Question 1 At the time Cynthia Cooper discovered the accounting fraud‚ WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic
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corporate scandals like Enron and WorldCom leading to trials and imprisonment of previously powerful (Chief Executing Officer) CEO’s public trust in CEO’s has diminished. Therefore when the story about the forged academic credentials of Dave Edmondson‚ CEO of Radio Shack came it re-ignited the mistrust. This paper will provide a brief background of the scandal and detailed analysis of the ethical issues involved and whether the actions taken by RadioShack were ethical or not. Background: Dave Edmondson
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Ethical Scenario A therapist is working at a Physical Rehabilitation Therapy Clinic and a juvenile age 16 is referred to their clinic for treatment of severe burns that has limited the function of the patients arms and hands. Upon examining the child‚ the therapist notices several other burn marks‚ and unexplained bruises on the patient. The therapist works with the child for a couple of weeks‚ and begins pressing the child about how the burns and marks occurred. The child was being physically
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it will be a while before Alicia becomes fully productive. She meets the education requirements but has very little experience and is new to the area. She‚ too‚ is articulate and she grades out as a 7 on your 1-10 scale. What are the ethical issues involved in this case? Who would you hire and
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Ethical dilemma happens every single day; some people may recognize it‚ while others do not. Although ethical dilemma can happen to anyone or anywhere‚ nurses and health care professionals are the ones who face more ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. Whether it’s about medication administration‚ patient safety‚ patient rights‚ patient care‚ delegation etc.‚ nurses always face ethical dilemma. While you may not think promoting self management in depressed old patient does not seem to have any ethical
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Analytical Ethical Problem-Solving Ethical dilemmas make us question out moral beliefs and theories‚ search for an understanding of what is going on below the surface.1 Klempner‚ G.‚ (2008). Scenario: ‘Sally has spent the last six months working as part of a team that has developed a piece of software to control a widget grinding machine. The software is due to me completed with one week but Sally knows that it will take at least one month to fully test the software. Sally accompanies her boss
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Popular Ethical Theories Relativism as defined by Merriam-Webster (2013)‚ is a theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature of the mind and the condition of knowing. Philosophically‚ relativism references that all points of view are equally credible‚ and that all truth is related to the individual (Westacott‚ 2005). Relativism can more specifically be defined as “the nature and existence of items of knowledge‚ qualities‚ values or logical entities non-trivially obtain their natures
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“Business ethics examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and business organizations as a whole” (“Business Ethics‚” 2010). In today’s society‚ many people pursue careers in businesses for different reasons such as convenience‚ salary‚ and many other reasons that do not include ethics. Unfortunately‚ people’s professional values are no longer mirroring
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due to the fact that people are donating money for them to exist. Both types of Companies have a Board of Directors that are stake holders and key decision makers. This paper will identify key problems related to business ethics in a Not-for-Profit and For- Profit organization how they are addressed and what transpired after their actions were taken. Not-For-Profit The ASPCA is a Non-Profit corporation that was established in 1866 and is one of the largest in the world. The ASPCA was
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9 a.m.‚ a stuffed animal under her arm‚ flowers arranged around her hospice room‚ said George Felos‚ Michael Schiavo ’s attorney (Chachere). Before thinking about questions concerning euthanasia‚ I would like to say some words about general problems in medicine‚ from the moment it started‚ till now - days of technical progress‚ undoubtedly‚ captured medicine. The basic task of medicine is a treatment of the patient and easing his/her suffering. During the hundreds of years till now‚ millions
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