Assignment Analyze the role of ethical investments in an investment portfolio and explain how a strategy of ethical investment may conflict with other investment objectives Response In the field of investments and financial investing, the financial actions we take are driven by our ethical concerns to society and the environment. ... However, the world understands smoking is severe and a potential health risk. ... A major factor of what we value as ethical and unethical is if it affects the environment. ... The companies he chooses would certainly bring positive results, however, he is an...

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The company I work for is a community based not for profit adult mental health agency. ... The agency fosters tolerance and understanding in the community by promoting the acceptance of persons with mental illness and assisting in efforts to educate the public on issues of diversity, mental health, and opportunities for persons with disabilities. ... To address the planet (Triple Bottom Line) from the textbook, the agency does its part to prevent pollution and harmful waste by providing a smoke free campus for a healthier environment for everyone. ... Suggestions would be to upgrade appliances...

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The ethical principles that I will need to follow in my career as a health professional include, autonomy, nonmalefience, beneficence, justice and fidelity. ... It requires that an individual should be given a variety of options even though they may be limited by coercion, manipulation, social and physical environments as well as rational decision making. As a health care professional I will have to respect the autonomy of my patient and their freedom of choice. ... As a health care professional, beneficence will play an important role in my career by helping and caring for those in need. ...

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An ethical work and business environment is predictable, stable, and easy to navigate. On the other hand, non-ethical behavior creates a hostile business environment. ... By definition, ethical standards that define the organization's guiding values, create an environment that supports ethically sound behavior, and stresses a shared accountability among employees. ... Thirdly, to their communities, they hold a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, to support good work, and to encourage health, as well as to protect the environment. ...

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Do human beings have an ultimate right to know the truth when it comes to their health? ... She was visibly shaken and seemed suspicious of the modern equipment and sterile environment. ... The hard work of the nurses and staff would be wasted and this poor country would continue to suffer from every day surgical ailments that could readily be resolved with this modern health care clinic. ...

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First and most importantly, vegetarianism improves one's health tremendously. ... Health should be a considerable priority in every individual's life and vegetarians are proven to be healthier than carnivorous humans in various ways. ... Finally, maintaining a vegetarian diet will not only make you physically healthier but will improve your psychiatric health also. ... As seem above, becoming a vegetarian would improve anyone's health and greatly lower the risks for many serious problems. ... Our environment is affected in many ways by livestock and so on. ...

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For instance, carbon monoxide causes health problems such as lung cancer to the people inhaling. ... Sulfuric emissions create an acidic environment that is harmful to the soil. Dumping toxic chemicals from the device to the environment also increase pollution. ... The collection of the harmful chemicals by the manufacturers will also decrease the decomposition of dangerous chemical to the environment. ...

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Ethics are taught to us by our parents at a young age, and religion, household values, and environment are among the most common and powerful shapers of ethics there are. ... To those who don't know about the unethical treatment of animals, they would have no difficulty choosing weather or not to eat meat because there is no problem besides health issues. ...

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There are no absolutes in consequentialist theory; therefore morality becomes a relative term defined by environment and actions. ... Variables such as economic status, level of education and physical health produce such diversity in perception that inevitably conflicts of interest or conflicts of perception will arise. ...

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We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree: 1 .to accept responsibility in making engineering decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment; ...

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In fact, significant changes are occurring in organizations in response to the speed at which technology is changing the work environment. ... Nearly three-quarters of workers indicate that stress at work reduced productivity and negatively impacted morale and mental health- (Organization, 1999). ... We begin to find fault with all aspects of our work environment, including our colleagues. ...

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In situations where there is danger to the public or foreseeable irrevocable damage to the environment, science and scientists have a duty to humanity. ... Made into a movie The Insider, this scientist chose to protect the American people by disclosing knowledge of health hazards of smoking. ... Science is not separate from politics, society, humanity, or the environment because of its impact on all aspects of these areas. ...

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We now know today that many of these new chemicals are very toxic to our environment, because there are no mechanisms to break down the novel chemicals. ... So we are putting the need for profits into the business of taking care of people's lives and health. ...

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I am in agreement with ethicist Daniel Callahan of the Hastings Centre, " that just about anything goes in the pursuit of improved health-. ... We tend to see the environment and animals around us as ours to exploit for our personal gain in any way we see fit. ...

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An ethical issue involving cigarettes is that they ruin your health as well as cause cancer and many of our youth today are smoking at even 10-12 years of age. ... They also campaign for the protection of the environment, human and civil rights and are against animal testing within the cosmetics and toiletries industry. ...

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