Children are not only expected to respect and obey their parents‚ it’s also deemed their duty to look after their parents in old age. In Singapore where I live‚ the government has even implemented a Maintenance of Parents Act‚ making it a legal obligation for children to take care of their elderly parents‚ failing which parents can sue their children for a monthly allowance. You may wonder‚ at this point‚ why my interest in this topic of filial piety. Recently‚ my mom was hospitalised and I
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ethical and legal duties of therapist to warn third parties of violent threats made by a patient. Taking Action: A Ethical and Legal Duty to Warn and Protect Third Parties Therapists have ethical and legal obligations to prevent their clients from physically harming themselves or others. In situations where there is clear evidence of danger to the client or other persons‚ the counselor must determine the degree of seriousness of the threat and notify the person
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buddies. I would fail to remain loyal to my country. Duty means fulfilling your obligations. Doing my duty means more than carrying out my assigned tasks. It means being able to accomplish tasks as part of a team. The work of the U.S. Army is a complex combination of missions‚ tasks and responsibilities — all in constant motion. Our work entails building one assignment onto another. You fulfill your obligations as a part of your unit every time you resist the temptation to take “shortcuts” that
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that things‚ people and all aspects of life that he once adored were adopted from others. In his newfound perspective these things held no true value for him. Finally‚ he no longer loved anything so he had no obligation to pretend he did‚ translating into a cold-hearted man who was not to do anything if not for himself. Fitzgerald‚ after a few pages of mystery‚ describes the cause of his mental illness as a lack of self‚ in
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The potential benefits of CSR relative to the costs for business & stakeholders. CSR is the extent to which an organization accepts its obligations to society over and above legal requirements. Firms can benefit from CSR. It will help them gain marketing advantage. This could be firms USP and they could add profit margins. Consumers may be prepared to premium price‚ if the CSR product suits them. For example‚ Costa coffee used Fairtrade and its premium customers were prepared to pay high price
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161. Requisite of Novation A previous valid obligation Capacity and intention of the parties to modify or extinguish the obligation. The modification or extinguishment of the obligation. The creation of a new valid obligation. 162. Kinds of Novation 1. According to origin A. Legal B. Conventional 2. According to how it is constituted A. Express B. Implied 3. According to extent or effect a. Total or extinctive b. Partial or modificatory 4. According to the subject a. Real or objective
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Benedict states that “On not only means obligation‚ but also debt‚ loyalty‚ kindness and love‚ and debt in Japan has to be carried the best an individual can” (1989). The word on doesn’t translate properly into English as there is no word within our language that translate into everything on stands for. The English word obligation is the closest our language can get‚ but even that does not do justice to all of the meanings that on entails
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Unit 304 Outcome 1 1. Duty of Care is defined simply as a legal obligation to: •always act in the best interest of individuals and others •not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm •act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do. As a care worker you owe a duty of care to the people you support‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and the public interest. Everyone has a duty of care – it is not something that you can opt out of. When
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party becomes the owner of aproperty by prescription while the previous owner loses theproperty. In extinctive prescription‚ if a party is barred to file anaction because of prescription‚ the opposite party‚ on the otherhand‚ is liberated from the obligation or liability. c. Acquisitive prescription applies to civil cases while extinctiveprescription is applicable to all kinds of action whether civil orcriminal. There are‚ however‚ exceptions wherein the action‚ bymandate of the law‚ does not prescribe
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question‚ the more autonomy is called for; this becoming greater the more information is available. Pain is no longer a symptom to be endured by the patient. If Sally wants pain relief‚ the physician has an ethical and an almost certain legal obligation to provide it. Pain relief may hasten the death of a terminally ill patient. Provided the intent is to relieve pain‚ the hastening of death is neither ethically nor legally wrong. Sally stated that she was in pain and out of breath and she wants
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