...EG2401 Engineering Professionalism Group 3 Final Report EG2401 Engineering Professionalism Full Report Group Members: Liu Weiyuan (A0086030R) Pham Thi Cam Nguyen (A0074425H) Reymond Edlin (A0083418A) EG2401 Engineering Professionalism Group 3 Final Report EG2401 Engineering Professionalism Group 3 Final Report Contents Abstract I. Introduction/Background II. Method III. Discussion 1. Bribe or Gifts? Ethical or Unethical? 2. Case Studies and the Scenario Case Study # 1 Case Study # 2 Case Study # 3 3. Limitation IV. Conclusion References EG2401 Engineering Professionalism Group 3 Final Report Abstract Gift receiving has long been a problem in evaluating the ethicality of engineers. In this study, we analyse the ethical boundaries of gift receiving. The foreground for this analysis will be based on several factors, including the value of the gifts and the behaviour (or intention) of engineers after receiving the gifts. These criteria will underpin the discussion for the scenario on whether it is ethical for engineers A, B and C to receive gifts from contractors and suppliers, given that they are involved in the bidding process to select the from the same contractors and suppliers. This report will also evaluate various ethical concerns by comparing the scenario against three different case studies, which will act as the three different extents of moral lines that are set in place. These comparisons would be used to derive a conclusion for the scenario...
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...Dilemmas and D'Legals: Ethics and Law in Nursing Marsha Brice, Barbara Gong, Holly Lavely, Lindsey Talbot, Loveda Turnage NUR/391 August 6, 2012 Esther Van Baren Dilemmas and D'Legals: Ethics and Law in Nursing Every day nurses are confronted with situations that lead them to question their ethics and the legal duties of their profession. Both dilemmas are presented for examination and discussion in this class via two scenarios. In the first case scenario, the family of a victim of a hemorrhagic stroke must decide what measures they want the hospital staff to take to either sustain her life or if they want to deny any or all life-saving steps. In this instance, the father and children are at odds in their decision. The next case presents malpractice lawsuit scene where a nurse is called to testify on behalf of the patient against the negligent nurse and hospital. While these situations are vastly different, they share two inherent questions: What is the ethical thing to do? What is the nurse’s legal obligation? Each case study produced different legal questions. In the first case study the family of the patient could not agree on a course of action. There was no advance directive and the patient was not conscious. The husband of the patient in this case is the legal next of kin and is therefore legally responsible for making health care decisions for his wife when she is unable to do so. The children of the patient could challenge their father in court...
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...A Study of Mathematics Infusion in Middle School Technology Education Classes 1. CITATION. What report study is this? Record a complete reference citation. Burghardt, D. M., Hecht, D., Russo, M., Lauckhardt, J., & Hacker, M. (2010). A study of mathematics infusion in middle school technology education classes. Journal of Technology Education, 22(1), 58-74. 2. PURPOSE AND GENERAL RATIONALE. In broad terms what was the purpose of the study, and how did the author(s) make a case for its general importance? The purpose of the study is about mathematical achievement in the United States has been below the level attained by students in other countries, with American students becoming notably behind once they reach late middle school. In order to overcome this authors came with different approaches which an add to teacher’s professional development (PD) requirements, varying curriculum, and adding additional STEM classroom time and connected curriculum is one of the approach chosen for this and this is applied by using mathematics as the thread that links Science, Technology, and Engineering curriculum together 3. FIT AND SPECIFIC RATIONALE. How does the topic of the study fit into the existing research literature, and how is that provenance used to make a specific case for the investigation? This case study fits into the existing research literature because this case study discusses the approach of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), which is a...
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...Unit Name: Business & Finance Ethics Unit Code: BBC1001 Year: 2015 Semester: 2 Location: City Flinders Prepared by: Dr Michelle Fong Welcome Welcome to this unit of study. This Unit Guide provides important information and should be kept as a reference to assist with your studies. This Guide includes information about your reading and resources, independent learning, class activities and assessment tasks. It is recommended that you read this Guide carefully: you will be expected to manage your learning as you work towards successful study. Detailed information and learning resources for this unit have also been provided on the Unit website on WebCT/VU Collaborate which can be reached via the Student Portal at vu.edu.au/student-tools/myvu-student-portal It is important that you access your Unit website regularly. Please also refer to information provided on the Student Portal that supports studying at VU. Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge and recognise the traditional owners, their Elders past and present, their descendants and kin as the custodians of this land. Contents Welcome Acknowledgement of Country Introduction to the unit ............................................................................................................................................3 Key staff ............................................................................................................................................................3 Required readings...
