In an article named "Workplace Drug Testing" published on March 12,2001, American Civil Liberties Union, states that "in some industries, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application, despite the fact that random drug testing is unfair, often inaccurate and unproven as a means of stopping drug use. ... Now, this raises the somewhat obvious question, How do drug tests really invade someone's privacy? ... The Washington D.C police department admitted that they used urine samples collected from drug tests for other discrete purposes. ... Let us ask yet an...

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For instance, some companies force the employees to take polygraph tests in order to comply with their policies, but it is still morally questionable. ... Some companies have random drug testing since they have to protect public welfare. "Such testing, for example must be truly random (to guard against discrimination), and must be conducted in such a way that the personal space of the persons being tested is not unnecessarily violated (Desjardins and Duska, 1987). ...

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(Sarah Kliff, How Abortion Became a Political Litmus Test,www.washingtonpost.com, 24 October 2010) The effect from this one decision spread so widely across the country in 7 small years that the two largest and most dominant political factions were forced into choosing sides on the issue. ... (Sarah Kliff, How Abortion Became a Political Litmus Test,www.washingtonpost.com, 24 October 2010) In other words, in order to ascend to the presidency Reagan had to unite under his party's belief in regards to abortion: that is how strong of an issue it was. ...

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The United States is facing a huge problem concerning the nation's penitentiaries. Prison guards and politicians are concerned about the problems in jails; however the saddest thing is that our citizens are aware of the situation but don't do anything about it. The populace seems to accept the pro...

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Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Human Rights? The culturally mandated practice of cutting a girl's genitals is no longer a legal practice in Kenya, but is still permissible elsewhere. In Africa, female circumcision has been an integral part of society for centuries. It has ...

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According to modern experimental psychologists, experimental tests show that the vast majority of people think it is right to pull the lever but it is wrong to push the fat man, even though they have the same outcomes ("Philosopher's Toolkit: The Trolley Problem"). ...

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This paper will describe four human rights of research participants and how they might be violated. It will discuss the role of the professional nurse relation to the protection of research participant rights. It will identify the Code of Ethics of American Nurses Association (ANA) that guides the ...

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They tolerate harsh, merciless and shameful treatment, including a steady menace of bloodshed that numbers to torture, compelled disappearances, sexual bloodshed in custody centers and non-consensual health testing. ...

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In her novel "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley asks her audience to consider the limits to which we can expand the category of human nature, and if her creature might be best understood as "human". The implication here is that the creature should have the same rights that humans have. Victor Frankenstein...

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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 their care. The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the role of healthcare professionals in relation to decision-making process from different ethical and legal perspectives, and discuss virtue ethics theory and principles that applies in the situation of a clinical dilemma to be prese...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does not reflect the developing level of public potential and therefore on the opportunities or influence of women on affairs of a society, state and family. It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ...

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Excerpts from John Locke [pp. 1-6], and Edmund Burke [pp. 7-11] from this document. This should be regarded as necessary reading for answering the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or de...

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