There are five ethical principles that one must live by, these are: integrity, competence, responsibility, respect, and concern. Understanding these principles would be crucial in a situation like an ethical dilemma. Comprehending what these mean would benefit one in maintain an ethical life. This paper will discuss the five ethical principles, what I understood easiest, and which were harder to grasp. Integrity is defined by Cox, La Caze and Levine (2013) as “following high standards of honesty
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second case is Marty has miss applied an expense for a local community development committee dinner meeting. Case 1: Stephanie Lyncheski, after careful consideration and working through the Checklist for Making Ethical Decisions matrix (Schermerhorn Jr., 2010), I have made my decision to allow Kay Smith to apply for a new position within the company. I know that I would not be allowed to replace Kay due to budget cuts and she is a high performer for my group. The
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faced with a situation where he had given a medication to a patient with his instructor's supervision and had later on realized that the medication had already been discontinued. No harm was done to the patient . Arty Jay however is battling whether to tell his instructor of what had happened or not. His conscience has been tormenting him but on the other hand he is also scarred of what his teacher would think about his carelessness. According to a case study done on nurse reporting regarding medication
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The ethical dilemmas in this movie seem surreal at times, but when I really thought about them, I came to the conclusion that they really could happen. I found myself trying to predict the main characters’, Doyle Gipson (played by Samuel L. Jackson) and Gavin Banek (played by Ben Affleck), next moves based on the information I knew about them, and the scary thing was that I got most of the predictions correct. My opinion of both main characters changed several times throughout the movie. In writing
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Applying Ethical Theories to Whistleblowing Didi G. Wright Stevenson University Every day as professionals, we are faced with challenging ethical dilemmas to report perceived wrongdoings or some breach of trust by our coworkers. As individuals, each of us has set of values and beliefs that we adhere to and used as guides or moral compasses when making difficult decisions. Cynthia Cooper like many of us was faced with a similar conflict which she was hesitant to speak out because of the
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but the actions of the doctors were immoral and illegal. The hospital could have developed an ethics training program for the doctors to understand the company’s ethical standards and the issues could have been avoided. 2. I believe the bonus system created a response of unintended organizational abuse as the system caused a moral dilemma for the doctors and they were unethical and illegal in their acts. I believe the abuse was unintentional by the organization and was abused by the doctors. The
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Kendra Manning Ethical Decision-Making Scenarios Worksheet For each scenario, discuss what the helper should do or should not have done. Support your answer with statements from the ethical standards for human service professionals (BOX 9.6 in Ch. 9 of the text) that provide guidance for each issue the helper faces. Your response must be thorough to demonstrate understanding of the ethical standards. Write in complete sentences with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. |Roseanne is a social
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Ethics, Moral Dilemmas, and Tough Decisions: The Many Challenges on Working on IT I. Introduction Information technology in combination with changes in organizational structures and methods of working has led to an increasing amount of information and also to totally new forms of information and in the creation of records. Much of the information previously produced on paper is now being produced in electronic form, for example as e-mail and in databases. The Dutch archive theoretician Eric
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Page 1 Workplace Ethical Dilemma Paper Laura Fisher University of Phoenix January 30,2012 Page 2 There was a time that I was faced a dilemma at my work place. I saw a teacher at my job go into our bosses desk and take money out of the petty cash bag that we have. The teacher went into the office and was going through the desk like they were looking for papers. I saw them unzip the bag and take look through it. When I walked into the
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1. What are Joseph’s ethical problems? a. Joseph’s ethical problems an employee paying off or giving “kickbacks” to some of his buyers. This could be considered a type of bribery, the practice of offering something in order to gain an illicit advantage, called “Facilitation Payments” payments made to obtain or retain business. Joseph also feels he has issues with his boss in what he perceived to be a “hostile work environment”. For a hostile work environment to exist there must be 3 criteria’s
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