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...Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures and trust repair BY GRAHAM DIETZ AND NICOLE GILLESPIE Published by the Institute of Business Ethics Occasional Paper 5 Authors Dr Graham Dietz is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on trust repair after organisational failures, as well as trust-building across cultures. Together with his co-author on this report, his most recent co-edited book is Organizational Trust: A cultural perspective (Cambridge University Press). Dr Nicole Gillespie is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on building, repairing and measuring trust in organisations and across cultural and professional boundaries. In addition, Nicole researches in the areas of leadership, teams and employee engagement. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the contact persons in the featured organisations for their comments on an earlier draft of this Paper. The IBE is particularly grateful to Severn Trent and BAE Systems for their support of this project. All rights reserved. To reproduce or transmit this book in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, please obtain prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures...
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...BUSINESS FACULTY Course Handbook 2015–16 BUSI1314 - Business Ethics Level 5: 15 Credits Contents 1. WELCOME .......................................................................................................... 3 2. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE ............................................................................... 4 1.1. AIMS .............................................................................................................. 4 1.2. LEARNING OUTCOMES ............................................................................................. 4 2.3 LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES .............................................................................. 4 2.4 EXPECTED STUDY TIME ............................................................................................ 4 2.5 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................... 4 3. CONTACT DETAILS................................................................................................ 5 3.1 EXTERNAL EXAMINING OF YOUR COURSE AND PROGRAMMES OF STUDY ............................................ 5 4. COURSE CONTENT AND DESIGN ................................................................................ 7 4.1 PLANNED TERM DATES: ........................................................................................... 7 4.2 SESSION PLAN................................................................
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...Paper 5 The Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures and trust repair BY GRAHAM DIETZ AND NICOLE GILLESPIE Published by the Institute of Business Ethics Occasional Paper 5 Authors Dr Graham Dietz is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on trust repair after organisational failures, as well as trust-building across cultures. Together with his co-author on this report, his most recent co-edited book is Organizational Trust: A cultural perspective (Cambridge University Press). Dr Nicole Gillespie is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on building, repairing and measuring trust in organisations and across cultural and professional boundaries. In addition, Nicole researches in the areas of leadership, teams and employee engagement. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the contact persons in the featured organisations for their comments on an earlier draft of this Paper. The IBE is particularly grateful to Severn Trent and BAE Systems for their support of this project. All rights reserved. To reproduce or transmit this book in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, please obtain prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures and...
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...VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM COURSE ETHICS 4.3 with special reference to PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Code 61432100 [final version January 10, 2012] Academic year 2011-2012 Period 3: January. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: MSc Program Business Administration. Prof. dr. Eduard Kimman course assistant: Karin Tjeerdsma (k.t.tjeerdsma@vu.nl) Background This course, in the setting of various Master Programmes at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, is about the morality of professional people acting in the context of a business organization. Business organizations or organizations as such do have a formal structure in which responsibility ultimately lies with a director or the board of directors. A business organization forms a context for a great variety of decisions. In a juridical perspective the organization is the bearer of numerous transactions. Inside organizations one may find remarkable opportunities for just or unjust behaviour, for moral or immoral behaviour, for situations of equality or inequality which deserve to be evaluated ethically. As FEWEB is a school for the study of economics and business administration in an economic perspective we focus on so-called “economic decisions” which are decisions being taken with some form of economic calculus. In this course we will spend time on questioning whether the economic or financial outcomes of these decisions are morally neutral or deserve some further moral investigation...
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...ABSTRACT This study aims at putting critical thinking in action evaluating the ethical approaches effective for managers making company decisions. Ethics, in the working place, refers to the rules of the workplace that an employee has to comply with, along with the rules of society. Lauren a quality engineer in her company is faced with an ethical challenge to sign or not to sign fraudulent report to produce a product that does not meet quality standard of the customer .In the study, the concept of ethics has been examined using principles of ethics, followed by a conceptual framework of making ethical decisions. Lauren is meant to determine using five ethical principles, what is right and wrong, fair and unfair, respect of human rights, the virtuous principle and the common good principle. Ethics generally means the “just” or “right” behavioral standards in a situation between individuals. Social principles including justice and right are “generally accepted” (Browning, J. & Zabriskie, N.B. 1983, p. 219). Ethics is a discipline that investigates the doings of humans as a special problem field and examines the entities and characteristics of this field and the principles (values) governing this field, and whether the doings of human beings are dependent or independent (Taylor, 1975, p. 1). In the analysis of the case results from the five ethical principles suggest that Lauren should not sign the report since it is unethical and fraudulent perhaps the company may come up with...
