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 Ethical dilemma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethical dilemmas are often cited in an attempt to refute an ethical system or moral code, as well as the worldview that encompasses or grows from it.
An ethical dilemma is a situation that often involves an apparent conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another.
Under an ethical system in which stealing is always wrong and letting one's family die from starvation is always wrong, a person in such a situation would be forced to commit one wrong to avoid committing another, and be in constant conflict with those whose view of the acts varied.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethical_dilemma   (997 words)

  
 nov964.txt
The same structured analysis can be used for all types of ethical dilemmas; the benefit of such an analysis is that it gives police officers the tools for identifying and resolving their own dilemmas.
When discussing ethical formalism, students are asked to resolve a specific dilemma by selecting a resolution that is pure or unblemished in motive, regardless of the consequences.
Dilemma: Self-enrichment Two officers respond to the scene of a homicide involving a suspected drug dealer who is lying dead on the floor.
www.fbi.gov /publications/leb/1996/nov964.txt   (4220 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION TO TYPES OF ETHICAL SYSTEMS
Although it is easy and valuable to have students discuss an ethical dilemma, the students can fall into the trap of jumping to their first impressions and then trying to justify their responses.
What follows is a dialogue among some students about an ethical dilemma they are confronting.
The purpose of this module is to have students illustrate types of ethical decisions by role playing a script, then involving the class in discovering the type of thinking demonstrated.
www.woodrow.org /teachers/bi/1992/ethical_systems.html   (2352 words)

  
 Ethical Issues - Adoption Encyclopedia
A variety of ethical issues exist concerning the adoption of children and are described in detail throughout this volume.
Some people believe INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION presents many ethical issues; for example, they wonder aloud why it costs $20,000 or more to adopt an infant from a foreign orphanage (where costs are far lower than in the United States) when fees to adopt a healthy white baby in the United States may be less.
She did not win her suit, but many related ethical issues were considered in light of this suit.
encyclopedia.adoption.com /entry/ethical-issues/127/1.html   (1204 words)

  
 Key Cases & Events
Ethical dilemma: Issues about ownership of fertilized embryos, rightful claims of parenthood among multiple contributors to a child's being, and preimplantation research and diagnosis stretched the bounds of public policy and the law.
Ethical dilemma: Raises specter of human guinea pigs and whether knowledge gained from experiments should be used.
Ethical dilemma: Revelations bring the horrors of the Nazi medical experiments, which many had judged impossible in the United states, into our scientific and medical worlds.
uuhsc.utah.edu /ethics/KeyCases.htm   (973 words)

  
 Morality - Ethical Dilemma
In the ethical dilemma of Heins, the devoted husband whose wife is dying from a terminal illness and who cannot afford the inflated prices being charged by the local pharmacist for a pain-easing drug, the issue is whether Heins should steal the drug or whether stealing at any time and for any reason is wrong.
ethical dilemma by vitri chiu, Apr 24, 15:29
Morality and Ethical Dilemma by Barbara Hanson, Apr 23, 19:58
hyper.vcsun.org /HyperNews/pswenson/get/moral2sp06.html   (372 words)

  
 Ethical Dilemmas: choosing between two rights
Ethical dilemmas are termed in the form of _____v.
The diverse, multicultural population that constitutes today's work force faces ethical dilemmas on the job that bring pressures to protect their own or their company's interests, at the risk of losing their personal integrity.
Then the dilemma can move to a solution, where one of the rights is preferred over the other one.
www.learnwell.org /dilemmas.htm   (1431 words)

  
 International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications: Ethical Dilemma and Moral Distress: Proposed New NANDA Diagnoses
Nurses' experiences of ethical dilemmas and moral distress are extrapolated to the types and categories of ethical dilemmas and moral distress that patients experience and are used as the basis for development of two new nursing diagnoses.
To propose two NANDA diagnoses-ethical dilemma and moral distress-and to distinguish between the NANDA diagnosis decisional conflict and the proposed nursing diagnosis of ethical dilemma.
The creation of two sets of nursing diagnoses, ethical dilemma and moral distress, will enable nurses to recognize and track nursing care related to ethical or moral situations.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4065/is_200501/ai_n13638303   (375 words)

  
 On being an ethical psychologist
Elaborating on the court's analysis, an ethical psychologist is one who recognizes ethical dilemmas and strives to keep all of the competing values in mind as the dilemma unfolds.
Encountering and engaging in ethical dilemmas, far from being a sign that a psychologist is somehow falling short, is rather an indication that what we do is subtle, complex and important.
To resolve the ethical dilemma, the California court identified the values at stake--confidentiality and safety--and concluded that, in California, safety receives priority when these values conflict: Psychologists break confidentiality to protect the safety of a third party, such as Tatiana, from a patient's harm.
www.apa.org /monitor/julaug05/ethics.html   (1074 words)

