty, confidentiality, objectivity, public safety, and fairness, all of which are intended to preserve and safeguard public confidence (Gregory, 2000).

Women in the world work hard, multi-task, and balance home life and work life every day and the choice to bring life into the world, we have no control of the health of our babies we bore. This is one task which we have no control of, yet we pray to God to even become pregnant or bless the baby to be just healthy. In the world today, many women experience suffrage, with childbearing. The internal emotions fall to the wayside without the acknowledgment from other medical doctors to assist, with pain and healing within. A woman blessed with the chance to bring life into the world, and then right before her eyes, life simultaneously changes because of a health dilemma. Then the test of choices become a life or death situation for an unborn child ethically, morally, the belief the Power of God, and the evaluation of life over selfishness or selfless’ in motherhood?

9. Evans, S. T. (2010). Ethics, whether written or not, are what guide us in business. Inside Tucson Business, 20(15), 19.