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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"ethical decision-making"”.
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Ethical Decision-Making Regarding Nonsexual Multiple Relationships
The current American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA Ethics Code) states that a multiple relationship is established between a psychotherapist and a client when they engage in a relationship (personal or professional) in addition to the …
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Ethical Decision-Making among Critical Care Unit Nurses
… in complex environments where they must face ethical conflict. CCU nurses find themselves ill equipped to make sound decisions concerning ethical dilemmas. Nurses must ensure the patient's choices are respected and honored due to the duties inherent in the nurse-patient relationship. The …
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Ethical decision making : advance directives and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
… mental health professionals with experience of making a decision to give someone ECT or not. The ten participants were interviewed in order to develop a model that explained how this process occurred in clinical practice. The critical review discusses my own epistemological position in relation …
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Ethical decision making by managers: a policy capturing approach
… to determine whether participants would make ethical/ unethical decisions in the face of various dilemmas. 3 factors were systematically varied throughout 32 different scenarios: accountability, deception, and profitability. A personality variable, locus of control was also explored for its …
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Ethical decision-making amongst HR employees within a retails organisation
… a significant relationship exists between ethical decision-making had an impact on HR employees within a retail organisation. The questionnaire for the South African Board for People Practices, and the Ethical Position Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 employees in a large …
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Ethical Decision-Making Regarding Multiple Relationships Between Therapist and Client
… model of factors critical to a therapist’s decision-making process when faced with the potential of a nonsexual multiple relationship with a client. This new model was founded on the conceptual framework proposed by Street, Douglas, Geiger, & Martinko (2001) and integrated the components of …
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An empirical examination of ethical decision making by corporate accountants in Taiwan
… The factors which encourage earnings management decisions and the subsequent outcomes provide the motivation for this study. The study examines accountants’ earnings management behaviour in quoted firms in Taiwan, and addresses a primary issue: what are the factors which affect accountants’ …
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A study of the ethical decision making ability of the hospitalized individual
This study entitled "A Study of the Ethical Decision Making Ability of the Hospitalized Patient" was a report of the differences between the ethical decision making capabilities of 52 hospitalized and 52 non-hospitalized adults. The null hypothesis was tested and rejected: There is no difference …
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Controversial advertising in the UK : its regulation and practitioner ethical decision making
… advertising, its regulation, and the ethical dimensions of its practice in a UK. context. The £19bn advertising industry is a major contributor to the British economy, helping to stimulate consumer demand, market competition and employment (IPA, 2012). Despite these benefits, …
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Ethical decision making: an exploratory study of British and Chinese manager behaviour
… dilemmas. The moral dilemmas and subsequent decisions facing managers in Britain and China today are important considerations both in terms of research knowledge and management practices. This thesis is based on a triangulated cross-cultural comparative study of managers working for British …
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Agent-based ethical decision-making control optimization framework for self-driving vehicles
… vehicle engineers. To address this problem, a decision-making algorithm is designed using philosophical concepts translated into mathematical frameworks. Deontological ethics parallels rule-based mathematical concepts, whereas consequentialism parallels cost-based mathematical concepts. The …
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Moral Courage: A Requirement for Ethical Decision Making in Nursing Home Leadership
… for Nursing Home Administrators (NHA) to lead ethically with the projections for the future needs of healthcare services and the governmental involvement in containing the costs of care in the United States. The estimated increase in the 65 year and older population over the next 40 years and …
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The Ethical Decision Making Practices of k-12 Administrators in an Urban Setting
The decisions that administrators make can ultimately enhance or impede theculture of a school setting. When faced with situations, whether simple or arduous, the decision-making should be done in an ethical manner that brings about productive results. On a day-to-day basis, there may be situations …
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ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING AS AN INTERVENTION FOR MORAL DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS
… despair, and powerlessness to carry out ethically appropriate actions to patients in line with personal values in the setting of external constraints. Psychiatry residents are particularly vulnerable to experiencing moral distress due to the coercive aspects of psychiatric treatment, …
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The Relationships Among School Counselors' Multicultural Competence, Demographic Data And Ethical Decision-Making
… multicultural competence, demographic data and ethical decision-making ability. The participants (N=160) for this study were members of the American Counseling Association (ACA) who designated their area of practice as school counseling. Participant's multicultural competence level was measured …
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Building behavioural (ethical) decision-making guidelines at a biopharmaceutical company. A case study
… contribute to management practice, behavioural [decision] strategy needs to show managers how to make better decisions in organizational settings.” (Sibony, Lovallo and Powell, 2017, pg.16) This thesis explores improving organisational decision quality by addressing one of the current limitations …
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Moral silence? : nurses' experience of ethical decision making at the end of life
… policy and education. Research in the area of ethical decision-making has been inconclusive because of unclear conceptualisations of moral problems, and different methods to investigate the extent to which nurses are confronted with them. In particular, the contextual influences on the …
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The Effects of Cognitive Moral Development and Reinforcement Contingencies on Ethical Decision Making
… theories attempt to explain the elements of the decision making process when one is faced with an ethical dilemma. Trevino's model (1986)posited a main effect of cognitive moral development (CMD) on ethical behavior, moderated by reinforcement contingencies. Past research has failed to examine …
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Perceptions of graduates of four doctoral programs in adult education concerning ethical decision making
… curriculum in adult education that deals with ethical practice. Nor is there evidence indicating what graduate students learn about ethics in their professional studies.Purposes of this study were to identify: (a) the extent to which university graduates, at the doctoral level, in adult …
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