The main conflict that will arise within the workplace is when one employee becomes offended by another employees actions whether they are intentional or not. It is the managers moral and ethical obligation to resolve these conflicts when they arise quickly so that they do not worsen. It is difficult to maintain a productive workplace if employees are constantly being petty with one another. A savvy manager will instill moral confidence in his or her employees through positive and repetitive examples…
of chronic disabilities. There are different types of feeding tubes and they are classified by site of insertion and intended use. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/feeding_tube) Facing this problem as the client Deana, I would want to exercise the ethical principle 'autonomy" which is defined as self determination or freedom to choose and also I would like to exercise my rights as a patient. First and foremost, one has to be aware of the patient's rights which are as follows: the right to receive adequate…
precise, and as objective as possible, and only after he has failed to prove his theory false, i.e., it is not the case that theory X is not true, it is he justified in proclaiming its truth, the theory an remain open for re-evaluation. The main ethical issue in this chosen content is stem cells. Today a child lies in the hospital dying of heart failure. The expectations are low that he will be one of the people receiving a transplant before…
she is trying to create an atmosphere, but in that statement it would seem that she only want to work with certain kinds of customers. This could lead some consumers to think that they are not welcome in her stores. . Kathy Kudler has a moral and ethical obligation as a business owner to promote an atmosphere that is open and welcoming to all. There is also the questionable promotion on Kudler Fine Foods website on how they only hire the best employees. Although I personally understand the statement…
Frank was very ethical in his work and allowed his fellow officers to have the arrest. It is very unethical for police officers to receive cash bribes and sell drugs in order to make extra money. Selling drugs and receiving bribes is certainly against the law and any officer who engages in such activity is not ethical. Frank Serpico went to his captain and the New York mayor about this corruption, but they did not do anything about it. It was also very unethical of Serpico’s partners to abandon him…
intent whatsoever. But after numerous protests around the world and countless lawsuits the company giant faced after the controversy, Google ended its illegal collection of WiFi data transmissions. The issues encompassing Google’s privacy policy and their business ethical practice is a vast issue to tackle. On Google’s data gathering backlash: It’s easy to put your trust when a big company like Google asks you to enter your information on their web browsers, in an encrypted connection or not. Scooping…
heads failed to identify, the ground rules in identifying and resolving safety problems with Camry and Prius. The manifestation of sticky gas pedal accrued mid 2009 to 2010. According Michael Connor, aggressive growth, ethical dilemmas, and moral responsibility causes for current issues. The company goal was to supersede General Motors as the world’s number one carmaker in the World (Connor, 2010). The company permits duty-bound to produce automobiles faster than competitors do. The excessive production…
31). The issue led to massive recall of Toyota vehicles. In trying to fix the problem, Toyota recalled all floor mats in its vehicle to fix a problem in which the gas pedal can become caught on the edge of the floor mat. Toyota stated that the mat can cause the vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably. Thereafter another recall was made involving accelerator pedals that can stick on their own. For reasons best known to Toyota concealed the truth from the public and Toyota tried to fix problems after…
Lastly, the physician may have a conflict with withdrawing treatment, but he or she must distinguish the difference between withholding a desired treatment versus withdrawing a treatment that is unwanted. Competency – When discussing ethical issues concerning health care, competency refers not only to the ability of a patient to make a decision, but also to the ability of the patient to understand that decision. Included in comprehending the decision is also the patients understanding the…
This practice allows retailers to sell devices with rebates or discounts. The second ethical dilemma is related to Apple's failure to disclose the fact that the battery needs to be replaced after 300 to 400 charges and that customers must surrender their iPhone to Apple for replacement. The iPhone is not a just mobile phone; it is a power hungry device equipped with a touch screen, colorful user interface, portable mp3 player, web browser, PDA and more. Owners of all other mobile phones can purchase…
burden to the hospital. The hospital however, did do everything they could to help Armando and even helped him get a custom wheel chair thus keeping their principles of justice. As time went on, even though the hospital did what they could, their ethical standards became too much for them. They had to compare what it was costing for just one patient compared to how many they would have to turn away if they continued to absorb the costs for Armando’s care. The hospital made the decision to transfer…
and anyone that will be affected. How will the decision you make affect stakeholders if the decision you make turns out the way you plan? How will it affect everyone involved if your decision to go with Bill does not go as planned and backfires? Ethical Theory of Joes response to Bill Joe has a duty and this duty is to be responsible and has an obligation to UWEAR, its employee’s, and his family. The theory of deontological is a moral system that focuses on moral duties and rules. By knowing, what…
