Researchers have stated the need to prepare professionals to become more skillful in dealing with ethical dilemmas, particularly those involving multicultural issues in the area of rehabilitation (Falvo & Parker, 2000), mental health services (Remy, 1998), and gender (Steiner, 1997). Baruth and Manning (1999) alluded to this need by saying that the ethical dilemmas faced by counselors are complex and become even more complex when working with people who have different views. ... The purpose of this article is to review the current models and offer a model that can be used by counseling practit...

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Researchers have stated the need to prepare professionals to become more skillful in dealing with ethical dilemmas, particularly those involving multicultural issues in the area of rehabilitation (Falvo & Parker, 2000), mental health services (Remy, 1998), and gender (Steiner, 1997). Baruth and Manning (1999) alluded to this need by saying that the ethical dilemmas faced by counselors are complex and become even more complex when working with people who have different views. ... The purpose of this article is to review the current models and offer a model that can be used by counseling practit...

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Ethical Problem Coca-Cola has not however grown to be the "king of soft-drinks" without some scandals. ... This brings me to my ethical dilemma, is it ethical for Coca-Cola to continue to decrease the water supply and poison it as well in India? I looked at this ethical issue through 3 forms of normative ethics. ... Because of what was stated above, Rawls would not find Coca-Cola ethical. Consequentialism This brings me to my next ethical perspective which is consequentialism. ...

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"The practice of transferring juveniles for trial and sentencing in adult criminal court has produced the unintended effect of increasing recidivism, particularly in violent offenders, and thereby of promoting life course criminality. " [Cen07] There are two sides to every coin. There are two sides...

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When a country is at war, the general population's main sources for breaking news are the government and the media, which are sometimes one in the same. In conflicts since the Vietnam War, the amount of first-hand reporting has diminished. As a consequence, the government became the source for mu...

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The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the role of healthcare professionals in relation to decision-making process from different ethical and legal perspectives, and discuss virtue ethics theory and principles that applies in the situation of a clinical dilemma to be presented. ... The dilemma of the situation to the nurse and the team was whether to respect the ethical principle of autonomy of the adolescent, to maintain the duty of care of beneficence, or to accept the wish of the religious belief of the mother and deny the adolescent the legal right of consenting for her treatm...

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Stem Cell Research: A Look at the Ethical Debate of Federal Funding Stem cell research has been becoming a larger national issue of public concern in the last few years. ... There has been considerable discussion and analysis about the moral and ethical issues toward the use of stem cells in biotechnology. ... Federal and states governments have been trying to determine how to handle this dilemma for years. ... However, during the Reagan administration, the Ethical Advisory Board lapsed and the funding quit. ... This, however, does not provide any ethical or medical regulations to ...

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The desires of researchers to utilize embryonic stem cells in their research has opened an ethical debate about whether harvesting stem cells from frozen embryos is tantamount to murder or abortion since the eggs were first fertilized with the intention of implanting them and letting them mature into infants. ... (Rosenberg) The main moral dilemma of cloning lies in deciding when these embryos are considered human children, if at all. ... (NEJM) What then are the ethical considerations of using frozen embryonic stem cells for research? ...

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In this paper, I will look into confidentiality and dual or multiple relations as the main ethical issues of concern in my counseling work. ... Ethical standards aim at ensuring competent professional behavior where the counselors instill trust on the public and keep track of their behavior and that of peer counselors. It also avoids the controversies brought about by development of the ethical codes. The ethical principles advocates for independence and self-determination, avoidance of harm, promotion of welfare, fairness, and fidelity (Reynolds and Welfel, 2009). ... Making Ethical Decisio...

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b) Devise four questions that you feel will best help the executives to gain an understanding of how to conceptualize and address the dilemma using relevant theory. (10%) i) The restatement of the financial statements of Huron was for 2006, 2007, 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. ... Again, this would be an example on how ethical egoism would have an impact on the business. ... In this case study, two actions contradict actions took place in relation to ethical theories, which are consequentialism and deontology. These two set of ethical theories are widely adopted in the business communit...

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Police officers will inevitably face ethical issues concerned with questions of right and wrong. ... All of these factors point to the centrality of fostering ethical standards in policing. ... Members of the law enforcement profession must be aware of, and adhere to ethical standards when carrying out their functions. ... Finally, there are individual officers ethical standards developed over a lifetime of interaction with family and peers (Finckenauer, 2002). ... This authority, along with police discretion in any given situation, can lead to ethical misconduct. ...

