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    1. The ethical issues in this case are employee theft‚ company resource abuse‚ conflict of interest‚ misuse of company’s confidential information‚ lying and intimidating behavior. Jack is misusing the company’s confidential information to do work for some clients outside of A&A. There is a conflict of interest because Jack represents A&A and has gained the trust of the company. Jacks’ ethical issues arise when he denied a promotion to a partner’s position in the firm‚ by stealing the company’s software

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    Mike Delaney Ethics paper Psychological egoism is the idea that people do everything with self-interest as their main motivator. If people help others‚ so even when people are being altruistic they are ultimately doing so because of the gain that they expect to get in one way or another. Psychological egoism is also a theoretical form of egoism because it describes only what is observed and not the way it is supposed to be like in a normative egoism. Thomas Hobbes felt that without some

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    available cash resources to the modernization of facilities in order to better compete in the 21st century.” Is a 5% stock dividend equivalent to a $1.00 per share cash dividend when shares are trading at $20 per share? Is the chair’s suggestion ethical? In this case‚ we see the problem is whether we choose cash dividend or stock dividend. But before we made our decision we must have to understand that neither cash nor stock dividend changes the shareholder’s net worth in the company (table)

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    ETHC-445-68329 Massey Principles of Ethics Rehan Ashraf Homework Assignment‚ Week-3 DeVry University Scenario 1 The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry. Analysis There is no doubt; the mayor is

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    Hira Abad 11 May 2009 Euthanasia-An Ethical Dilemma Death is nothing new‚ it has existed for thousands of years. Lately‚ we are forced to rethink the issue of death and we must decide what types of practices and behavior are ethical when someone is dying. One such practice-which has posed a moral and ethical dilemma for the society- is euthanasia. Euthanasia or "mercy killing" is the act of killing a person‚ who is ill and in great distress‚ without the hope of recovery in spite of

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    Ethical-Dilemma in Nursing

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    Case study: an ethical dilemma involving a dying patient. Abstract  Nursing often deals with ethical dilemmas in the clinical arena. A case study demonstrates an ethical dilemma faced by healthcare providers who care for and treat Jehovah ’s Witnesses who are placed in a critical situation due to medical life-threatening situations. A 20-year-old‚ pregnant‚ Black Hispanic female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) in critical condition following a single-vehicle car accident. She exhibited

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    Individual Ethical Dilemma Analysis My company is in the business to provide home products and services to home builders and property management companies. For our property management division‚ we obtain business through various marketing channels such as industry trade shows. Early on in our startup‚ we noticed that many of our competitors are not honest with their billing practices. A competitor may give one of our customers a price per square foot or square yard‚ but then they intentionally

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    once in two minds whether to hide his true identity or to save the guiltless prisoner who was mistaken for him. If he spoke the truth‚ he would be condemned‚ which meant an end to his freedom. I have been in this situation before‚ on the horns of a dilemma‚ not knowing to do what was good for me or to help a friend.  It happened in a one-period test. Since I and a girl sitting next to me had not studied it over‚ we decided to cheat by putting the book in her desk case. The test went on well until I

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    Copyright 1994 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0735-7028/94/$3.00 Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 1994‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 2‚ 161-167 Ethical and Professional Conflicts in Correctional Psychology Linda E. Weinberger and Shoba Sreenivasan The role of the mental health professional in a prison setting has changed to reflect the prevailing ideology of the correctional administration that deemphasizes treatment and emphasizes security and custodial concerns. As a

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    Running Head: HOW DNR CAUSES AN ETHICAL DILEMMA How DNR Causes an Ethical Dilemma Deann Morgan HCA 322‚ Health Care Ethics and Medical Law Dr. David Cole January 22‚ 2010 Abstract This paper will present an argument of how the process of do not resuscitate (DNR) results in an ethical dilemma for workers in the healthcare field. In presenting the argument‚ this

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