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...legal issues will be reviewed concerning the decisions and responsibilities of the nurse in the case of Marianne who has had a stroke and the decisions that the family is facing for treatment or end of life care. The legal and ethical issues in a malpractice case that occurred several years ago and the responsibility of the nurse to her employer, the nurse being sued, the client in question, and the institution’s client will be reviewed. The areas that will be reviewed include how the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics would influence a final decision in each case study, how personal and societal values can influence the ethical decision making, the fundamental legal aspects of each case study, and the legal responsibility of the nurse in the work setting. The ANA code of Ethics must be followed in practice and is an especially useful tool when there are difficult legal and ethical issues that arise in nursing practice. In the example of the malpractice case for negligence, as a witness to questionable practice, it is the nurse’s primary responsibility to protect the safety of the patient. Although the nurse was correct in reporting the episode to administration, she also had a duty to counsel the nurse about the inappropriate standard of care. The ANA is clear that when a nurse is aware of questionable practice the person must be confronted with the concern ("Code Of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements", 2010). Furthermore, if the nurse was asked at if she...
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...ACN Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ethics Training for Public Officials A study prepared by the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) and SIGMA, a joint EU-OECD initiative, principally financed by the EU, in co-operation with the OECD Public Sector Integrity Network March 2013 ACN Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia ETHICS TRAINING FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS A study prepared by the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) and SIGMA, a joint EU-OECD initiative, principally financed by the EU, in co-operation with the OECD Public Sector Integrity Network This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OECD and its Member countries or of the beneficiary countries participating in the SIGMA Programme. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern and Central Europe The Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) is a regional outreach programme of the OECD Working Group on Bribery. The ACN is open to countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The main counterparts are...
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...Press 0521804167 - Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation John Keown Frontmatter More information EUTHANASIA, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY An Argument against Legalisation Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physicianassisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain hard cases, voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a slippery slope to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest readers in any country, whether for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed. john keown is Senior Lecturer in the Law and Ethics of Medicine, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. His previous publications include Abortion, Doctors and the Law (1988) and Euthanasia Examined (1995). © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521804167 - Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument...
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...Case Study # 1 You are a new fourth grade teacher in an elementary school and notice that one of your students consistently comes to school in the morning with dirty clothes, body odor, and suspicious bruises on his arm. According to the ethics code and district faculty policies, what should be your plan of action for addressing this issue? Despite the fact that instructors facilitate children’s education, kids cannot learn efficiently if their responsiveness or dynamism is exhausted by the conflicts inherent in being mistreated. This situation is core or essential to understand that a positive connection with a supportive adult like me, may increase the resiliency of kids who have been neglected, are at-risk for being mistreated, or live...
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...Ethical dilemma Within most if not all social settings there are always certain channels that are used when communicating that are appropriate at that certain moment. The purpose of using these specific channels is so that the correct people receive the information and proper action can be taken accordingly. This however does not happen this way especially in the modern workplace were authority is often swarmed with other issues to listen to all the issues that are brought to them. In this case study we investigate the ethical issue of a manager not taking the issue of unethically terminating an employee who was a ‘whistle-blower’ when it directly clashes with their initiatives of listening and catering to their employees and consumers. This value of theirs was also in conflict in regards to the channel stuffing scheme that had been arranged by one of their divisional sales managers, Greg Wilson (Hasson 2007). In recent times with the rapid growth of organizations and increasing numbers of employees it is very easy for the voices of employees to get lost and for their views not to get aired. This is hence why Galvatrens decided to spearhead a number of different initiatives that would ensure that this would not happen and they wanted to excel in being a company that listened and learned both from their employees and their consumers. They went to the extent of having and open door policy implemented for all their employees and even a 24 hour toll free hotline. However Galvatrens...
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...professional nurses we often find ourselves faced with questions of ethics and legality when it comes to the care of patients. It is here that we find ourselves in the conundrum that is called nursing judgment. ”The basic level of problems concerns the dilemmas which arise for individual professional when they sense that there is a conflict between their private moral convictions and what they believe is required of them…” (Thompson, 1976). Nursing judgment is hard when so many factors are present, from the patient’s viewpoint, to the family/caregiver to the physicians ultimately in charge of the care. Many complicated scenarios can occur for the RN at any time and they must base their decisions on the ethical and legal guidelines that govern the nursing profession. Body In the world of nursing we are faced with ethical decisions on a regular basis but it is how we handle these situations that makes the difference. As a nurse we are bound by the guidelines of the code of ethics. The ANA (2014) states the “Code of Ethics for Nurses is a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession. “It is the profession’s nonnegotiable ethical standard” and “an expression of nursing’s own understanding of its commitment to society”. In the case of the patient admitted with a hemorrhagic stroke whose family disagreed on the plan of care, the code of ethics outlines that the patient is our primary concern. When faced with conflict...
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