A Paper on Ethics

The Social Work profession is founded in a set of values and principles with one mission in mind, to enhance the wellbeing of all individuals and empowering those who are vulnerable by providing adequate services and skills. Social Workers are guided in their practice by utilizing resources like the NASW Code of Ethics, CSWE, and HIPAA to ensure that they are in compliance with the Social Work professional standards in making ethical decisions. Educational training is given to all professionals within the field to enhance their knowledge on ethics- related management, handling complex situations, ethical misconduct and ethical standards.

There are similarities and differences in deontological and teleological ethical systems. Each of the ethical systems will be discussed in a compare and contrast so that they are made clear to what they mean. There are seven major ethical systems that are either deontological systems or they are teleological systems.

These issues are all of ethical concerns, but are also legal concern according to the fact that is illegal to not completely attempt resuscitative efforts in the absence of a DNR.

Everyday we each face questions of what we ought to do. We sometimes ask ourselves,

When the stock market goes up one day, and then goes down for the next five, then up again, and then down again, that’s what you call market volatility.

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The ethical dilemma that I intend to analyze in this paper is, whether the right to free speech and expression which fall under the broader head of individual rights should be absolute or should there be censorship over the rights for the overall harmony/good of the society? My task here is to lay out the ethical theories under which the above stated issue can be evaluated. The three main types of moral codes are Egoism, Altruism and Cynical Exploitation. This discussion will regard the egoist theory, altruism theory and cynical exploitation in evaluating the dilemma.

The ethical theories to explain this will be consequentialist theories which are fundamentally concerned with the moral outcomes of specific activities, non-consequentialist theories which have a tendency to be comprehensively concerned with the aims of the individual settling on moral choices about specific activities and agent-centered theories which are more concerned with the general moral status of people, or specialists, and are less concerned to distinguish the profound quality of specific activities (Manuel Velasquez, and Kirk O. Hanson,

Ethics deals with the responsibility the researcher has for their participants and the effects that the research can have on them.

“Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome (HBOC) is an inherited tendency to develop breast, ovarian and other cancers. Inherited conditions are passed to an individual through their blood relatives. Although most cancers are not inherited, about 5% of people who have breast cancer and about 10% of women who have ovarian cancer have HBOC” (Patient Education Online, 2013). “HBOC is caused by an inherited change in a gene, called a mutation. The majority of HBOC is due to a mutation in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes” (Patient Education Online, 2013). There are many risks for people with HBOC. These risks include having a higher risk of getting breast cancer (40% to 87% lifetime risk), a higher than usual risk of breast cancer before age

Ethics involves identifying and being able to understand the concepts of right and wrong and then decide on what the response should be to an ethical dilemma. By using philosophical approaches people are able to recognize the situation and then hopefully make informed decisions. While making decisions in an ethical dilemma, the ability to evaluate the decision within cognitive moral development, locus of control, moral disengagement and Machiavellianism will only help the process. This paper will further motivate the discussion of ethics and the process of making informed ethical decisions.

A 76 year old Asian Immigrant from China came into the hospital with his wife who was 73 at the time. He comes in constantly for check ups due to his hypertension. The patient had a history of smoking and was diagnosed with cold about 2 years ago. His Xray test revealed a 3 1/2 cm mass on the lower right lobe. The CT scan also also showed lymphadenopathy and a 3cm mass on the left adrenal gland. The needle biopsy diagnosed for non small cell lung cancer. A PET scan also showed an increase in uptake in the lung. The patient lived with his daughter’s family also with his wife. The daughter requested to speak to the health care provider. She said she consulted with their siblings and they had decided that the best thing to do was to withhold the information from their dad and mom, because they felt that if they

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines questions of morality, or right and wrong. In this paper we will discuss the philosophical approaches used in ethical decision making. The two approaches that will be elaborated on are the utilitarian approach and the universal approach. Several questions will be addressed, (1) what is the utilitarian and universal approach? (2) How do we use them in the ethical decision making process and (3) examples of how it relate in the field of Criminal Justice? When conflict arises it’s not always possible to

The medical community is chock full of ethical conundrums that challenge even the most seasoned manager or provider. The introduction of newer reproduction technologies has posed an ethical dilemma between medical professionals and patients safety. In this paper we will examine the role of new reproduction technologies and their impact on medicine, how they’re impact has on patients and the risks associated with the use of this technology. Touch briefly on the ethical dilemma that is found with this type of medical practice. Lastly, we look at the principles of ethics to help find common ground. The use of technology to advances medicine has been monumental, but at what cost? Finding common ground will

Over the past week and a half, I have not personally experienced any ethical encounter as I shadowed different pharmacists. However, I talked to one of the pharmacists in the central pharmacy about any ethical situations he had encountered. One of the ethical situations he encounters is with neonate prescriptions. With neonates, it is difficult to decide when to give medications. Usually most neonates start getting medications at week 22-24. However some neonates are in critical condition or have certain conditions that require treatment before week 22. At this time, the body has not fully developed and therefore the neonate may be at higher risk of worsening conditions or even death. The pharmacist and the other providers have to take different