996 Search Results for Government Ethics
Death Penalty
An on-going Debate on Ethics and Morality
The debate on whether the death penalty, or capital punishment, should be utilized in the United States is best seen in the varied laws that exist within each state. For this reason, many stat Continue Reading...
This can often result out of severe depression, making clients unresponsive and non-committal to any course of legal action. This requires the lawyer to determine at what point a client is simply exercising their basic human (and legally protected) Continue Reading...
4. Was it ethical for the tobacco industry to continue to market cigarettes, even after evidence emerged that smoking caused lung cancer and other illnesses?
Purely from a rule utilitarian and personal rights perspective, it is difficult to justif Continue Reading...
Public Health Study on Implications and Ethics of Syphilis
Reverby, Susan. (2003) Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Studies on Social Medicine.
One of the most infamous actions (or non-actions) in American medicine was that Continue Reading...
Fraud in local government is a critical issue that undermines the integrity of public institutions, erodes public trust, and results in significant financial losses. It encompasses a range of illicit activities including bribery, corruption, embez Continue Reading...
European Economic Crisis -- Greek Government
This paper provides a deep insight into the European economic crisis and the events which eventually lead up to Greece debt crisis. It explains the causes which were responsible for the chaotic and poor f Continue Reading...
Introduction
Background: Briefly introduce the prevalence and impact of fraud within local government contexts, highlighting its significance for public trust, financial stability, and governance quality.
Objective: Define the scope of the re Continue Reading...
Policy Case Study
The author of this report has been asked to act as a consultant for a major security consulting firm. Contained within this report will be several topics that were requested to be covered and thus they will be with the appropriate Continue Reading...
EEOC Review
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is far and away the most prolific and omni-present agency that exists in the United States, at least at the federal level, that regulates employers and protects employees from discrimina Continue Reading...
Local HIV Prevention
HIV and Government Responsibility
HIV is a public health concern that has existed since the 1970's in the United States (Colorado Department of Public Health, 2010). As in other places in the world, containment and control ove Continue Reading...
Global Warming: Why it is not the greatest fear of the industrializing world, why it is such a great fear for the industrialized world
There is a threat that currently looms upon the horizon, in danger of choking the fragile health of the developing Continue Reading...
Business and SocietySince the industrial revolution, business has become somewhat more depersonalized. One of the complaints of Marx was that Industrialization had divorced the laborer from the fruits of his labor: he was no longer connected to the a Continue Reading...
Clifford is trying to make in the story of the ship-Owner (Meister, 359)?
Despite the contention that religious belief has no moral downsides, having the belief can result in a refusal to take practical actions and thus does have many negative cons Continue Reading...
High Fructose Corn Syrup
There has been some discussion in certain quarters about the idea of banning high fructose corn syrup from the food supply. Before such a determination can be made, one must understand what high fructose corn syrup is and wh Continue Reading...
Human Race and Environment
The Human Race and the Environment: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
"We can't as humans oblige the environment to follow our agenda in all things, however much we can bend certain natural forces to our will; we can't control t Continue Reading...
Rationalism Politics Impacts Public's View
The six deadly sins in public administration are mandated in Drucker's "The deadly sins in public administration." The first one is to have too great of a "lofty objective" (Drucker, 1980, p. 103) in the a Continue Reading...
Door Policy -- Literature Review Extension
Annotated Bibliography
Revolving Door Members (2011). First Street -- Where People and Policy Interact. Retrieved http://firststreet.cqpress.com/content/Revolving_Door_Members.aspx
This intelligence tool Continue Reading...
Theory & Context: Public Administration and the Rule of Law
The purpose of this study is to integrate the arguments including the strengths and weaknesses of the works of Lynn (2009), Moynihan (2009) and Rosenbloom (1992) and to compare and cont Continue Reading...
Corruption
Transparency International – TI (2018) defines corruption as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Towards this end TI points out that corruption can be grouped into three distinct categories, i.e. political, p Continue Reading...
Public Administration EthicsIn thinking about ethics in public administration, Marini\\\'s (1992) analysis of Sophocles\\\' Antigone helps to give some insight into and frame the ethical dilemmas likely to be encountered in public administration, but Continue Reading...
In such a case, moral code is not the only decision making tool (Harding, 2010). Many things come into play when one is confronted with an ethical dilemma. In this situation, the new officer would not want to go against his older and experienced off Continue Reading...
Toyota has been doing so for decades.
If the NHTSA officials deliberately ignored possible safety violations in Toyota vehicles, their effect upon the economy would be twofold: firstly, of course, is the problem of the obvious safety hazard this po Continue Reading...
Plato's work is idealistic and, as such, some of the rationale behind many of the conclusions he draws on do not necessarily have a logical or practical motivation. Nevertheless, they are logically tied to most of the assumptions he makes in his wo Continue Reading...
Ethical dilemmas and conflict of interest at Massachusetts General Hospital BostonDid you know Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston is ranked top five of the best hospitals in the United States? Therefore, they are expected to serve their patients Continue Reading...
Jilted Contractor
The unfortunate case of Cromuel Contractor is a sad one to read. This is said because the detailing of the events surrounding the contract bidding war seemed to show that Ridley was the clear winner and that BFE was the clear loser Continue Reading...
" To that end, the Treasury Department would limit executive compensation for institutions receiving "exceptional assistance" (Geithner and Summers, 2009).
Troubles continued in the financial sector -- both Citigroup and the Bank of America needed s Continue Reading...
Guerrilla Government and the EPA
Guerrilla government within the EPA grew out of a response to various failed administrations, which were led by men who did not approach their leadership position with the type of virtue and character that those pass Continue Reading...
Public Safety vs. Individual Rights
The balance between public safety and individual rights is a delicate one. Assuring public safety as well as privacy and freedom from unnecessary harassment and security procedures is usually not all that hard to Continue Reading...
(Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)) "After spending 85 days in jail for not giving up the name of source Lewis 'Scooter' Libby as part of the controversial CIA leak case in 2005, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller could say she has a Continue Reading...
The City Ethics project provides extensive assistance to public-sector organizations in the following areas: kkeynote speeches on government ethics, employee training at all levels, group presentations and workshops designed for specific organizati Continue Reading...
Federal Securiies Laws Disclosure: Pros and Cons
Federal securities laws disclosure: pros and cons
Economic agents were traditionally forced to generate funds by themselves. Upon stating up a business entity, the owner was required to possess most Continue Reading...
Selected financial ratios for Halliburton are presented below:
Ratio
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
Acid Test
Capital Structure & Long-Term Solvency
Net Worth to Total Debt
Net Worth to Long-Term Debt
Net Worth to Total Assets
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Origins, History of the IMF
The International Monetary Fund was first conceived between July 1-22, 1944, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The conference was attended by representatives of 45 na Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice
Computers and Their Effects upon Police Efficiency
Computer technology has transformed the modern day police department. Numerous systems now provide assistance in fields ranging from communication, to information storage and retri Continue Reading...
Ethics and Morals
Measures of validating morals and ethics
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Measures of Validating Morals and Ethics
Ethics and morals are essential parts of our society. We rely on members of our society to practice and provide service with an Continue Reading...
Ethics
Selling Body Parts of Executed Prisoners: Morally Right or Wrong?
On the surface, this seems like a very straightforward question, but, as with all such moral and ethical dilemmas, it is not as simple as it has been made to sound. It would s Continue Reading...