Related Essays
standards similar to those used in the healthcare profession in general. For example, the foremost ethical principles guiding the American Counseling Association (ACA, 2014) Code of Ethics include autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity. Autonomy refers to the empowerment of the client: protecting the client’s rights to self-determination. Yet counselors may inevitably encounter dilemmas related to the client’s right to self-determination. A client who is a minor, for example, has fewer rights than an adult client. An adult client, on the other hand, may also experience lapses in judgment that would require the counselor to make informed decisions affecting treatment options.
Many of the… Continue Reading...
the patient and at the same time balance the families’ wish (Heiser, 2014).
Ethical Principle 3 in Standard 3.2 deals with promoting and protecting the wellbeing of health consumers. It requires the health practitioner to respect the rights of the health consumers and their families, especially when it comes to participating in decisions about how they are cared for. The Nursing Council of New Zealand (2012) further emphasizes the need to put into account the priorities, needs and concerns of the health consumer and his family. If the nurse chose not to involve the family in deciding the fate of the Alzheimer patient,… Continue Reading...
ascertaining its morality. Kant insists on the Categorical Imperative. Kant implies that this ethical principle is the superlative and outright and proper test to morality, whereas imperative implies that from time to time one must command oneself to be moral and undertake the right thing, even and particularly when one's self-centeredness may be infringed by acting ethically (Mintz, 2015). As an overall moral rule, for an employer to impose into an employee's private life on social media devoid of consent or in a clandestine or intimidating way would be immoral under Kantian ethics. Employing social media while determining whether to hire or employ… Continue Reading...
in pediatric environments (Ossip, 2013, p.517). Given the health effects of parental smoking on children, public policy is necessary in this area and ethical. Based on the ethical principle of utilitarianism, public policies should be enacted to help protect the health of children while ensuring parents maintain their right to smoke i.e. the greater good for all. Policies in this area enhance the physical, cognitive and psychosocial development of affected children through safeguarding their health and well-being. The efficacy of public policy in comparison to self-enforced restrictions is determined on the basis of the extent of enforcement and the subsequent outcomes with regards to enhancing the health and well-being of affected individuals.
Week 4 -- Discussion
An… Continue Reading...
describe the incident, define the ethical issues inherent in the incident, and discuss the ethical principles associated with the behavior.
I was working in a library when I witnessed a male employee sexually harass a female employee in the library's stacks. He was commenting on her choice of a top and telling her lewdly that he could see part of her anatomy through the top. He was not doing this in a sensitive manner but rather in a suggestive manner and even in a hostile way that I found to be aggressive. It was obvious that he was hurting the feelings of the girl… Continue Reading...
or her freedom to act. However, the greater ethical principle of freedom as well as privacy also needs to be respected. Criminalizing drug users by placing them in prison is more unethical than the use of drugs itself, which can be considered a morally neutral act.
Week 3 -- Discussion 1
Policy is often drafted using general language, so that it can be applied to different situations. Using generalized language allows the policy to cover multiple variables or contingencies. Yet herein lies the weakness with policy -- it is sometimes too vague. Policy cannot possibly encompass all situational… Continue Reading...
ethically, and it also examines some of the problems that led to the disaster that was the 2007-2008 economic collapse. Ethical principles such as utilitarianism and virtue ethics are explained in connection with these discussions. The issues of diversity and discrimination are evaluated at length, and the issue of corporate sponsored volunteer programs is discussed as well.
Keywords: ethics, workplace ethics, leadership ethics, organizational ethics
1
Some of the most common forms of unethical behavior in our workforce today consist of misuse of company funds, misuse of company time, fraudulent activity, and lying. There are many different examples of these unethical activities. Wells Fargo for instance was just punished for… Continue Reading...
the duty of nurses to provide consistent care under the rubric of guiding ethical principles like patient autonomy, right to knowledge, and nonmaleficence. Non-disclosure is a form of lying or deceit in that it is a deliberate withholding of information from patient about that patient’s own body. Likewise, non-disclosure inhibits the ability of the patient “to make appropriate decisions about the treatment that she needed as a result of the error,” (Sorrell, 2017, p. 1). Advanced practice nurses also operate under the ethical duty to care and to not do harm. Disclosure prevents further harm from occurring: such as the harm that arises… Continue Reading...
available to the professional accountant at the time, would probably conclude that the management accountant did not compromise in being compliant with the fundamental ethical principles (CIMA, 2018). In accordance to CIMA (2018), when addressing conflicts of interest, encompassing revealing or sharing information within the company or network and looking for assistance from third parties, it is important for the management accountant to continue being attentive to the key principle of confidentiality. What is more, if the threat generated by a conflict of interest is not at an agreeable level, the management accountant is expected to apply precautions to eradicate the threat or mitigate it to an acceptable level. In the event that such… Continue Reading...
those countries are also in a position to intervene, changing their business practices to become more aligned with ethical principles.
The Role of Ethical Decision Making
All organizations have a direct responsibility to perform ethically and to engage in ethical business practices. Ethical decision making starts with senior management, which sets the ethical tone for the entire organization. Even with strong codes of ethics, leaders have the power and ability to engage in unethical business practices. The normative environment in the organization needs to reflect the values and principles set by the leaders. Leaders become the role models for others in the organization, and with collective, collaborative decision… Continue Reading...
Improving health outcomes in targeted communities reduces unnecessary healthcare expenditures, liberating healthcare resources for making improvements to critical care.
