Technology plays a critical role in this respect, where increased understanding of human genetics helps to more efficiently find which people may be at risk. ... There are tests available that detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. ... There are obvious benefits to being genetically tested for being at risk for cancer. ... However, there are negative effects to genetic testing of cancer predisposition. ... They are responsible for explaining the ups and downs of genetic testing to potential participants. ...

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Throughout puberty, young people develop emotionally, physically and socially. ... The author completed a learning style test with Child B which resulted in her being diagnosed as a visual learner who works best when they see demonstrations, diagrams, slides, charts, and other visual aids when learning. ... This makes young people feel relevant, cared about and emotionally connected to the staff member. ... SAFE (2013) describe safeguarding children and young people as "everyone's responsibility." ... Two theorists whose writings are intrinsic when working with children and young people a...

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The company employed over 42,000 people worldwide and had refining capacity of 346,000 barrels of oil per day. ... Over the next three days following the spill, nearly 200 people contributed in the clean-up efforts, including (AOI) employees; the Coast Guard, Gulf Coast emergency strike force, O.H. ... Also, a press member was equipped with a copy of the American Petroleum Industry (API) standard 650 (the industry guideline for proper testing of oil tanks), and was inquiring if the tank had been properly tested. This test makes sure that all tanks are filled completely full with water in order...

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Prostitution usually surrounds with a lot of controversies and ethical issues because of many different reasons and the delicate issue it is to some people. ... Sex traders usually work under the supervision of a "pimp or madam" who are usually considered to be the people who arrange for clients for the prostitutes. ... Even if a prostitute goes for regular checkups, she will test negative for a minimum of 4 weeks, this means while the duration of tests are conducted and its results are relayed the prostitute can expose a maximum of 630 clients to HIV (Jeffrey 2008). ... This is beca...

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Because ethics is something that is viewed differently from person to person, many people argue whether a decision is honest and just. ... Cavanagh's "Basic Method," which gives guidelines to follow in order to help people make moral decisions. Using Cavanagh's "Basic Method," we are able to look at specific cases and decide whether people truly made ethical decisions. ... Therefore, one must perform the "double effect test" by going through three conditions. ... By passing the double effect test, it is clear to see that the utility criterion is of greater importance than the ri...

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Real life examples Animal testing are illegal in many countries, cosmetic manufacturers are not performing any animal tests. ... As a result, although 3M's behaviour is not bounded into law, it has protected the people and the society. ...

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Part one will see each employee completing a self-writing assessment test. Test results will provide program staff means to determine where each employee strengths and weakness suggest they begin training. ... "Their experience includes management and communication consulting, change management, team building, training development, strategic planning and managing large teams of people" (http:// www. businessethicstraining.com). ...

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Dewey explains that the child truly learns this moral sense, as evidenced in his behavior and interactions with others, by being trained in all areas that elicit interaction and testing or carrying out ideas (Stuhr 326). ... Character is defined not only by the traits derived from mastering a task or problem but by qualities that reveal attentiveness to, and consideration for the feelings, needs, and rights of other people. ... This is what many people understand as the scope and tasks of moral education. ... For in the normal course of his growth, that is how he distinguishes between...

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Firstly, it fails the categorical imperative's first maxim; the universality test. ... This concept is validated since the majority of people disagree to this notion (Gensler, 1986). ... Irrespective of the circumstances, the termination would be failing to do one's duty to preserve the sanctity of life and would fail the universality test of the first maxim (McCoy 2011, p.143-144). ... As Elliott & Engebretson wrote, Aristotle taught "to seek the good for other people or for the state is more desirable than to aim only at the good of the individual" (2001). ... The Chu...

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Seeing as how people have different views of what is good and what would be the best for the greatest number, utilitarianism is not a perfect moral ethics and when followed by the wrong people it can lead to disastrous consequences. ... He argued that the test of whether one pleasure was better than another was to let people experience both in and informed way and see which they preferred. ... It is widely known that happiness has a different meaning to a lot of people. ... It does not really account for people of this nature. This is one major flaw that I see in utilitarianism, that one per...

