This essay will look at whether it is ethical to use restraint while treating a person with a mental illness such as schizophrenia, bi-polar and anorexia. So, what is meant by ethical? Ethics means the principles we go by, being honest, being respectful, not hurting one another and treating each other as equals, what is right and what we consider to be wrong. When treating the mentally ill there can be different forms of restraint used such as physical restraint which refers to restricting an individual’s
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1. How does UPS’s approach toward sustainability impact the triple bottom line? Be specific Sustainability is regarded as a goal of any business. The accounting framework, to support sustainability goal is called as the triple bottom line (TBL).It focus on performance of an organization with the interrelated dimensions of profits, people and the planet. UPS accelerated progress towards it sustainability goal as stated in its 13th annual sustainability report created impacts on triple bottom lines:
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the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong. According to utilitarianism, we should evaluate an action by looking at its consequences, weighing the good effects against the bad effects on all the people affected by it. If the good outweighs the bad, it tends to be a good action; if the bad outweighs the good, it tends to be a bad action” (DeGeorge, R. T. (2005). “The deontological approach to ethics denies the utilitarian claim
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he has separated mental pleasures, which he called “higher” pleasures, from physical pleasures, which he implies are “lower” pleasures. 2. Why does Gustafson think utilitarianism might be the ethical approach most suited for business? * Gustafson thinks utilitarianism might be the ethical approach most suited for business because it is “outcome-oriented.” It is a goal that brings about happiness and social benefit. Utilitarianism when tied to business has a method of “making decisions which are
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desirable by the masses. According, to the Judeo-Christian values that our country was founded on (Cherry, 2007) adultery is believed to be morally unacceptable and thus makes the basis of the utilitarian approach to this discussion. The utilitarian theory is based on the greatest good for the greatest amount of people. This theory may hold true when speaking of adultery. I agree that adultery is wrong but do Tiger’s personal indiscretions warrant the abandonment of his endorsers. Was Tiger
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Time to Die Janet Dansbury PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: David Pinkowski April 20, 2015 While ending a human life is a permanent solution to what may be a temporary problem and is ethically unacceptable, a person suffering from long term and unbearable pain, from which there is no relief in the foreseeable future, should be permitted to choose to the right to die, because the choice to discontinue a life of misery, should be something a person is allowed to decide
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The theory of Utilitarianism takes its name from the Latin word ‘utilis’, meaning ‘useful’. It was first developed by Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher and legal theorist of the 18th century. Bentham sought to produce a modern and rational approach to morality which would suit the changing society of the industrial age. Utilitarianism basically says that happiness is the key to life’s conquest, and happiness that is the determination of right or wrong. So if an action’s consequence causes happiness,
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ethical lenses provided in class. The five ethical lenses that were provided in class are: the Utilitarian Approach, the Rights Approach, the Fairness or Justice Approach, the Common Good Approach, and the Virtue Approach. I will first use the ethical lens for the Rights Approach. After reading A Framework for Thinking Ethically the reading defined the Rights Approach as, “One has the right to choose freely what one does with their life.” From this definition I believe it is ethically fine for someone
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to do what is right. This essay will focus on the A-1 Trailer Company and its business ethical dilemma concerning faulty trailer hitches which has caused enormous property damage thus far but has the potential to actually kill people. In analyzing this ethical dilemma, the utilitarian and rights theories of business ethics will be explored. The utilitarian theory depends on the calculation of the total benefits and total damage that may result and will do the greatest good for the greatest number
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efficiently. I would use the justice ethical approach because it's guided by respect for impartial standards of fairness and equity. They shouldn't be discriminated for their personal life but their personal life should not be involved with work. 2.You know that your teammate is using the company computer for E-bay transactions on company time. The issue is that the teammate is minimizing the production labor hours. I would use the individual ethical approach because it benefits the teammate which
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