scholarly journals The Film Philadelphia As A Case Study Of Ethical Dilemmas In The Workplace

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Carlos B. Gonzalez ◽  
Agustin F. Zarzosa
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Shed Light

In this paper we present the film Philadelphia as an exemplary text for teaching business ethics. For this purpose, we show students three scenes from the film and guide them as they engage in ethical reasoning. Through the exercise, students should: understand the nature of ethical dilemmas; understand a model for ethical decision-making and apply it to shed light on selected situations presented in the film; and lastly, understand ethical dimensions of discrimination. After engaging with the exercise, students should also develop a clear understanding of the difficulty of reaching ethical decisions in their professional careers. In addition, the exercise serves as an opportunity to discuss issues of HIV and AIDS in contemporary organizations.

Ethical Decision-Making for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Stephen Parker
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Real Case ◽  
Yoga Therapy ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Life Decision

Any therapeutic profession, including Yoga therapy, must establish a systematic way to make ethical decisions. This article proposes a model of ethical decision-making drawn from psychotherapy, a field that—like Yoga therapy— recognizes relationship as a healing instrument. The model proposed is based on an easily remembered mnemonic that is both practical and easily internalized for real-life decision-making. A real case study using this method is presented and discussed, and hypothetical ethical dilemmas in Yoga therapy are offered for further consideration.

The Salience and Pertinence of Ethics: When Journalists do and Don't Think for themselves

1996 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Allen White
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Ethical Orientations ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Affective Relations

An experiment applied Carter's Paradigm of Affective Relations and Kelman's Functional Theory to journalism ethics. Two ways of making ethical decisions were studied. One way, the use of internalized ethical orientations, was found to be a highly salient way of resolving ethical dilemmas, one that would lead to consistent ethical decision making across situations. The second way, following ethical guides, was found to be a less salient way of ethical decision making. Following ethical guides, however, was found to be pertinent to ethical situations if the guides and situations shared attributes.

A Bioethics Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Working With Older Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Janet Simon Schreck
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Geriatric Settings

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists practicing in geriatric settings often encounter ethical dilemmas associated with clinical care. This article defines and discusses the four principles of bioethics: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. Using a case study, the bioethical framework is applied to demonstrate the overlap between the principles and the complexity of ethical decision-making by the geriatric clinician.

scholarly journals ELEMENTS AND STRATEGIES FOR ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING IN NURSING

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlise Rigon Dalla Nora ◽  
Sérgio Deodato ◽  
Margarida Maria da Silva Vieira ◽  
Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone Zoboli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Ethical Competence ◽  
Ethical Decisions

ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify the elements and strategies that facilitate the ethical decision-making of nurses faced with ethical problems, from publications on the theme. An integrative literature review was carried out. Data collection was performed between the months of April and May 2014, in the databases: SciELO, CINAHL, LILACS and MEDLINE. Original, theoretical and case study articles, with a health team that included nurses, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. A total of 19 studies were selected, the analysis of which resulted in three categories: external factors of ethical decision-making in nursing, individual factors of ethical decision-making in nursing and facilitating strategies of ethical decision-making in nursing. It was concluded that nurses need to use strategies that develop sensitivity, ability and ethical competence, in order to make prudent ethical decisions, contributing to the quality of health care.

Ethical dilemmas during cardiac arrest incidents in the patient’s home

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattias Karlsson ◽  
Niclas Karlsson ◽  
Yvonne Hilli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Voice

Background: The majority (70%) of cardiac arrests in Sweden are experienced in the patient’s home. In these situations, the ambulance nurses may encounter several ethical dilemmas. Aim: The aim was to investigate Swedish specialist ambulance nurses’ experiences of ethical dilemmas associated with cardiac arrest situations in adult patients’ homes. Methods: Nine interviews were conducted with specialist ambulance nurses at four different ambulance stations in the southeast region of Sweden. Data were analysed using content analysis. Ethical considerations: Ethical principles mandated by the Swedish Research Council were carefully followed during the whole process. Findings: Two main themes with six sub-themes were identified: The scene – creating a sheltered space for caring and Ethical decision-making. The results showed that ethical dilemmas might occur when trying to create a sheltered space to preserve the patients’ integrity and dignity. A dilemma could be whether or not to invite significant others to be present during the medical treatment. Ethical decision-making was dependent on good communication and ethical reasoning among all parties. In certain situations, decisions were made not to commence or to terminate care despite guidelines. The decision was guided by combining the medical/nursing perspectives and ethical competence with respect to the human being’s dignity and a will to do good for the patient. The nurses followed the voice of their heart and had the courage to be truly human. Conclusion: The ambulance nurses were guided by their ethos, including the basic motive to care for the patient, to alleviate suffering, to confirm the patient’s dignity and to serve life and health.

