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This paper answers five questions on the topics of ethics and communication in the private practice of massage therapy. It briefly touches on the four principles of ethics laid out in one ethical code and gives an example of empathetic communication. In addition, this paper discusses some of the things that therapists must monitor in self-care.

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"Integrity is a personal value relevant to confidentiality. A massage therapist must hold him or herself to the highest standards for most social values and integrity can cover quite a number of things. A massage therapist must have integrity in handling the clients' records, to be certain that the clients' names are not released accidentally. In addition, a massage therapist must have integrity in protecting clients' identities outside the office, by respecting their wishes to be acknowledged or not, taking his or her cue from the clients' actions. The NCTMB lists integrity as one of the fundamental components in business practice and defines it as "honesty" and "the firm adherence to a code of values (NCTMB Standard IV, Glossary). 2. There are several items that are important to recognize and monitor in self-care, in order to provide a comfortable session for the client."

Tags:massage, therapy, ethics

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This three part essay contains three responses to questions posed on the topics of ethics/morality, faith/belief, and God. The first response makes the case that evolution and morality can indeed progress simultaneously; the second response makes the case that faith/belief can come from abstract as well as logical origins and the third response is a support of the critique of tautological (circularly reasoned) religious theory.

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"The threat to morality posed by evolution has been regarded classically to be a revelation among the masses of the fallacy of socially inculcated ethical mores and beliefs. The argument is that if society fully realized the implications of biological evolution and Spencer's "survival of the fittest," then many individuals would make completely self-centered..."

Tags:ethics, faith, god

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The following paper explores the question of ethics according to the author's own set of religious principles and beliefs. The author's own version of moral behavior has been influenced by many experiences, family and the method in which he was raised, as well as the American and international societies in which he has lived. The author's opinions tend to be metropolitan, forward looking, and based on thought as opposed to tradition or the beliefs of others. Opposing the ambiguity of the definition of moral , the word ethics is more precisely defined.

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"The question of whether one can be a moral person while simultaneously practicing law as an ethical attorney is a circular argument that has no clear answer. The situation is a philosophical one that can easily be compared to the age-old quandary, Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Each side can be argued equally well as long as no restrictions are placed upon the circumstances. However, in order to provide more clarity to the issue, it is critical to impose specific requirements and boundaries to the issue."

Tags:attorney, conduct, humanity, justice, lawyer, lying, moral, professional, society, standard, system, toleration

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Perhaps the most straightforward ethical dilemmas dealt with in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" are those concerning the dealings of money and those regarding love. The paper shows, however, that the underlying code of ethics in question is the interaction between the two and how inextricably and wholly overlapping and connected money and love are in governing American relationships. Also, the characters may be emotionally unable to make ethically sound decisions, as a world without conscience has rendered them devoid of truth. The paper shows that these characters face a series of ethical dilemmas for which they are not held accountable within the narrative, partly because they seem incapable of acting otherwise.

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"Tom subscribes to morals without possessing ideals to which he can adhere. After being confronted with Daisy's affair with Gatsby, he admits, "what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time" (138). This appears to be quite a statement, considering that throughout the rest of the novel Tom is very nearly without the capacity to verbalize feelings or ideas unless appropriated (poorly, at that) from other sources. The fact that he believes he loves her all the time, even as he goes off on "sprees," is suggestive of the same kind of innocence Nick allows Jordan; the language makes it sound as though he is almost incapable of choosing well in the midst of an ethical question, and so it perhaps shouldn't even be expected of him."

Tags:Tom, Myrtle, Nick, Daisy, Buchanan, American, Dream

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This paper addresses the question of what the ethics for professional counselors are and what the profession is saying about the status of counselor ethics at present. It is divided into a history of counseling ethics, the counseling relationship, confidentiality, peers and research and current impressions of counselor ethics.

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The paper discusses the ethics of the beef industry, focusing on the question, is it ethical to produce beef for the marketplace based on the current methods found in the industry. The paper looks at the inhumane method of slaughtering animals and the issue of animal cruelty.

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"The ethical issue addressed herein posed as a question is: is it ethical to produce beef using the current methods found in the industry. According to the Humane Farming Association HFA beef products found on grocery store ..."

Tags:ethics, beef industry, animal, humane

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This paper answers ten questions on ethics in accounting and business It considers some of the duties owed to clients, some of the ways ethics can be breached, some of the rules that pertain, and many of the company policies governing behavior, such as policies on fraternization or on the monitoring of employees, as well as ethical issues raised by these policies.

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"Accountants face a number of ethical issues in the course of their work. The basics of accounting ethics are governed by the Certified Public Accountants are governed by the AICPA code of professional conduct and then by requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and State Boards of Accountancy. Independence is necessary, meaning that the accountant must be separate from the companies he or she does the books for so that he or she has no financial involvement with these companies and will not be influenced as to how to report based on possible financial benefits."

Tags:ethics, accounting, business

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This paper examines how as the amount of advertising targeting children continues to grow, further questioning its ethics. The paper further points out that there is little if any regulation of advertising directed at children within the United States. This is compared with other countries which have adopted a very different philosophy, feeling that advertising directed at children is immoral, and have stepped in with varying levels of regulation.

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"Is advertising directed at children ethical? This paper looks at that question as the amount of advertising targeting children continues to grow. It wasn't until the early 1970s that advertising directed at children was seen as a problem in the United States. But despite children viewing an estimated 360,0000 advertisements on television before graduating from high school, and studies that show that children under the age of seven cannot distinguish the difference between an advertisement and fact, there is little if any regulation of advertising directed at..."

Tags:advertising, ethical, children

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While, today, we talk of acts being good or bad, often in reference to some ethical code or rule, if one were to read Plato or Aristotle, one would find them assessing acts on the basis of their promotion of the good in individuals. The ethical theory under which the ancient Greek philosophers operated is now termed "virtue ethics". In order to better understand this complex mode of ethical judgement, this essay will describe in detail what it entails. Then, in order to better appreciate its significance, it will be applied to the question of the ethical treatment of animals in the modern world. Finally, on the basis of the description and application, an evaluation will be made of its value as an ethical theory.

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The following paper explores the question "What is the right way to behave" by looking at the many moral theories that try to conceive a universal set of rules to follow regardless of the circumstances. The writer examines how modern moral philosopher James Rachels addresses the problems with classic theories and tries to reconstruct Utilitarianism in order to address his values. This paper then compares Rachel's views to Anthony Weston's who abandons the need for moral theory and points out the value of reformulating the questions that moral theory is meant to address.

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"Both James Rachels and Anthony Weston are philosophers interested in exploring the concept of Ethics and how it impacts our lives. We all are faced with decisions about how to act and there are numerous ways for us to come to a decision. Rachels approach is systematic in exploring various ways to decide what is right and wrong. All of these theories he puts forth are imperfect because they are effective only in select circumstances. Rachels believes that there are some universal truths that permeate Ethics; therefore, he favors theories that incorporate aspects of his "Minimum Conception of Morality". Weston on the other hand does not address universal truth. Instead he sees Ethics as a study in problem solving. In his examples of decision making, he steers away from rigid right and wrong answers to questions of morality. Instead he encourages the reader to be more creative in discovering other options than the ones we are first inclined to see. Both philosophers agree that Ethics requires us to think for ourselves and that there are real problems to be solved but how they go about solving them is very different."

Tags:egoism, ethics, moral, morality, theory, utilitarianism, conception, thinking, autonomous, reasoning