Past research has discovered that managers react to ethical dilemmas according to the situation. If specific values that are related to ethical behavior can be identified, they would offer strong tools for managers who want to retain high standards of ethical behavior in their society. The issue of ethical decision making has become more important in recent years for a variety of reasons. An understanding of ethical decision making in organizations is more significant to the development of…
The second ethical dilemma is Wigand’s decision to tell his story about the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation. The movie was made to show his struggle with how hard it was for Wigand to make this decision. He could not keep this kind of information from the public, especially after working with healthcare companies before being employed by Brown and Williamson. He felt personally obliged to tell this story because it could potentially save the lives of countless people. After he decided to…
Why is this important in counseling? The informed consent process involves establishing the basic framework between a therapist and their client that serves as an ethical and legal requirement as well as the formation of a basic working partnership between a therapist and their client. The informed consent is essentially an informational exchange between a therapist and a client that outlines the process of therapy. It also allows the client to be informed of their rights in order to make conscientious…
reasonable, supervisory, and ethnic dynamics. The vital required abilities to examine business and society conflict/issues pinpointing essential elements understanding the consequences it has on diverse communities. Workplace employees working in the present society are faced with many issues. These conflicts/experiences often effect the work environment. Three frequently problematic ethical issues within the workforce are harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Harassment and discrimination in the…
The ethical issue of the assessment process is the failure to not take into account the cultural and ethical differences in behaviors. The DSM 4 states being aware of the unintentional bias, but does not do a good job in distinguishing various cultures , ethnicities , while indentifying erroneous or defiant behavior that may not be accepted or known in western culture.2 Another Ethical issue is EBP, or evidence based practice. EBP is the accumulation of the best available research from clinical…
Ethical Issues in Counseling: Confidentiality According to Code of Ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (2000) it has the following principle about confidentiality: At the outset of any counseling relationship, mental health counselors make their clients aware of their rights in regard to confidential nature of the counseling relationship. “They fully disclose the limits of, or exceptions to, confidentiality, and or the existence of privileged communication, if any. (Corey…
Health practitioners should respect of the individual's competence. Competence implies the parents' level of understanding that allows them to weigh up the ethical issues posed by a clinical situation, assimilate these and reach a rational decision. Second, if the conflict cannot be solved by communication or discussion, the care provider need to seek solutions in law. Brody and Aronson (cited in Tabak & Zvi 2008) argue that the patient has the fundamental right to quality medical care and the best…
applications of biometrics are utilized for preventing fraud and ensuring security. The use of biometrics has increased tremendously but so has social, ethical, privacy, practical and even political issues associated with it (Duquenoy, Jones & Blundell, 2008). Following is the detail regarding its ethical and privacy issue implications. Biometric Ethical Issues In the digital age, tools of biometric technology are increasingly being used as protection against identity theft. So the principle is that…
education assists case managers with being as knowledgeable as possible to identify and coordinate all the resources that their patients need and continued education is an ethical responsibility of a case manager. The article also suggests that advocacy is an ethical responsibility of a case manager. When advocacy is forgotten ethical issues occur. Fraser and Strang (2004) explain that case managers must be given the tools to allow them to function in their role with confidence and competence to act as…
While Mr. Hathaway acknowledges the fact that he took the cars, one has to wonder about his personal ethical beliefs. Did he believe that it was okay to receive gifts for the work that he was supposed to provide and yet supposedly never did? How did the gifts alter the relationship between the car dealership and the university? Did Mr. Hathaway feel that his personal association with the care company is legitimate and appropriate in his position as the athletic director for the university? One…
should give consent willfully without an undue influence or threat from other individuals. Third, the patient should receive full disclosure, including the risks, and benefits of the treatment plans from his or her physician (McInroy, 2005). The ethical principles of beneficence, and nonmaleficence from a patient who is refusing blood transfusion believed that refusal of this treatment would honor the benefits over harm. Based on the values practiced among the Jehovah’s Witness members, the harm…
2005). Exposure to the contamination can lead to future health issues. For instance, the development to brain tumors, brain cancers, kidney cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and leukemia as well as reproductive effects such as birth defects, fetal death, and intrauterine growth retardation. This is just one of the many problematic issues pertaining materials used for clothing. Not much people know, but polyester is also very harmful. The raw material itself is used to produce…
gotten me to where I am today. Counseling has also helped me to address issues I ignored for too long. I can empathize with others in many areas of molestation, anger repression, family dynamics, and learning to know and love yourself. I feel that because I have gone through this and come out the other side fairly sane –smile, I can make a difference for someone else who is currently where I used to be. In thinking of an ethical dilemma, I can only think of the molestation as the one major event in…
