Running head: ETHICS CASE STUDY Ethic Case Study University of Phoenix HCS 335 January 11‚ 2011 “Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS/335 Ethics Case Study Instructor: David Moody Sara Godbey June 24‚ 2013 Medical laws have been put into place to protect not only the patient‚ but also the physicians‚ nurses‚ and medical office staff. The laws were put into place to ensure that these professionals follow the correct procedures and steps that only qualified persons follow. The definition of practicing medicine has also been clearly explained. Those professionals who do not
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Ethics Case Study Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected
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Business Ethics Case BUS/415 February 15‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Abstract This paper will examine the lawsuit filed by Shirley Jones against The National Enquirer‚ Inc.‚ a business based in Florida‚ and its president. The lawsuit‚ filed in California‚ was for alleged defamation‚ emotional distress‚ and invasion of privacy. In addition‚ this paper will examine what type of paper the National Enquirer is‚ along with the ethics behind trying to avoid the suit. Furthermore‚ the following
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Table of Content 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Company background 1.2 Dedine of Business Ethics 2.0 Identification of Ethical Dilemmas 2.1 Dilemmas 1 2.2 Dilemmas 2 2.3 Dilemmas 3 3.0 Evaluation of the Ethical Dilemmas option 1or option 2 3.1 Dilemmas moral standerd 3.2 Dilemmas 3.3 Dilemmas 4.0 Evaluation of best practices 4.1 Best practices 1 4.2 Best practices 2 5.0 Conclution(optional) 1.0 Introduction Company Background Tesco was founded in 1932‚ is the largest retail
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Business Ethics Case BUS 415 February 26‚ 2012 Business Ethics Case: Lawsuits In every business ethics lawsuit there are many questions that must be answered. The first question that a person or organization wanting to sue must ask is if he or she has standing to sue. According to this law “the plaintiff must have some stake in the outcome of the lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010‚ p. 43). If the plaintiff does not have this they cannot bring the suit to court. The next question that must be determined
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These long-tem contracts lifted the risk for both buyers and sellers thus; Enron became the leading company in the profitable energy trading business. For further expansion and growth‚ this idea was applied to their trading businesses of commodity markets including electricity‚ coal and paper pulp. The financial wizard Andrew Fastow‚ who helped the trading business‚ had helped to persuade the U.S. Securities of Exchange Commission to allow them to use the “mark to market” method in which the value of
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Case Analysis Report Throughout the course you have been using the concepts and tools of strategic analysis and management to answer questions about particular case studies. For the final project you will draw on this experience to write an original case analysis report based on the following textbook case: Case 22: "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2008: Management’s Initiatives to Transform the Company and Curtail Wal-Mart Bashing‚" by Arthur A. Thompson‚ C367–C400. The Wal-Mart case lays out Wal-Mart’s
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Strategic Management Term Paper Core competencies of Wal mart and Honda Instruments for their Growth By: Hari Kiran Babu.G (0711) Naga Mounica.G (0723) Sai Krishna Chaitanya (0736) Surabhi Rajan (0749) Sobhan Pavan Tej .K (0641) Core Competencies Core competencies lead to the development of core products. Core products are not directly sold to end users; rather‚ they are used to build a
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Ethics Case Study Everyday health care workers around the world are faced with tough decisions. The law guides many decisions but some decisions require ethical considerations. Making good ethical decisions is not always as easy as it seems. Making ethical decisions is even harder when the primary intention is to be helpful‚ but it is beyond an employee’s qualifications. Jerry’s Qualifications versus Necessary Qualifications Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical
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