Category: Ethics

The pregnant woman and her request

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The ethical dilemma that you should focus on is the scenario of the pregnant woman and her request to have her tubes tied.
This video can be found in a number of areas including Hulu and ABC.go. The links below share a summary and transcripts of the episode.
• Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2, Episode 23 (summary)https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/Greys-Anatomy/Season-2/Episode-23. (transcripts)https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=greys-anatomy&episode=s02e23.

  1. Decide what are the ethical dilemmas presented in this episode?
  2. Discuss who are the stakeholders in this episode? Remember to consider individuals, families, communities, and organizations in your answer.
  3. Come to a consensus on what your recommendations would be for handling the situation? Consider and include each component below in your response:
    o Ethical principles
    o Ethical theories
    o PYTHON principle
    o Six step process (Doherty & Purtilo) for ethical decision-making
  4. How might your recommendations change the outcome presented in this episode
  5. When you are faced with an ethical dilemma, what do you consider in making a decision? Describe your “ethical processes” or “ethical framework” (i.e. what steps you take in making an ethical decision).

The Whistle Blower’s perspectives

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Analysis the MTRC case from the Whistle Blower’s perspectives as follows:
1. The impact caused by the Theranos Case , i.e. Customers, Medical Industry, Start-up, Golbal….
2. The malpractice identified (Facts only, no speculation)
3. The whistle blower’s role in the Theranos case, what stage they were in.
4. The malpractice/fraud learnt in the medical industry
5. As the Government departments, the steps required to ensure against malpractice, ethical and professional practices for ensuring public safety and quality of services

 

 

 

 

Digital Ethics

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Select two maverick stories
a) analyze the digital ethics pitfalls associated with these stories- explain in detail by mapping the statements of the story to the ethical implications;
b) how is the word of God (from the Bible) placed in these specific scenarios?
Maverick Stories: Brave New Worlds Episode 6 — What Could Go Wrong? Published 9 March 2023 – ID G00781892 – 7 m

Ethical Dilemmas

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Answer questions attached based of scenario in APA format

Scenario: Mr. Jameson is in end-stage renal failure. Despite efforts to help manage the disease, including dialysis three times weekly, his condition has worsened. Mr. Jameson’s physician has noted the decline in his status and has informed the family that Mr. Jameson may have only a few weeks to live. Mr. Jameson’s children and family are skeptical about telling Mr. Morris how bad his condition is, and the physician has made no effort to talk to the patient about it. After his family left the hospital for the evening, Mr. Jameson called for the nurse and asked her to tell him what the doctor said, stating he felt like he was not getting the whole story

Personal struggles with religion and ethics

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St. Augustine in the 5th Century held that we are free to make choices in life. This is the idea of free will. It may seem at first glance odd for a religious thinker to say that we have free will. After all, if God exists, then God created all things. God knows already what we will do. God can cause anything to occur. If we cause things to occur, that seems to be a limitation on the power of God and not make God all-powerful.
There are also religion traditions that say that we have no free will. There are some theologians in Islam who seem to suggest that is true. In order for this line of reasoning to hold true, one would need to believe free will is an illusion and that we have no control over how we live our lives, but rather that we are puppets moving and acting due to God’s will and the powers of destiny and fate. And if this then in the case, how can we possibly be responsible for our actions?
The considerations above show us to what degree our religious beliefs can shape us. For instance, someone who believes in free will may experience way more guilt than someone who believes we don’t have free will and thus aren’t responsible for the choices (and consequences) of the actions we take.
Personal struggles with religion and ethics occur in many places, including in the healthcare arena. Consider the following: You are a nurse in a hospital. A 12 year-old was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. The parents have just arrived at the hospital. This 12 year-old has lost a large amount of blood and requires a transfusion. The parents happen to be members of a religion that believes that blood transfusions are immoral. They want to remove the child from the hospital and prevent the transfusion even if it means the death of the child. You have to decide whether or not you will participate in an action that violates the will of the parents and aid in providing blood for the child. If you choose to participate, and even if you are able to legally justify it, you have to think about the distress you are creating for the parents. If you refuse to aid here, you may be subject to retaliation from the hospital. What is the moral thing for the nurse to do here?
For the initial post, address the following questions:
What would a divine command ethicist say is the moral thing to do here? Why would they say that? Do you agree with the divine command ethics? Why or why not?
Evaluate what a natural law ethicist would say is right to do. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Given what you said are the right things to do, what would an emotivist say about your positions and judgments? What role does subjectivity play here in determining what is ethical?

“Ethics and Law in Business Communication” by Tabresha Langham

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View the video “Ethics and Law in Business Communication” by Tabresha Langham (10:02 mins) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQWtJb3llk&t=2s

After viewing the video, address the following in your discussion post:

 Describe how your internship company establishes its brand through business communication?

 Does your internship organization encourage and motivate employees through its external and internal business communication? Give an example.

 Ethical decisions must be communicated to the public and media upon occasion, give an example of a corporate ethical crisis and how a company-retained brand loyalty?

“Ethics and Law in Business Communication” by Tabresha Langham

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View the video “Ethics and Law in Business Communication” by Tabresha Langham (10:02 mins) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQWtJb3llk&t=2s

After viewing the video, address the following in your discussion post:

 Describe how your internship company establishes its brand through business communication?

 Does your internship organization encourage and motivate employees through its external and internal business communication? Give an example.

 Ethical decisions must be communicated to the public and media upon occasion, give an example of a corporate ethical crisis and how a company-retained brand loyalty?

Lawsuits allege patients end of life wishes ignored

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Select an article about a situation where a decision by a physician, insurance company, government agency, or health institution adversely affected a patient or countermanded a patient’s wishes.
Article: https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/141800-lawsuits-allege-patients-end-of-life-wishes-ignored
Write a 2- to 3-page paper analyzing this article and considering the following.
1. The nurse’s role in affirming the patient’s wishes and risks involved.
2. The social and economic consequences of reversing this decision.
3. Guidance from the Code of Ethics for Nurses sheds light on this situation.
4. The lessons to be learned for similar future situations.
5. The moral residue that haunts the nurse
Provide a bibliography of at least three references. The first should be the citation for the article you selected, and another is the Code of Ethics for Nurses
with Interpretive Statements.

 

Ethical Standards and Guidelines

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Consider the information presented in the readings this week as it can be related to your current or future employment as a practicing psychologist working with a given population. Select two or three ethical standards presented in those articles that will be relevant to you and that population. Specifically, discuss how those standards will be relevant to your work. Discuss the precautions that can be taken to ensure that the standards are not violated when conducting survey research with the identified population.

In your response, incorporate how the concepts of ethical astuteness, demonstration of ethical character, and practicing ethical acuity pertain to the ethical standards you identified in this post.