Values and Ethical Principles
Ethical principles guide the nursing profession. When nurses actively participate in policy development related to the creation of Healthy Cities/Healthy Communities, they fulfill most of the core ethical objectives of the profession including patient autonomy, beneficence, equity, and social justice. Nurses are committed to care at every level of delivery: the individual, family, and community (Pope, Hough & Chase, 2016). The principle of beneficence means that nurses act in ways that benefit their patients, including their extended families, not through paternalistic actions but through patient empowerment. Patient empowerment… Continue Reading...
were not explicitly identified and thus did not appear to make any impact on the study itself or its directives. However, one ethical principle that appears to be followed in the study is that identified by Llewellyn, Archibald, Clairmont and Crocker (2013): “the inclusion of dignity requires attention and respect for the diversity of ways of being that become clear when one approaches individuals in all their embedded and relational complexity” (p. 299). This ethical principle helps to ensure that no participants are prejudiced against in a study’s work and that bias is reduced.
References
Corsaro, N., Brunson, R. K., & McGarrell, E. F. (2013). Problem-oriented policing and
open-air drug markets: Examining… Continue Reading...
she should apply the same standard to others with respect to protecting them from harm. The ethical principle that would be most applicable in this case is that of nonmaleficence – which is essentially “an ethical principle that requires caregivers to avoid causing patients harm” (Pozgar, 2019, p. 16). Failure to disclose would be akin to deliberately inflicting harm on another human being – which is hypocritical if one would expect to be shielded from harm in a similar situation.
While the ethical aspect of medication error disclosure has got to do with doing the correct/right thing, the legal aspect of the same involves observation of,… Continue Reading...
ethical principles bind individuals to their obligations (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016).
Deontological theories come under the ‘normative theories’ category. They don’t presume any distinct stance on moral epistemology or moral ontology. Deontologists may be presumed to be ethical realists of the non- natural (moral attributes aren’t natural attributes in themselves, despite non- reductively being linked to natural ones) or natural (natural and moral attributes are identical) groups. Or deontologists may be constructivists, conventionalists, divine command theoreticians, expressivists, or transcendentalists when it comes to ethicality’s nature. Similarly, deontologists may claim to… Continue Reading...
environment, ethics are more important than ever. Both internal and external operations need to be guided by ethical principles. Ethics are important for the self-interest of the company and its employees, helping to strengthen relationships with clients and prevent conflicts that could damage strategic alliances.
Utilitarian Ethics
Utilitarian ethical frameworks are especially applicable to the modern business environment. The fundamental principles of utilitarianism include maximizing happiness, minimizing unpleasantness, and promoting the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Mill, 2017). Utilitarian ethics also focus more on the consequences of actions rather than on the act itself. In fact, one of the challenges of applying a utilitarian… Continue Reading...
good or bad intents and the consequences of such actions. Integrity, on the other hand, means abiding by moral and ethical principles. There are four steps in making an ethical decision. First, all facts and situations are defined. Second, all individuals impacted by the circumstance are ascertained together with their rights and obligations. Third, alternative decisions and consequences are identified, and lastly, the right thing to do is determined and then implemented. Ethical business dealings necessitate mutual trust, fair transactions and honest communication. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes into account an organization's obligations to the society, incorporating the wellbeing of people and places impacted by its activities. Ethics can be… Continue Reading...
business model, capital model, launch strategy and making a great plan.
There are several ethical principles and professional standards of learning and cognition in the workplace. Some of them are; encouraging contact between faculty and student, developing cooperation between students, encouraging active learning and respecting adverse talents and learning techniques. Some implications that should be considered when working with others are; demonstrating respect at work, providing feedback with an impact, showing appreciation and overcoming fear of conflict.
WEEK 3 DISCUSSION
Memory Suppression in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s diseases is chronic degenerative disease of the neurons. It causes about 60-70% of dementia cases. The common early… Continue Reading...
ethical principles that should shape a rehabilitation professional’s philosophy toward a client (Beauchamp & Childress, 2001; Flite & Harman, 2013). Beneficence is the main ethical principle and serves as the foundation for the others. It refers to the idea that a professional promotes the well being of others, especially the client, through positive engagement with an eye towards doing no harm.
The ethical principle of autonomy follows, which refers the respect for the autonomy of the client that the professional rehabilitator should have, allowing the client to make his or… Continue Reading...
like the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and other gross violations of ethical principles have called attention to the importance of rigorous standards in the social sciences. Education is not always considered a social science, and yet it is—and one with some of the most significant implications for humanity. As Lopez-Alvarado (2017) points out, education is about empowering individuals and enriching society, not just about teaching specific tasks and processes. Educational research therefore has many meaningful effects and should be taken just as seriously as research in any other applied science. While it is understandable researchers become frustrated with bureaucracy, red tape,… Continue Reading...
ethical principles.”[footnoteRef:9] [8: Tom Flynn (2017). ‘Secular humanism’s unique selling proposition.’ Council for Secular Humanism. < https://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/13#6>.] [9: Flynn (2017), p. 5.]
Taken together, these attempts to provide some definitional clarity concerning secular humanism make it clear that proponents reject the worldviews held by those who believe in a higher power, but these attempts break down when it comes to the tenet of holding no belief in anything that “transcends ordinary experience.” In fact, it is reasonable to suggest that even the most ardent secular humanists have experienced events in… Continue Reading...
