archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0957-8234.htm JEA 41,1 The ethics of zero tolerance Kevin Gorman Sylvania Northview High School, Sylvania Public Schools, Sylvania, Ohio, USA, and 24 Patrick Pauken Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA Received May 2002 Revised September 2002 Accepted October 2002 Keywords Decision making, Ethics, Violence, Schools, Discipline, Legislation Abstract “Zero tolerance” has become the international
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Nursing has a renowned history of concern and interest for the welfare of the sick, injured and vulnerable for social justice. Nursing encompasses prevention of illness, decreasing suffering, and the protection, promotion, and restoration of health. Ethics is been an integral part of the foundation of nursing and it is self reflective, enduring and distinctive. In the professional course, a nurse encounters with different types of patients, several types of families and varied situations. Every patient
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University of North Florida Master of Public Administration program PAD 6436 Ethics Administrative responsibility Responsible administrator of the week Photo credit David Shoar? Lecture goals: Cooper‟s chapter four is structured around the concept of administrative responsibility. As his opening sentence indicates: responsibility is part (but an important part!) of the broader concept of “an ethic for the administrative role” (2004, p. 80). As he also makes clear, it is not easy to be an ethical
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The Food and Drug Law Institute, which was founded in 1949, is a non-profit organization that provides a marketplace for discussing food and drug law issues through conferences, publications and member interaction. The range of this organization includes drugs, food, animal medications, biologics, medical devices, tobacco and dietary supplements. The Food & Drug Law Institute goals are to keep attorneys and litigators at all experience levels, regulators, compliance experts, and food and dietary
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Ethics Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) were signed into law by President Bill Clinton in August 1996. (Physicians Billing Associates International, 2006). Bill Clinton decided to sign this law to protect the right and privacy of the patients. Before 1996 there were many issues that has risen the concerning of patient privacy. The HIPPA Act includes “Health insurance portability, fraud and abuse control, tax related provision, group health plan requirements,
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BRIEF PRINCIPLES FOR MANAGING ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OECD RECOMMENDATION The OECD Council adopted a Recommendation on Improving Ethical Conduct in the Public Service on 23 April 1998. The Recommendation is based on a set of Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service agreed in the Public Management Committee, to help Member countries to review their ethics management systems. Although governments have different cultural, political and administrative environments, they often confront
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will not occur. The staff must feel safe about reporting errors and understand that there will not be negative punishments for their report, but rewards for letting management know. Quality improves when they are all called to the attention of administrative staff. Ways to identify errors is to know the patients, know the staff, know plans of care, know policy and procedure and check and update all of these regularly, (Henneman, et. al., 2010). It is important to stop errors that are occurring.
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Confidentiality is both an ethical and a legal issue. Keeping information about a patient confidential is a way of showing respect for the person’s autonomy; releasing information can damage the patient. As stated in Laureate (2012) explains that ethics is embedded into healthcare and involves the principles of autonomy; to respect the patient and help them make a decisions appropriate for their care, beneficence; to do good, non- maleficence; to avoid harm and justice; equality to all. Maintaining
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Misty Bagwell Week 2 HCS 335 Ethics Case Study-Medical Law & Ethics Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is
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Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 20th May, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th February, 2012. (i) Indian Administrative Service. (ii) Indian Foreign Service. (iii) Indian Police Service. (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
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