  
 MGT300
Be sure to identify a dilemma, defined as a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives, and not an ethical violation.
Provide a concise, yet thorough, analysis of how the ethical dilemma might be handled using each principle of ethical decision-making.
by 8:30 A.M. While some ethical issues are easily solved, for many there are no clearly right or wrong answers.
www.cba.ua.edu /~dsmith/project1.htm   (360 words)

  
 Ethical dilemma: Retrieving semen from a dead patient • Utilitarianism in the absence of definitive guidelines • The patient was assaulted • Some ethical concerns were ignored • An ethic of ambivalence -- Swinn et al. 317 (7172): 1583 -- BMJ
Ethical dilemma: Retrieving semen from a dead patient • Utilitarianism in the absence of definitive guidelines • The patient was assaulted • Some ethical concerns were ignored • An ethic of ambivalence -- Swinn et al.
This situation created for us a clinical and ethical dilemma on two main counts.
The diagnosis of brain death is a further ethical difficulty.
bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/317/7172/1583   (1989 words)

  
 ACM SIGCAS: Research in Progress
When discussing an ethical dilemma, people often believe that if they had a little more information then it would be easier to determine the ethical quality of an action.
Feeling for the people involved is important in discussing and ethical dilemma because few things are clearly right or clearly wrong and we often have to use our judgment in evaluating an ethical situation.
Or we could examine the ethical aspects of putting someone in a situation where they were forced to behave unethically, as may have been the case with Cromwell.
www.computersandsociety.org /AccessController2/sigcas/subpage/content/pages/section/genericlinkpage.cfm?section=34&filename=usingstory.htm   (3045 words)

  
 The Apollo Project: An Ethical Dilemma
In this sense, 'ethical' appears to mean a Pooter-ish concern for the most trivial impacts of one's middle-class life.
This was a rare example in recent politics of the correct use of the term 'ethical'.
The minority use of the term -- exemplified in weekend newspaper supplements -- is in forms such as 'ethical consumerism' and 'ethical travel'.
liberalism2010.blogspot.com /2005/08/ethical-dilemma.html   (677 words)

  
 Helpful Ethical dilemma information online
ReplyIf the purpose of a film is to make a human condition better then to be ethical the form of the drama has to conform to the world that drama wants to create.
H ighest editoria l and ethical standards O nly 2% of the editorial one of the freelance APA editors posted on this in the 439-page APA manual that explains how to cite references downloaded from John Suler's The Psychology of Cyberspace.
Ethical filmaking is inextricable from the creative moral voice.
www.1ethicaldilemma79.info   (679 words)

  
 Information on: What Is An Ethical Dilemma In Global Sales Management
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 Ethical dilemma: Discontinuation of ventilation after brain stem death • To whom is our duty of care? • Policy should be balanced with concern for the family • Brain stem death defines death in law -- Swinburn et al. 318 (7200): 1753 -- BMJ
Ethical dilemma: Discontinuation of ventilation after brain stem death • To whom is our duty of care?
The ethical and legal concept of brain stem death is still in transition in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
This case also highlights the ethical issue of priorities of care.
www.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/318/7200/1753   (2241 words)

  
 OddThinking » House Of Ethical Dilemma
Pingback by OddThinking » House Of Ethical Dilemma, Redux on November 12, 2005
I heard about the story back then, and I found it to be an interesting ethical dilemma.
[…] Just over a week ago, I wrote about the ethical dilemma over the abandoned sale of a house in which three people had been murdered.
www.somethinkodd.com /oddthinking/2005/11/03/house-of-ethical-dilemma   (1271 words)

  
 The Project Manager's Ethical Dilemma
It is these difficult issues where the PM must draw from their practical experiences, moral and ethical obligations, and sometimes the rule of law.
It is important for the project manager to approach these difficult issues with care and conduct their affairs within the appropriate ethical and legal framework.
In many host countries, doing business results in ambiguity and contradictions from the way business is conducted at home - which leads to the question “What is the ethical or right thing to do?” Sometimes a practice that is permissible in the foreign country is not at home.
www.bia.ca /articles/pj-project-managers-ethical-dilemma.htm   (652 words)

  
 The Construction Industry's Ethical Dilemma
When asked if ethical issues were a consideration in their decision to work with or hire contractors, 91% of respondents said it was either of utmost importance or important.
In the construction industry, ethical behavior is measured by the degree of trustworthiness and integrity with which companies and individuals conduct business.
On a smaller scale, few companies surveyed reported that they make ethical issues part of their mission statements or strategic plans — at least not to the point of drafting formal ethical codes of conduct.
ecmweb.com /mag/electric_construction_industrys_ethical/index.html   (3155 words)

