Is healthcare a right or a privilege? With the advent of the Affordable Care Act in 2010‚ and the next presidential election less than a year away‚ such a profound philosophical question is no longer confined to mere academic debate‚ but instead already has‚ and will continue to have‚ major policy implications. Proponents claim that countries such as the United States‚ which remains one of the few industrialized nations that does not not guarantee health care coverage to its’ citizens‚ represents
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reasonably be intended as confidential meaning that the communication must not be shared with any third party.” according to americanbar.org. Paralegals and attorneys do have to respect confidentiality in the same way. “A paralegal is subjected to the same duty as an attorney to maintain inviolate the confidentiality.” according to sdparalegals.org. Conversations must be kept confidential even through technology. “Paralegals communicating in cyberspace through any form of electronic communication
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and written matter‚ all correspondence‚ emails and documents exchanged between parties should be prepared with a thought to potential litigation. Attorney Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine are two separate and distinct issues and should be treated within the legal world as separate disclosures. Attorney Client Privilege‚ which originated in Roman and canon law‚ has evolved into a recognized judicial doctrine and is necessary in order to provide clients with access to effective‚ well
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Duty of Care 1.1 The term duty of care refers to the duties and responsibilities that someone in charge and authority has to those they are caring for. In the area of childcare and early years‚ teachers‚ nursery workers and other care workers have a duty of care to the children they are looking after and are responsible for. There is a general definition for duty of care as well as different definitions in greater detail. For example moral and legal duties of care. Legal duty of care is where
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PEARSON (pages 169-171) Mandatory reporting refers to a legal requirement to report an act‚ event‚ or situation that is designated by state or local law as a reportable event all states mandate the reporting of certain vital statistics such as births and deaths many states require reporting of abortions and neonatal deaths federal and states laws mandate the reporting of communicable disease‚ including venereal diseases http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_023186
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Original Vignette One day‚ I was told that I was on a new team for basketball‚ and that we had a practice soon. I had a coach I’ve never seen or talked to before. I had never talked to him before. He was one of my classmates dads. We were only in 5th grade when we first started playing. I was extremely nervous the first practice. When I met him‚ I noticed how much he payed attention to little details like setting a better screen‚ or doing a backdoor cut. After time went on‚ I started to realize
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To improve security and confidentiality in the workplace‚ you should: • Not allow computer screens to be seen by unauthorised people • Ensure people can’t see confidential documents that aren’t meant for them • Log off your computer if it is unattended • Use computer passwords that are not easy to guess • Double check outgoing emails before you send them • Never gossip or share confidential information • Err on the side of caution when disclosing information
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Ethical Analysis of Vignette 5 In considering the potential ethical issues and related theory in Vignette 5 a number of issues have been outlined and discussed below. Ethical Issues In investigating potential ethical issues of Vignette 5‚ Carla had knowledge that Simon was divorced which may have been an act of self disclosure on Simon’s behalf. In considering whether this disclosure was in Carla’s best interest‚ this could potentially be identified as an area of contravention of the Australian
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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Case one In this case the company acted in an ethical way. This is an example of the principle of individual rights. The manager had decided to fire the employee instead of resolving the initial issue‚ which results in employee dissatisfaction. However‚ as the company does not want a bad reputation online or in the office‚ firing was the best solution. An employee has the right to freedom of speech but the employer also will be intolerant of any employee anti- corporate activities‚ which it perceives
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