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Business outlook towards morality concerns itself with how other people are affected in both positive and negative ways. Almost always, business decisions affect many more people than simply those directly involved in the business transaction. ... Our work is no just a means of making money but is connected to our call through which we serve God and other people. All dimensions of our lives, including our business affairs should be evaluated in of how poor and vulnerable people are affected. ... We must look in ourselves and value our dignity as people of God. ...

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Now, modern philosophers focus on the scientific aspects of philosophy and more or less, theories that can be proven through the scientific method of: Asking a question, doing background research, construct a hypothesis, testing that hypothesis by doing a practical experiment, analyzing the data from the experiment to draw a conclusion and finally, and most importantly, communicating these findings. ... Socrates (470/469 - 399 BCE) Socrates is famous for studying the ways in which people live. ... Socrates wanted people to worry about their connection to God as Socrates heavily believed in mon...

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Killing one person instead of five would be the more ethical option and is the option with the greatest utility – it brings the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people. ... Therefore, you could ask yourself; "Would you rather be "responsible" for the death of the one person or five people?... According to utilitarianism, one should deliberately push the fat man off the bridge to his death, to save the five workers, for it is the option with the greatest utility – it brings the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people. ... Ac...

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Colleagues had dressed as Ku Klux Klan, and black staff were denied promotion and forced to undergo frequent drug testing, unlike their white counterparts. ... Worse still was a listeriosis outbreak, which killed 21 people and damaged the health of over 100 others. ...

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These commandments come from many years of heavily advised dictates from various people. ... This revised ethic is the one most rejected; it contradicts the fact all human life is of worth and is more sensitive in most people. ... The scientists developed a program to test the hypothesis; it was to inject malignant cancer cells into human subjects. ...

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In the name of research of behavioral sciences, human participants have been subjected to electric shocks, they failed in easy test or embarrassed somehow. ... Respect for People's Rights and Dignity: Most importantly researcher must protect the rights of research participant who have volunteer for greater good of humanity. ... It typically consists of at least five people majority of which is faculty members from various departments, at least one social community and one non-scientific community representative. ...

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For example, when we are young, our elders teach us the expectations for how to treat other people, with strict do's and don'ts, just as one would learn when they begin learning to play an instrument. ... Although the idea of the "good life" may sound like a life of pleasure, Aristotle, with his three-part test argues that pleasure-and other things of the like-without virtue is not admired. ...

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It would bring unhappiness to a lot of people so it is a definite no. ... This cannot be applied to everyone because then you would have a lot of people justifying their committing murder somehow and a lot of people lost. ... I think people are already looking to find happiness in some way, shape or form. ... This is an attractive assertion to those people who wish to celebrate the rationality which distinguishes people from all other beings. ... We can prove this through various IQ tests, anecdotal evidence, and simply the existence of people whose limited experience of the world leaves t...

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When Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard University, coined the phrase "disruptive technology", he was speaking of a process by which a product or service takes root in the bottom of a market and slowly rises, displacing established competitors (Disruptive Innovation). Enter 3D printing, a tec...

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When Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard University, coined the phrase "disruptive technology", he was speaking of a process by which a product or service takes root in the bottom of a market and slowly rises, displacing established competitors (Disruptive Innovation). Enter 3D printing, a tec...

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In the modern world of high level of information accessibility and mass awareness of professionals' legal obligations, the role of decision-making in healthcare delivery has evolved into a system where health care policies and ethics has given the service users the absolute power to decide about the...

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Adam Smith said, "People of the same profession rarely comply with together, also for enjoyment and diversion, yet the chat ends in a conspiracy theory versus everyone, or in some gear to elevate prices." ... According to the utilitarian view, the decision that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people is best. ... Moral Rights Rule An ethical decision is a decision that best maintains and protects the fundamental or inalienable rights of the people affected by it. According to the moral rights rule, an ethical decision is one that protects people's rights to freedom, l...

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