scholarly journals Responsible Leadership in Sport: An Ethical Dilemma

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Kathleen Rodenburg ◽  
Louise Hayes ◽  
Lianne Foti ◽  
Ann Pegoraro
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Responsible Leadership ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
A Current

Sports, apart from providing entertainment, can provide an escape from everyday troubles, a community to belong to, and an opportunity to connect to the wider world. As such, sports have contributed to the unification of people, the development of peace and tolerance, and the empowerment of women and young people globally. However, sports’ widespread popularity has also contributed to “big money” opportunities for sports organizations, sporting venues, athletes, and sponsors that have created an environment riddled with ethical dilemmas that make headlines, resulting in protests and violence, and often leave society more divided. A current ethical dilemma faced by agents associated with the Olympic games serves to demonstrate the magnitude and challenges related to resolving ethical dilemmas in the sport industry. A decision-making framework is applied to this current sport’s ethical dilemma, as an example of how better ethical decision making might be achieved.

scholarly journals Distributing ethics: Filtering images of death at three news photo desks

Journalism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146488492199630
Author(s):  
Jenni Mäenpää
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
News Magazine ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Visual Coverage

This article explores the practices of selecting news images that depict death at a global picture agency, national picture agency and a news magazine. The study is based on ethnographic observations and interviews ( N = 30) from three Western-based news organisations, each representing a link in the complex international news-image circulation process. Further, the organisations form an example of a chain of filters through which most of the news images produced for the global market have to pass before publication. These filters are scrutinised by the empirical case studies that examine the professionals’ ethical reasoning regarding images of violence and death. This research contributes to an understanding of the differences and similarities between media organisations as filters and sheds light on their role in shaping visual coverage. This study concludes that photojournalism professionals’ ethical decision-making is discursively constructed around three frames: (1) shared ethics, (2) relative ethics and (3) distributed ethics. All the organisations share certain similar conceptions of journalism ethics at the level of ideals. On the level of workplace practices and routines, a mixture of practical preconditions, journalism’s self-regulation, business logic and national legislation lead to differences in the image selection practices. It is argued that the ethical decision-making is distributed between – and sometimes even outsourced to – colleagues working in different parts of the filtering chain. Finally, this study suggests that dead or suffering bodies are often invisible in the images of the studied media organisations.

Ethics and accounting education: does teaching stand-alone religious courses affect accounting students’ ethical decisions?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim El-Sayed Ebaid
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
T Test ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Ethical Decisions

Purpose Undergraduate accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia is a unique case. The program includes 147 credit hours of which 28 credit hours are religious courses. This study aims to examine the effect of teaching these religious courses on students’ ethical perceptions and decisions. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted for a sample of accounting students at Umm Al-Qura University. The sample was divided into two groups; the first group includes students who did not study religious courses, while the second group includes students who study religious courses. The questionnaire contained three groups of questions that aimed to explore students’ perceptions of ethics in general, students’ perceptions of business ethics and explored their ethical attitudes regarding some accounting decisions that involve ethical dilemmas. Independent two-sample t-test and multiple regression analysis were used to determine whether the responses of the two groups were significantly different. Findings The findings of the study revealed that teaching religious courses led to an improvement in students’ perception of business ethics and an improvement in students’ ethical decision-making. However, the results of the independent sample t-test showed that this improvement was not significant. The results of the study also revealed that male students tend to make less ethical decisions than female students. Research limitations/implications The findings offer an indication for those responsible for managing the accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University to start developing the program so that some of the general religious courses are replaced with specialized courses in accounting ethics that focus directly on ethical dilemmas faced by the accountant when practicing the accounting profession. Originality/value This study contributes to the current literature related to examining the effect of teaching ethics courses on the ethical perception of accounting students by focusing on accounting students in Saudi Arabia as a context that has not been examined before.

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