Legal and Ethical Issues for IT Practitioners Brandy L. Spinks Business 670 Dr. Stephens December 20‚ 2010 Legal and Ethical Issues for IT Practitioners For ages thinkers have written hundreds of books in an effort to understand‚ explain‚ categorize‚ and label moral‚ immoral‚ an amoral human behavior and the rationales behind our actions. Yet‚ there still is not a universally accepted way of analyzing ethical situations (Hatcher & Aragon‚ 2000) and ethical issues are not a favored topic
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Definition:- [Carroll‚ 1979; 2008‚ 500]: "The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic‚ legal‚ ethical and discretionary expectations that a society has of organizations at a given point in time." EU Definition of CSR: "A concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis." The World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Ethical Issues in Healthcare Healthcare ethics involves making well researched and considerate decisions about medical treatments‚ while taking into consideration a patient ’s beliefs and wishes regarding all aspects of their health. The healthcare industry‚ above any other‚ has a high regard for the issues surrounding the welfare of their clientele: their patients. This paper will focus on HIPPA‚ confidentiality‚ the efficiency and cost of information systems and doctor-patient relationship. The
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In the world of nursing‚ understanding the religious beliefs of your patient is very important. Being that I work in the realm of nursing‚ I have seen this first hand. One issue that is dealt with often in the hospital setting is the refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s witnesses. Jehovah’s witnesses refuse blood transfusions based on bible principles found in both the old and new testaments of the holy bible. Witnesses believe that receiving blood transfusions is an infringement of God’s
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Businesses have power through their ability to spend vast amounts of money. They have the ability to enhance or change situations that the common individual does not. As organisations affect many people‚ they have obligations to their employees‚ consumers‚ community and the world. They have a responsibility to conduct business in a way that is not harmful and which positively benefits as many people as possible and themselves. Although this sounds simple‚ it is easier said than done! as there will
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corporate social responsibility (CSR) can answer for that question clearly. By applying CSR into business‚ organizer can reduce a lot of risks which are linked to the issue of social‚ environmental‚ and money. However‚ not everyone care about that. There are a lot of costs and benefits of CSR if company does not provide a CSR policy in their organization. This paper will analysis the costs and benefits of CSR and why organization seek to promote demonstrate sustainable and ethical business practices by
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Introduction to Business Ethical Issues in a Business Workplace. At large corporate restaurants‚ where at any given moment may have more than thirty five employees working together‚ fulfilling many different job positions‚ while utilizing only a few supervisors‚ it’s common that the responsibilities or faults that are present in the company are passed on from person to person without any ownership of the issue at hand‚ let alone a solution. Within the five years I have been employed by a large
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In the health care field there are many ethical issues that arise. But in healthcare‚ ethical issues are very common. Almost every decision has an ethical implication either for the primary provider‚ the patient‚ or the healthcare administrator. As stated by Larson (2013) issues such as balancing care quality and efficiency‚ improving access to care‚ building and supporting the healthcare workforce‚ addressing end of life situations‚ and dealing with limited medications and donor organs are most
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a. What does community service/ volunteerism mean to you? I define volunteerism as the act of willingly and voluntarily doing things to help others when you get nothing tangible in return for efforts. This may be done for a number of reasons which should not include gaining publicity for the individual initiating the activity. It is humbling and rewarding to serve others. I believe one can benefit from volunteerism by growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating
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IMA’ Statement of Ethical Professional Practice‚ would it ethical for Perlman not to report the inventory as obsolete? IMA’s statement states that if they are stealing report it to the police‚ in this particular situation they are stealing but not physically. If would be unethical if Perlman did not report if because this effect there financial gain. They are stealing indirectly which creates a gate for feature dishonesty. 2. Would it be easy for Perlman to take ethical action in this situation
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