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" by examining four ethical approaches: Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Virtue Ethics and Machiavellianism and their evaluation of the morality of a business. ... This way we will find out if a business can exist by following one of these ethical theories. ... "3 For example, a politician is facing the dilemma whether to take a bribe or not. ... The third ethical theory is Virtue ethics. ... This can be easily confuted since the main idea behind this ethical approach is that if everyone follows it, everyone will be happier. ...

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As Pfizer, a multinational corporation, we have certain ethical responsibilities. ... The 'bureaucratic' ethic is a moral code that guides managers through all the dilemmas and changes that confront them in their organizations. ... Pfizer should encourage ethical behavior and they can do so in multiple ways. ... There will be certain programs to enhance employee productivity and compliance to ethical rules. These programs will include raises and recognition awards for those who go above and beyond in their work while working in an ethical manner. ...

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(Fitzgerald 81) Despite these lying personalities, a whopping 91 percent were satisfied with their ethical characters. ... They struggle with the dilemma of not wanting to cause them confusion, needless pain or discomfort, and hopelessness. ... In a survey of 169 internists in eight cities it was concluded that 58 percent considered it ethical to lie for a patient who needed a bypass surgery, and 48 percent considered it ethical to lie to get intravenous pain medicine and nutrition for a dying cancer patient. ...

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Weiss makes the analogy that "no one complained when small pox was eradicated from the planet. . .If it is ethical to wipe out infectious diseases with vaccines and drugs, why not make an equal effort to eliminate inherited scourges as well, such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis- (p.8)? ...

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A common format of Plato's work was to propose a dilemma and discuss the issue from characterised viewpoints. 'Socrates provided the inspiration for this by engaging people in conversation to question the basis for their beliefs.'5 Through directing a line of inquiry, the arguments for beliefs were subject to scrutiny and became considered to be a dilemma that needed to be examined. ... This was the key point of discussion from which the 'Euthyphro dilemma' was inspired. The dilemma sought to contest the Divine command theory and question whether there are any spiri...

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It can be argued that love is the most important aspect of one's life. When a person is brought into the world, it is by the means of love. A person is raised in love and hopes one day to fall in love. Everyday thousands of songs of love play on the radio, and everyday movies about love are proje...

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"We improve our favourite plants and animals "and how few they are "gradually by selective breeding; now a new and better peach, now a seedless grape, now a sweeter and larger flower, now a more convenient breed of cattle. We improve them gradually, because our ideals are vague and tentative and ou...

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U.S. Healthcare Reform I.) Stakes and Positions Healthcare reform continues to be one of the most contentious subjects of debate in American politics. Healthcare accounts for over 16% of federal expenditures, forecasted to increase in the years ahead1. The two main political parties represent...

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Peacekeepers face a multitude of dilemmas within a third world country that could inhibit their mission. ... For the most part, troops are able to push past the initial culture shocks and dilemmas so that they can build up a kinship with the country's officials. ...

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My grandfather was a great man, but I had to watch the spark in his eyes die, as his mind crumbled and he succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Ironically, Nathan Jay Friedman lived a healthy life, swimming nearly every day, taking vitamin supplements, washing his hands to the verge of obsession "yet di...

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Introduction The situation that I chose to discuss in this assignment is the time when I was transferred to a new sister company to the one that I was working for, because of the poor performance that was being recorded at this company. My main role was to try and bring things in order so that the company would perform like the others. This being a new experience I was aware of the challenge that lay in front of me and I was ready to take up to the task. Some of the things that I was expected to address were the constant complaints from the workforce about several issues include the remunerati...

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Task 1: LO1 Understand how theoretical perspectives apply to counselling work in health and social care 1.1 Compare the contribution of major theorists to the different perspectives used in counselling. For this part of the assignment I have chosen: • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy • Humanistic Approach (also known as Person-Centred Approach); and • Psychoanalysis Approach. Each of these approaches is based on certain assumptions and beliefs about human nature and focuses on explaining a part of human experience. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is based on the scientific study o...

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Introduction Shock absorbers ensure good road-holding and a comfortable ride by slowing the movement of the springs. A good shock absorber is one that is hard enough to prevent the wheel from leaving the ground and supple enough to ensure that the bodywork is not subjected to the force of the various bumps in the road. Shock absorbers and coil springs are such a natural fit as they work together to maintain wheel contact with the road and protect the vehicle body and its occupants from road irregularities, such as speed bumps and uneven road. Need of a good spring is inevitable for a good shoc...

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Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that faces many individuals to create an emotional and violent atmosphere. ... The ethical root of the conservatives" objection to abortion is the philosophy of altruism. ...

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