According to the report, Shawna Hardesty who was employed as a nursing assistant at Fountain City nursing home for a year was fired in August 2010 after she punched a 93-year-old patient in the head three times with a fist. A large “baseball-sized” bruise was on the forehead of the patient. Hardesty would punch her patient every time she came into her room, such as after breakfast. The administrator of the nursing home was interviewed and said they train employees how to deal with stress, and how
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Jerika Bolen passed away on Thursday. The 14-year-old garnered national support after she made the difficult decision to end treatment for the painful and devastating disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Her decision sparked a national debate about right-to-die issues. Jerika stopped treatment and entered Sharon S. Richardson Hospice care where her lifelong fight came to an end. Her disease racked her young body with constant pain, reports USA Today. Jerika was never able to walk and could only move
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De-extinction or not? The ethical dilemmas of cloning extinct species have been a
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The ethical dilemma in this situation is that being a rookie police officer, it is near to impossible to have a conflict with senior officers, as it will risk my future career. But, belonging to the criminal justice system is a huge responsibility and if I see anything wrong, I must take some action to resolve the issue in the best possible way. The situation, by the sight of it, seems to indicate racial discrimination and over use of power. The experienced white police officers are hitting African-
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Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Part 2 Gary Bigge, Diana Hanakahi, Jennifer Lockwood, Sheryl Murray, Alex Warkenthien Grand Canyon University Ethics NRS 437V Linnette Nolte March 3, 2013 Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Part 2 As a continuation of a previous study, the Grand Canyon University Team White Ethics Committee further examines the dilemma of euthanasia. Four individual personal interviews were conducted and the results are included below. The Team White Ethics Committee has been
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Introduction Emily was a student training to become a Certified Nursing Assistant and was doing her clinical portion at a local nursing home. While the residents were finishing eating lunch, Emily was told to go make her unoccupied beds for the day. As she was gathering her supplies and on her way to the next room she noticed the employees were bringing some of the residents back in wheelchairs and were placing them around the nurse’s station. Suddenly, one of the residents had fallen out of his
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Memo RE: When Is Resignation Not Enough – An Ethical Dilemma FACTS: In 1989, Page Nolan left Smith, Jones, & Brown CPA firm to work as a controller for Anonymous Company. The main focus of her job was to keep the books for the many business units and see that income and expenses were assigned properly, while all government requirements were met. Nolan soon realized that the company was incorrectly booking consulting fees. The consulting expenses were correctly stated, to bring the profit
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Evaluation of Company Q’s Current Attitude Toward Social Responsibility -------------------------------- Abstract Company Q is a small grocery store chain that recently closed two of its stores located in what was considered high-crime areas of the city. Closure of the stores is reportedly due to loss of revenue. Responding to years of customer demand, Company Q decided to sell a small selection of healthy and organic products in its remaining stores and they sold these products at high margins
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protocol and made Irene comfortable, waiting with Irene’s daughter, for the ambulance to arrive. The ambulance personnel arrived to the scene and immediately proceeded with performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Ethical Dilemma Irene’s daughter and nurse instantly stated that Irene was a DNR resident of the facility. Emergency personnel stated that they would have to view the DNR documents and would continue procedures until they examined the required paperwork. Irene’s
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Abstract Police Officers, Agents or management personnel face a plethora of ethical and legal dilemma on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter if they are just regular police officers, federal law enforcement officers(DEA), or in a management position, they face these dilemmas every day. This paper will outline the dilemma that most affects law enforcement personnel. The paper will also give a overview of what ethics is and also some examples of when someone’s ethics has been compromised.
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