Ethical dilemma

worker should never discuss a patient’s information without their consent. Violating this rule can affect the worker and also the patient. HIPAA has also made specific guideline rules that protect the release of the patient information. Another ethical issue is having relations with your patient. When violating this policy, if it’s sexual, can cause the health care provider to lose their license. Patients are considered vulnerable when under the care of a physician and sometimes cannot…

The attacks on September 11, 2001 instilled great fear in the government as well as millions of Americans. In order to protect ourselves and prevent future terrorists attacks, President George W. Bush signed a bill called The USA Patriot Act which allowed government agencies such as The National Security Agency access to anything they needed to intercept acts of terrorism. The NSA then gained the power to wiretap individual’s phones,obtain their business records and spy on anyone they deemed…

Lauren, having been only with the company for a short time is faced with a dilemma in her career as a quality engineer. The firm she works for is "a highly respected technology company." (Case study 1). The main issue at hand is whether or not Lauren should pass the product, given that it has marginally failed the stress tests. She has gone to her superiors and they have suggested they pass the product regardless of the test results, and now Lauren must choose whether or not to follow direction…

OB 354 Ethical Dilemma Case October 11, 2017 Mitchell Valla 1. What are the facts in the case? • John is a very accomplished seismologist who reports to the director of the research facility he works at • John has spent years developing a method for predicting major earthquakes that will hit the West Coast • The facility John works for is funded by government money and corporate interests • John has developed a technique that he believes is 80 percent accurate in predicting an…

Healthcare professional, including pharmacists, face numerous ethical dilemmas in their professional practice. In this particular scenario, the ethical conflict arises when Dr. Thomas, the pharmacist-in-charge, asks myself, the new staff pharmacist, to fill a prescription for Mrs. Lapworth. The prescription, prescribed by Dr. Everett, is written for Sonata 10 mg, which is a schedule IV hypnotic indicated for the treatment of insomnia. Dr. Thomas instructs me to empty out the original Sonata 10…

This paper will discuss morality and how it applies to solving ethical dilemmas based on four philosophers and their theories from the textbook, “Exploring Ethics”. Philosophers Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Aristotle, and Virginia Held each have a different approach which I will outline in the next few paragraphs and then provide my opinion on which I find most effective. According to Immanuel Kant’s “Categorical Imperative”, is the moral worth of our actions. It is Kant’s belief that we…

In 1993 Louis Lowry writes an apocalyptical novel what is today called The Giver. This novel depicts a clear image on how numb we can be to the world today. The Giver is a novel about a community where everyone is the same; no one or nothing is different. Each member is assigned a certain task to contribute to the wellness of the community at age 12. While every 12 year old gets a normal everyday job, a young boy named Jonas is chosen for an exciting yet painful job. This job provides him with…

The most recent ethical dilemma that I have faced occurred just a few days before the October 2014 SAT. On this test, I was determined to improve my my math score as a way to increase my competitiveness for the academy. Several of my classmates knew this, and attempted to convince me to take a focusing drug in order to improve my score, and I was truly tempted to take it achieve this goal. Who would know that I had committed such an unethical act? Who would be able to judge me based on this one…

Kate. He felt guilty about this for the rest of his life. Needing a related donor, Sara and Brian decided to have another child. They scientifically conceived another daughter, Anna, to be a perfect match for Kate. I believe the most important ethical…

A potential ethical dilemma that I could face in my chosen advanced nurse practice role as a family nurse practitioner is a large family that disagrees amongst themselves over whether to continue their mothers care. The situation is this: A mother of five children, divorced for over fifteen years, enters the hospital after suffering a massive stroke, was found unresponsive yet breathing in her yard by a neighbor. EMS was called and she was brought into the hospital and placed on advanced life…