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    workplace discrepancy. A decision could be swayed based on a confusion of fact or opinion depending how strong you feel about something. Considering there are countless people that encounter each other every day whose ethical mindset may differ completely with each other it is important to understand that these difference can live harmoniously or quite dangerously. For example when a personal is in charge of large group of people and their ethical opinions interfere with decision making a follower may proceed

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    Chapter 4: Discussion & Results Introduction The legal and ethical effects of decision making in withholding and withdrawing life support have been largely debated. The unanimity in the United States is that it is standard to waive or decline life support with permission of the patient or a surrogate under some circumstances (American Thoracic Society, 1991; Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, 1991). However, such practice is not always accepted and varies greatly from country to country

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    Ethical Decision Making Recognize an Ethical Issue 1 Could this decision or situation be damaging to someone or to some group? Does this decision involve a choice between a good and bad alternative, or perhaps between two "goods" or between two "bads"? This situation can be damaging to both parties. The first party involved could potentially face legal trouble or termination of their position. The second party may be damaged because it is taking away from the supplies used for customers and the

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    Nursing Process Approach to Ethical Decision Making A career in nursing is a challenging one. There is a high demand for physical strength when working a long, twelve-hour shift, and an even higher demand for emotional strength when communicating with clients and family members alike. In both cases, the best asset a nurse has available is the ability to think critically. The nurse is constantly applying themselves in therapeutic ways in order to help deliver the best possible evidence-based outcomes

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    Factors Affecting Ethical Organizational Decision Making When an individual or group of individuals in an organization makes a decision, there are both individual factors as described above, in addition there are organizational factors come into play and affect the final decision.  The culture of an organization is made up of three elements: Societal culture, industrial culture and organizational culture.  If any of these cultures accepts less than ethical behavior it can encourage ethical dissolution

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    Ethical Issues : ACLU When researching the decision-making processes in which organizations encounter, from large fortune 500 companies to small private businesses, organizational culture has a major emphasis on the decision-making process. According to Kurtz, during the decision-making process and everyday operations of a organization, many ethical decisions which would be unacceptable in our society are deemed to be acceptable problem solving tactics (Kurtz, 2003). Our ethical decision-making process

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    Ethical Decision Making in Organizations: The Role of Leadership Stress Summary of Journal This journal tested the effects of leadership stress towards ethical decision making in organizations. This research assessed on the identification of ethical problems and ethical behaviours. Two hypotheses have been developed in this research and were tested through the use of survey and participants are from 3 sites of Swedish multinational civil engineering company. The survey can be divided into four

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    creating an ethical dilemma and similarly, to explore and present a decision making model used to work through the dilemma. The study found ways that can assist forensic counselors with this common issue that has prompted numerous legalities filed against them by their evaluees such as, identifying stakeholders and interpreting the situation through awareness and fact finding. Tarvydas’s integrative decision-making of the ethical behavior model can also be essential in solving ethical dilemmas because

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    Ethical Decision-Making Case Study. Moral issues are those that arouse conscience, are concerned with important values and norms. The use of a tool such as the Ethical Decision-Making Algorithm in appendix A, can help the nurse resolve an ethical dilemma more efficiently and competently. Furthermore, the use of a nursing codes of ethics, which are formal statements standard for professional actions can help guild a nurses decisions. Nurses have multiple obligations to balance in moral situation

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    2.1 Ethical Issues Decision Making Framework Scenario given in the first article is concerned with an autism student who is 12 years old named Maria. Maria is able to read but have problems in reading comprehension. Maria’s individualized education program (IEP) goal is to participate in academic discussions with same-age peers in the general education classroom. Her special education teacher visited in the class and saw Maria was working on word searches at the back of the classroom while others

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