Executive Summary Table of Contents Introduction Freedom of speech means that a person or a body have a right to express them without any fear of suppression or penalty. It also means that there will not be any imposition of person’s speech. In today’s context‚ “Speech” is not limited to public speaking and it does include other forms of expression including social media. Australia does not have any explicit constitutional rights related to freedom of speech. However‚ parliamentarians are protected
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Nursing Leadership and management Ethical Dilemma Synopsis As nurses‚ we vow to advocate for our patients by respecting their autonomy and maintaining their dignity. We practice beneficence and veracity when providing patient care. During my time as a student‚ I have unfortunately heard and seen many breaches in ethical principles regarding patients and their care. As the nurses exchanged report from the previous shift‚ they gossiped about a nurse on another medical-surgical unit making a medication
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Ethics of Profit‚ Part 3: The Profit Motive Posted March 29‚ 2011 Filed under: character‚ competition‚ corporations‚ decision-making‚ ethics‚ finance‚profits‚ white collar crime | This is the third in a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. (See also Part 1 and Part 2.) As mentioned in previous postings‚ we should distinguish between our ethical evaluation of profit per se (which‚ after all‚ just means financial “gain”)‚ and our ethical evaluation of the profit motive. After all‚ I don’t worry
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Ethics and Education: OVERVIEW: The study of ethics is essential for a good education for various reasons. In this essay‚ I will discuss those reasons in detail and provide examples. For one‚ it teaches students to become better individuals by teaching them to abide by society’s rules and regulations. It also teaches students to lead by example and be better leaders. Most important of all‚ it also helps students deal with conflicts in the present and future. Before I start to tell you what the
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Question One: Name two important circumstances in which you would consider breaching confidentiality. What factors would you consider and what steps might you take‚ before making this decision? Confidentiality is extremely important for trusting and effective counselling practice (Corey‚2009)‚ however there will be certain situations where confidentiality may need to be breached to ensure the safety of the client or community. Two of these circumstances would be a client under 16 who has
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Introduction Justice is the importance of an individual or society having rights‚ equality and fairness. Fracking in the Karoo has damaged the environment and contaminated the water sources which have led to the violation of people rights (du Toit‚ 2011). In order to come to a moral decision whether fracking in the Karoo is or is not desirable I studied Mill’s utilitarian theory of justice which helped me understand that actions must be made to maximize the overall happiness of the individuals
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Is there such a thing as a justified killing? Is all murder morally wrong? According to the bible one shall not kill‚ but that is a very vague statement. Its basically saying that no matter what killing is bad. Even if ones life may be threatened one shall not kill. Some would say yes it is wrong to kill someone no matter what. It is a sin to take ones life and with that should never be done. Well that is true‚ no one should go out and kill people for fun or anything like that. But if someone is
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Case Analysis 1. Summarize the SCENARIOS in the case: Provide a brief (one or two paragraphs) summary. While malicious hackers are spreading viruses all over the global computer network‚ advertisers and scam artists are writing programs called spy-ware. Spy-ware is a program that installs themselves on computers to serve up advertising‚ monitor Web surfing and other computer activities. In return certain spy-ware have what they call ‘key loggers’ that record every tap on the keyboard‚
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* Is the action illegal? Does the action violate any laws? Ethical issues that were raised by the Hewlett-Packard (HP) are Board of Directors member’s usage of pretexting during an investigation of information leaks. Pretexting is a deceptive practice by which one individual pretends to be someone else in order to gain anonymous access to information or an individual. Hewlett-Packard was facing multiple problems during the year 2000-2006. One of these problems was that at least one board member
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First‚ it seems important to recognize the value in the visiting physician’s perspective. He probably wants to do what is best for the patient. However‚ his perspective appears limited to specific medical issue of reducing cancer risk. If that was all that mattered‚ then it makes more sense for the physician to take control and proceed with the removal of the patient’s ovaries in addition to preventive mastectomy. However‚ this perspective misses two important things. One is that the patient has
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