  
 Motherhood at Midlife - A medical and ethical dilemma
While Keh's story has raised eyebrows and ethical issues about how old is too old to be having a baby, donor egg programs are becoming more and more popular and women between the ages of 40 and 55 are having babies in record numbers.
But neither Gill nor Ettelson believe that laws should be passed to stop women from having babies after age 55 and no one is yet calling for the courts or state or federal governments to step in and pass laws limiting the age of women in donor egg programs.
Hooyman says if the technology is available and women give their consent, it has always been the practice in the United States that a woman can do whatever she wants with her own body.
www.infertile.com /inthenew/lay/midlife.htm   (2343 words)

  
 The ethical dilemma of genetic..., ACP Observer Mar 98
The ethical dilemma of genetic..., ACP Observer Mar 98
One thing is clear about the ethical and clinical problems raised by testing for genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer: they may have been created by basic scientific research and technological innovation, but they will not be solved by them.
At the bedside and at the level of health policy and regulation, we will need to find ways of balancing the many uncertainties, limitations and negative consequences of genetic testing with the potential-but as yet unproven-clinical benefits and the various social and economic interests and psychological factors that make testing so appealing.
www.acponline.org /journals/news/mar98/bcgene.htm   (2022 words)

  
 Leadership: Facing Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
An analysis of the relationship between ethical behavior and effective leadership reveals that it is a matter of choosing both the ends and the means.
Robert Jackall (1997) suggests that the modern bureaucracy has created a "society within a society" in which there is a set of ethical standards that may not be consistent with those of the larger society.
President Bush is right when he says that the health of the American economy depends on "ethical standards...upheld by responsible business leaders," and that "ultimately the ethics of American business depends on the conscience of American business leaders." But it is much more than an American problem.
www.leadershipadvantage.com /moralAndEthicalDilemmas.shtml   (2334 words)

  
 The Ethical Dilemma of Television News Sweeps - Questia Online Library
Sweeps pose an ethical dilemma for newsworkers and their organizations in that the explicit goal of sweeps is to maximize audiences and profits, which strongly increases the pressure to produce sensationalistic or "sleazy" news to attract viewers.
A central ethical dilemma that has always faced American journalism, and television news in particular, is the difficulty of simultaneously serving the public interest and the economic interests of media firms (McManus, 1992).
But sweeps also present the opportunity to produce more ethical and substantive news by giving reporters more time both off and on the air to explore issues.
www.questia.com /PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=96395787   (349 words)

  
 Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > Pro-lifers Warn of Ethical Dilemma as Cloning Research Proceeds
A new ethical dilemma has been provoked as Professor Ian Wilmut - Father of Dolly the first cloned sheep - is applying to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for permission to advertise for women to donate their ova.
They also warn that the proposal will pose a new ethical dilemma in case some economically disadvantaged women and those of developing countries will come under pressure to donate ova in exchange for money.
The core of the dilemma lies on the high failure rate of the production of a viable embryo during the research experiment.
www.christiantoday.com /news/society/pro.lifers.warn.of.ethical.dilemma.as.cloning.research.proceeds/409.htm   (726 words)

  
 State postpones Morales execution / Ethical dilemma for doctors: 'This is a job for an executioner, not a physician'
Ethical dilemma for doctors: 'This is a job for an executioner, not a physician'
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State postpones Morales execution / Ethical dilemma for doctors: 'This is a job for an executioner, not a physician'
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/22/CMA.TMP   (984 words)

  
 The Ethical Dilemma of Animal Experimentation in the Cosmetic Industry
Woods tackles the ethical dilemma of whether or not animals should be sacrificed for human benefit.
I feel I will be able to more clearly identify the ethical dilemma if I am examining one specific area of animal use in the world of research.
Her opinions are supported by the use of actual incidents, laws, and issues in relation to animal experimentation.
ns.headroyce.org /~ethics/lburrows   (678 words)

  
 ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Explain to the students that they will be looking, once again, for a good article that addresses an ethical dilemma.
Instruct the students to look through their newspaper and look for headlines and stories that appear to point out an ethical dilemma.
Copies of the Ethical Dilemmas Writing Assignment for each student in the class printed on colored paper.
www.wccusd.k12.ca.us /stc/ethical/L12.htm   (935 words)

  
 Ethical Dilemma
            In this situation, it would not be ethically correct to over exaggerate the importance of the equipment, if the company in question did not even need it.
  Selling someone something that they do not need by lying to them is the same as stealing their money if you ask me.   This ethical flaw would not be worth saving a job over.
www.louisville.edu /~mwwebb01/dilemma.html   (207 words)

  
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