theory also suggests that there is an obvious solution that is fair, and it may be one that appeals to common sense as well (Moser, 2010). Jeremy Bentham is considered the founder of utilitarian thought and stated that that human beings resolve their ethical questions in light of maximizing the amount of pleasure they experience while minimizing the amount of pain. He considered ethically good conduct as that which expands an individual's as well as a community's liberty by adding to the sum total of…
It also goes against the requirement of a medical committee member to promote education regarding medical ethical matters and also to assess and provide patient care by demonstrating a respect for patient rights. However, despite Dr. McKeen’s callous attitude towards his patients, I believe he would follow the principle of beneficence, a supporting theory about the value of avoiding harm and helping others. Although he treated his patients in a lackadaisical manner, he demonstrated his gifted surgical…
where we are passing through a great changeover. The old ways of teaching learning process is found to be obsolete. A superior prospect of psychological belief is being truly required. In the above statement prospective it is important to have ethical standards setup for education in order to channelize the best possible knowledge to the students,…
to be put in place but are not, then they have to answer for it. The challenge for them was that they weren’t necessarily open, transparent, and accessible. They set up a series of expectations in terms of what they were going to do to resolve the issue, and time after time after time they have not worked out. There have been times where they have 'layered up' too much. There clearly have been times when they have not wanted to put out information or address information because they are concerned…
Instead of fixing Deidre’s psychological issues Dr. Finch created more issues between her and Augusten. Also allowing him to engage in a romantic relationship with a male twice his age caused him more psychological harm than benefit. Augusten wanted someone to speak up and tell him what he was doing was wrong. He wanted to be treated like a child with a mother and father and instead of building a family Dr. Finch tore it apart. Dr. Finch tricked Deidre into signing over power of attorney to his…
no way people can think there information is fully protected? In my opinion, I believe terrorist attacks is just a front for the United States government to spy on the people. As of today, the United States government is getting hit hard on this issue of invading average citizen’s phone conversations and tapping into other countries privacy. According to (CBS News, 2013), Germany and France want the United States to sign a no spying deal. I always felt like I could not trust the U.S. government…
members away from the group setting and have to toe the line of what is and is not appropriate to discuss outside of the group setting (Israel, 2002). Many times counselors encounter less than enthusiastic clients. Participation is sometimes an issue within the actual group. Some dilemmas might include involuntary participation, a member’s right to leave the group, and mandatory participation in various activities that take place during group. More and more counselors are dealing with and…
residents that the water was safe and that their health problems were not associated to the chromium. The fact that a doctor would lie to a patient is just as, if not more unethical than what PG&E did by lying to the citizens. Although this issue was not dealt with in the movie, those doctors should have lost their right to practice. The company should have offered the residents of Hinkley the right to see another doctor of their choice, at PG&E’s expense. Upon realizing she needed to…
laws is to maximize the total happiness of the community. Most ethics questions about the use of technology can be adequately answered by existing ethics rules without regard to medium or application. On a more fundamental level, most of the ethical pitfalls related to social networking can be prevented by a little forethought and exercise of common sense, without regard to ethics rules. The qualities of social networking which are so potentially problematic for lawyers are its immediacy, its…
This ethical dilemma is clearly a teleological in nature because the outcome is the only thing that is focused on and on the means. Additionally this type of unethical behavior tests these products on individuals that are unlike the individuals the products are being tested for. The developing countries often times are from generations of families that have not had clean drinking water, immunizations, medical care and are malnutrition. Meaning that the side effects and treatment guidelines are based…
common drugs being marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines (Melnick, 2011). This means on average (between 1998 and 2009) there were approximately 1,000 U.S. drivers that tested positive for drug use who were involved in single-vehicle car crashes. Ethical relativism says that right and wrong are only a function of what a particular society takes to be right and wrong (Shaw & Barry, 11). Just based off of the information reported in this paragraph, I would say that alcohol should be a banned substance…
that cannabis was not what may be called a habit-forming drug. Had the use and selling of cannabis been seen in more of a Utilitarian perspective then perhaps the 1937 Marijuana Act could have been halted. More consideration and research into this issue in the 1930’s could have given earlier insight to the positive medical uses. Because of the melee and discontent connected to cannabis, heroin and opiates the consensus to allow it could be regarded as egotistic. It was not seen as something positive…
