HCS/405 September 3, 2012 Michael Shin Reporting practices and ethics Financial reporting practices are necessary in any successful business. They are used to keep track of a business finances, and to make sure the business is following legal and ethical standards. There are four elements to financial management; they are planning, controlling, organizing/directing, and decision making. Each of these plays a vital role in correctly reporting finances. Furthermore, there are principles in accounting
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Starbucks is an internationally known coffee shop that started in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks’ first international coffeehouse opened in Tokyo back in 1996, and it has grown in popularity in 59 additional countries. Since Hawaii is the only state in America able to grow coffee beans (The Huffington Post, 2013), Starbucks relies heavily on fair trade coffee beans to fulfill the coffee cravings millions of people have every day. Fair trade ensures the coffee beans are grown and harvested by international
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Hospital Negligence LaTonya Jefferson HCS 478 September 26, 2011 Negligence is defined as conduct lacking in due care and is equated with carelessness (Guido, 2010). An act can be considered negligent if it is a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would do or what they would not do. At the Neighborhood Hospital, negligence has been cited due to the wrong limb being amputated on a patient. We will look at negligence vs. malpractice and whether the circumstances presented
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nursing as a profession, holds itself to a standard of practice and a code of ethics that governs this discipline. It was well put by Nicholson (2012), “Nonprofessionals cannot be held to the standards of the medical professions, but persons who have been specially trained, educated and licensed are accountable for performance that deviates from the customs of their field.” To function effectively, nurses need to be aware of their contents and incorporate them
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you make to relate to him or motivate him. He operates a punch press and produces at barely the standard rate, often with more than twice the average number of defective parts. But since he makes the minimum standard required, he is meeting his obligations. He reacts badly to your discussions and suggestions, and insists that his work is not below union standards. Gatsby is surly, uncooperative and lacks the motivation to change. Your boss knows and detests Gatsby, as do Gatsby’s co-workers. He often
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consideration moral and ethical stance is very hard when it comes to making business and personal decisions. [Ethics refers to a value belier or attitude about something ethical in general.] (Linda Klebe Trevino, Katherine A Nelson, 2007). Morals issues correlate with the ability one might have to help or harm oneself or others. In completion of this paper, you will have a understanding of the differences between moral and ethical issues, superseded by making clear popular ethical issues that arise
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Running head: PREGNANCY TERMINATION AT WEEK 27 GESTATION Ethical Dilemma: Pregnancy Termination at week 27 Gestation Ethics: Case study week Ana Alberto Pacific College November 9, 2012
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Contents Assignment of monetary value 3 Whistle-blowing 9 Competitor Intelligence 13 Business Ethics 16 Is business ethics important, if so why? 16 Assignment of monetary value Utilitarianism and cost-benefit analysis are indispensable tools, in the situations where people have to make decisions. In a free society, individuals, or voluntary associations of individuals (whether corporations, nonprofits, households, or informal gatherings) often need to make decisions
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a company to run properly. If a company does not run by the laws that are in place they are likely to be ethically unstable as well. Within each company there is a legal system set up made of legal guidelines and regulations that handle different areas of business. This set-up helps in controlling risk, debts and obligations. These laws have the ability to provide members of management with recommendations on how the company should be run. Laws are laws and are set in place. No company has
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“duty to protect” third parties in cases in which clients communicate threat or harm (Colorado Legal Resources, 2012). The statute states that a mental health professional is not liable in civil court for the failure to warn or protect a third party from a client (Colorado Legal Resources, 2012). Furthermore, it adds that the professional is not held liable to predict their client’s behavior (Colorado Legal Resources, 2012). Though, it mandates that if the client has communicated a considerable
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