HP SCANDAL Case Facts In early 2005‚ Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard found itself in the undesirable situation whereby confidential company information being leaked from its Board of Directors. Former Chairman of the Board‚ Patricia Dunn‚ ordered an investigation into the Board room leaks which encompassed two phases known as ‘Kona I’ and ‘Kona II’. Kona I started in early 2005‚ and was contracted to Security Outsourcing Solutions‚ Inc. (SOS) to perform this investigative work. The investigation
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A utilitarian model of ethics is one where the greatest good is produced for the greatest number of people. As explained in the text‚ payola is the act of using money to get air play. They further add that statistics show a significant correlation between air play and generated profit from that song. In my opinion‚ this is an unethical from a utilitarian point of view. I argue this point of view because there is an emphasis on quality. This is one of the important milestones for any legitimate organization
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As opposed to the utilitarian’s view‚ the morality of the action is not relevant if there is a good outcome‚ meaning what gives moral worth to an action are the consequences. There are some disadvantages and advantages to both Kant’s view and utilitarians’ views. Nonetheless‚ I think Kant’s views are preferable and more reasonable. One of the reasons I consider Kant’s view more reasonable is because actions are things we can control‚ we can decide to either do something good or bad‚ moral or immoral
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Running Head: THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE JOLY S. PHILIP Grand Canyon University: NRS-437v Instructor: Amy Salgado 07/27/2012 Introduction The concept of confidentiality in nursing is founded on the philosophy and principles laid out by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge. The ethical need for confidentiality emerges from the need for establishing a trustful relationship between the patient and the nurse. The patient
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the political influence declared by the nobility and projected that all humans were liberated to act in whatever way they choose. Human beings act as free agents to make contracts with other humans to fulfill their civic and social duties. The utilitarian approach asserts that humans are principally driven by the idea to maximize their pleasure and diminish pain. The basic principle of the classist school of thought claims that human beings are free in their will to take up criminal activities on
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both fully secret trust and half secret trust can be explained using either the ‘fraud theory’ or the ‘dehors the will’ theory. But whichever theoretical explanation is chosen the issue is largely academic‚ for in no practical sense does it ever matter which basis is used. Discuss. Secret Trust raises whenever the testator intends to create a trust‚ the terms of which are not expresses in the will itself. The will is used as an instrument to vest the legal interest of the trust property in the done
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ETHICS INDIVIDUAL LITERATURE REVIEW: A UTILITARIAN ANALYSIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION GIULIO SOLFRIZZI ID NUMBER:18046528 A UTILITARIAN ANALYSIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION Environmental degradation is one of the most debated arguments through the ethic philosophers. Many theories have been advanced to justify and analyse which is the best behaviour humans should maintain in order to fulfil utilitarian doctrine and enhance social well-being. This review
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st and Ethics Trust and Ethics - Assignment 1-2 By: Derrick Williams Professor: Tony Bonina May 20‚ 2012 Building trust is critical in the establishment and success of any relationship. Without trust‚ partnerships are destined to experience turbulence. Even our most habitual daily activities necessitate some form of trust--be it presumed or earned. For example‚ one may assume a barber working in a well-established salon is trained‚ skilled and licensed to properly cut and style hair
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deontological vs. utilitarian ethics Kant believed that morality is dependent upon reason‚ that to act rationally was the same as acting morally. He placed a high value upon duty in determining the moral worth of an action. Kant’s deontological ethics is essentially an ethics of duty or obligation. As such‚ he claims that the moral worth of an action depends solely on whether or not it was done exclusively from a sense of duty. If an act is done simply because one is so inclined‚ the act has no
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Disposal of property on death – Secret Trusts Definition: An owner of property dies‚ that property passes to those entitled under the law of succession. 2 main methods: 1) Through a valid will 2) Intestacy rules Will – series of specific bequests or legacies of specific assets to specific individuals who will receive the assets not disposed off. If no residue clause then the rules of intestacy operate. Requirements of a valid Will 1) Capacity 2) Age 3) Mental Capacity 4) Intention
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