eating animals and from wearing fur or, perhaps, keeping a low environmental impact lifestyle. An advantage of virtue ethics is that it brings in all the qualities of being human such as reason, responsibility and emotion to influence a person’s ethical consideration. This can be applied in situations where a person asks what sort of person he or she should be. However, our text book clarifies that “determining what the specific virtues are, and what the appropriate balance among those virtues should…
the state of Britain have overwhelming support for extending the camera's gaze and the country thinks that "Big Brother is their best friend, for now" (p.29). This article is best described by the Utilitarianism theory, which is a goal-based ethical theory that is concerned more with the outcome rather than the intent. The politicians have-based their ideas on the "ultimate good, is the good of the overall society which may indeed require some individual sacrifice" (Adams, 2005 p.2) this sacrifice…
Legal issues are often evident however; the ethical and cultural issues create no clear-cut answer to solving legal disputes, as shown with compulsory licensing and sublicensing agreements. Sublicensing agreements In the Apollo Group stimulation, “Addressing international legal and ethical issues” (2004), CadMex and Gentura have a pharmaceutical drug partnership located in Candore. The partnership specifies contracts for International Sale of Goods as a choice of law and International Arbitration…
The Influence of Ethical Issues on Information Technology Usage Use of computers poses a new challenge for privacy. Privacy is a state of mind, specific place freedom from intrusion or control over the exposure of self of personal information (Czar, 2013). In this day and age, many new rules come into play on how to protect the privacy of the patient. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of ethical use and the unethical issues faced with the use of technology, as well as the…
estimate no employment discipline by their superiors. The point is that there is a very fine line between performing your duties without legal ramifications. On a more ethical standpoint, when should a school counselor break confidentiality? There is much debate and ambiguity concerning the issue of confidentiality. The 2010 ASCA ethical code, states that school counselors are to keep information confidential (ASCA Sec.…
the icing on the cake. The organizational structure of the American Red Cross needs to be taught that ethical compliance is its first priority; otherwise issues will continue to present themselves when the ARC is needed most. Mandatory, in-person, ethical classes should be held every year for employees and volunteers to help reinforce the ARC’s claim that they are fixing their internal issues. Also, executive leadership needs to be held accountable for their actions and not given monetary compensation…
it also raises important ethical issues. For many years the government has been monitoring us through the use of surveillance technologies such as audio recordings, video recordings, databases, and even tapping into our phone calls. While informative technology is neither bad nor good, it can and is used for both and that is humanity’s biggest problem. Due to this, there are many ethical dilemmas that can result from the misuse of informative technology. One such ethical dilemma is whether a government…
the two is subtle, the end result is the same- death. When discussing physician-assisted suicide (hereafter referred to as PAS), both terms are used interchangeably. The public and medical community remain deeply divided on this issue, citing moral, ethical, or legal issues. Advocates state that the terminally ill who are deemed medically competent have a basic right of autonomy; that is, they themselves decide when and how they will die. Opponents state that it is a violation of the Hippocratic Oath…
Ethical Issues in film Erin Brockovich There are many ethical issues in the movie Erin Brockovich. This movie is about a mother of three who uncovers a water poisoning case by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in southern California. Erin has the responsibility to feed and educate her three children and she has a general distrust of people. She begins by forcing her lawyer Ed Masry to give her a secretarial job after he failed to get her a settlement from an auto accident. She doesn't exactly…
It is important to look at ethical dilemmas in a systematic way, thus increasing the chance of achieving a solution that gives the best possible outcome. An ethical problem solving model taken from American sources (Paradise and Siegelwaks, 1982; Austin et al., 1990) was used to develop a six-step process to follow, in order to achieve this (Bond 2010, pg. 227). This process informs this paper, and I am in the role of counsellor. Dilemma 1 Description of dilemma Your client Sue is a Social…
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES Lecture capture system provides institutions with useful learning resources and enables learners to get access to huge volume of content on demand. This system obviously is useful for distance learning, revision and re-use of materials. With advancement in IT sector day by day in all aspects of life, creating more opportunity and success in all fields. There come also various issues like Professional, legal, ethical and social related which one may…
For example, when a forecaster knows that a deadline is approaching, ethical issues may arise such as manipulating information to fit the scope of the forecasters outcome, having a bias opinion to reflect a self-serving approach, such as ensuring grant money is continuously received because of the skewed, biased information reported to appear inviting to investors and others that are involved with the project. Integrity and honorable deeds are a part of Christian living. We as Christians shall…
patients. In turn, these patients and their loved ones will be able to make the right decisions. Another big issue in the debate of ethical issues in these life-extending technologies is the lives of the caregivers. Caregivers are most often loved ones: spouses, children etc. In many cases the patients need round the clock care, causing the caregiver to sacrifice his or her time, and life. This issue argues the quality of life question discussed earlier. In a study by E. Ann Mohide and her colleagues,…