1. Nurses value quality nursing care for all people. Valuing quality nursing care involves nurses accepting accountability for the standard of nursing care they provide‚ helping to raise the standard of nursing care‚ and taking action when they consider‚ on reasonable grounds‚ the standard of nursing care to be unacceptable. This includes a responsibility to question and report what they consider‚ on reasonable grounds‚ to be unethical behaviour and treatment. 2. Nurses value respect and
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In this paper I will explain how important it is to follow the ASPA Code of Ethics to avoid unethical behaviors and corruption in the work place. It is important to report all suspicious behavior to Supervisors‚ Management‚ and or Directors. There will be times when reports will have to be anonymous due to the safety of the people involved. As a planner in this case‚ it is my responsibility to speak up and report any suspicions that I have. I would speak directly to person involved and inform
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Lovers of Wisdom Ancient Greek philosophy arouse in the 6th century BCE‚ some claim that Greek Philosophy was influenced by the older wisdom literature and mythological cosmogonies of the Ancient Greek Near East. Greeks had confidence in the power of the mind Greeks used observation and reason to determine why things happened‚ they opened up a new way of looking at human existence. During the time of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle it was a crime to investigate the things above the heavens
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The first Greek Stoic was Zeno of Citium. He arrived in Athens when he was twenty-two years old and studied with a group known as the Cynics but that does not mean the same as it does today. In Greek it meant doglike or without shame. These people tried to live natural lives‚ using minimal hygiene and clothes and permitting incest and cannibalism. He started teaching when he was thirty-three in the Athenian stoa. A stoa is a long colonnade where there was usually a marketplace. The Stoics preferred
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The code is still recognized as the proper way in which physicians should conduct themselves with their patients. The applications of various aspects of the Oath‚ translated from the original Greek‚ are still recognizable in our modern medical community after 2500 years. We will now look at the Hippocratic Oath by sections and discuss its implications
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Codes of Ethic ’s Philosophy/323 September 18‚ 2012 Codes of Ethic ’s This writing will analyze Enron’s Code of Ethics and examine the sections on values and corporate responsibility‚ it will also use applicable theories and concepts and will detail Ken Lay’s view of ethics and Enron’s corporate social performance‚ as well as reflect Enron to be socially irresponsible to everyone with any type of financial investment in Enron because of the deception it practiced with employees and
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CODE OF ETHICS Article I Preamble Section 1. TITLE. This Code shall be known as the ______________________. Section 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. All officers‚ staff and members of the cooperative shall abide and adhere to this Code of Conduct. Towards this end‚ they shall serve with utmost professionalism‚ integrity‚ morality and nationalism. Article II VISION In keeping with the spirit of Cooperativism‚ we envision a __________(Name of Cooperative) that will actively promote
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Appendix C GUIDELINES FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE Code of Ethics Guidelines Foreword The Code of Ethics for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) consists of a Preamble and 10 brief principles of conduct. The Code is included in the Bylaws of the Association and was approved by the membership in 1991. These Guidelines and Commentary on the Code of Ethics are intended to assist APEGBC members in dealing with ethical situations and to assist
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reputation‚ to provide proper communicate‚ to protect and safeguard shell’s property or to avoid any disciplinary or legal action against oneself. Secondly and lastly‚ the shell ethical system can be said to be duty based or deontological‚ that is‚ ethics are concerned with what people do‚ not with the consequences of their actions. Do the right thing and do it because it ’s the right thing to do. Don ’t do wrong things and avoid them because they are wrong. For example‚ any personnel must always act
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Purpose of the Code Family matters and it is important to establish the ground work to building and maintaining a strong and nurturing environment. The Purpose of the Code of Ethics is to provide core beliefs and values for the family to build upon and for future members to use as an example. This code of ethics will help the family to know what is expected of them as acceptable behavior. Guiding Principles • Faith Faith defined is confidence or trust in a person or thing. Faith needs to be the
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