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Ethical Standards, 2007.
An analysis of the ethical standards used by "civilian" agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA).
1,604 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the often questionable ethical standards used by "civilian" agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). It reviews past and current NSA activities, what the NSA is legally authorized to do and what ethical issues are raised by some of the NSA activities. It also provides some information about the abuses of the civilian-focused CIA which performs military tasks.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
What is the National Security Archive?
What are the Duties of the NSA?
What are the Ethical Issues that Surround the NSA?
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"If the FOIA law was not in place, millions of documents - that do not place the security of the U.S. in jeopardy but that allow the public to be informed about how its tax-supported government is behaving - would be kept secret by various government agencies; and hence, the strategies and decisions which affect the American people, their jobs and their communities, would not be known. Without the FOIA, the same way totalitarian and communist governments keep information away from their citizens would be the norm here in the U.S. American is a democracy, and the FOIA assures that, to come degree at least, America is an open society and its elected officials and paid government employees can be made to be accountable."
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Counseling Professionals and Ethical Standards, 2008.
A review of "Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions" by G. Corey, M. Corey and P. Callanan.
2,046 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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The paper examines "Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions" where the authors focus on the issue of ethics in relationship to counseling professionals. The paper shows how the text is both a source of information and a tool that counselors can use in their development of personal ethical standards that will allow them to become more effective professionals.
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"Corey, Corey and Callanan (2007) focus on the issue of ethics in relationship to counseling professionals. The purpose behind the text is to allow the counselor or student to explore ethics in a manner that can be applicable to real life situations and develop personal ethical standards that are essential for working with clientele. At the core of the ethical exploration suggested by the book, however, is Corey, Corey and Callanan's (2007) contention that all counselors must ultimately make determinations best on what solution will benefit the client over the long term (p. 1). According to Corey, Corey and Callanan (2007), taking this approach to ethics provides the most effective decisions, as well as answers that are based upon the counselor's purpose for functioning - the client's needs (p. 1)."
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Standards of Ethics for Counterintelligence, 2007.
An analysis of the use of technology to collect counterintelligence data to maintain national security and the ethics of its use.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper analyzes whether it is ethical to violate standards of ethics for counterintelligence or national security purposes. It examines ethics which pertain to government and national security and illustrates how governments (specifically the United States government) use technology to collect counterintelligence data to maintain national security. The paper then briefly describes how governments wish to increase human identification technology.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Background and Significance
Counterintelligence Collection Through Invasion of Privacy
Carnivore
Further Government Intrusion
Implementation of National Security through Identification
Conclusions
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"For example, there may be a case such as the latter where a terrorist who threatens national security is communicating with his counterparts and coordinating some kind of attack. Even if the use of Carnivore or a similar device or method of surveillance (such as whatever secret devices and methods the NSA uses) is somewhat unethical, it is justifiable and ethical to break standards of ethics, in this case the respect of privacy of a select number of people, in order to save lives. It is ethical because when one ethical law conflicts with another ethical law properly judged to be of greater consequence, the more important principle is intrinsically prevailing [6]. The problem here is the use of preemption in detecting terrorist activity. What is the basis for scrutinizing particular individuals? How can the government preemptively stakeout these criminals without infringing on the rights of harmless citizens? We must balance safety and security against rights, freedoms and ethics; the rights of individual citizens versus the fortification of the nation and the safety of the collective."
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Standard and Non-Standard Language, 2007.
An analysis of the issues surrounding the use of standard and non-standard language varieties in education.
1,908 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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The paper attempts to determine the place of standard and non-standard varieties of English in education. It examines how the study of language attitudes has a long history that has expanded across several decades and social scientific disciplines and how it recognises that language is a powerful social force that does more than convey intended referential information. The paper also looks at how a "standard" English has developed over the years and how it has been dictated by association with the social group with the highest degree of power, wealth and prestige.
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"By the 16th century a specific form of English used mainly by the government, and among the most educated, had surfaced and the standardisation of its written form was later encouraged by the development of the printing press. Regional dialects which possessed their own distinctive grammar, vocabulary and accent, continued to be spoken by all classes of society until their rapid decline in the 19th century. The main reason for this decline was related to issues such as geographical mobility, the spread of education, and the mass-readership press. Meanwhile, a standard form of accent, now known as 'received pronunciation' (RP) had emerged and by around 1900 this form, or one very close to it and containing only a few small markers of one's local accent, had come to be widely recognised as the form indicative of 'educatedness' (Honey, 1983)."
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Ethical Marketing and U.K. Private Acute Care Providers, 2004.
This paper is a dissertation proposal to examine what ethical standards are necessary in acute care settings within the private health care industry in the U.K.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This paper explains that, in the U.K., private health care providers are consistently seeking to expand their business and influence in the face of a declining National Healthcare System; and thus, in order for private health care providers to successfully market their services to the public, they must first prove that what they have to offer is worthwhile and ethical. The author states that the primary goal of this dissertation is to develop a theory-building process that will result in a strategic marketing plan for acute health care in the UK that will (1) build on best practices based on current medical ethics standards, (2) support the private health care industry?s goals, and (3) provide guidance for private healthcare industry participants in the strategic marketing development process. The paper relates that the data will be collected via questionnaire utilizing Likert-type scales distributed to health care providers, marketing agents, and consumers.
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Introduction
Research Rational
Goals/Objectives of Study
Literature Review
Methodology
Approach/Research Design
Methods for Data Collection
Methods for Data Analysis
Discussion
Purpose/Relevance of Study
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"The private healthcare sector within the UK accounts for 25.3% of the UK healthcare market as of 2000. The private industry is divided among the following sectors: primary care services, acute care, psychiatric care, long term care and private medical insurance. Within the private healthcare sector, acute care accounts for a very small portion of services offered, and therefore will likely require the most aggressive marketing stratagems. Long term care accounts for the largest sector. The National Health Care Service in the UK has been suffering from a variety of problems affecting the infrastructure, including staff shortages. This leaves opportunity for growth in the private industry. This paper will focus on the acute care sector, which is currently expanding gradually in part as a result of the development of specialist facilities."
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Ethical Issues with Legal Professionals, 2005.
This paper discusses three categories within the judicial system, along with the performance and ethical standards these groups are expected to maintain.
3,130 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper covers three broad categories of the judicial system. The first is the legal professionals. This consists of judges and attorneys. The second is the corrections professionals. These are the people expected to rehabilitate those that are found guilty within the judicial system, along with the corrections professionals expected to monitor those awaiting adjudication. Finally, there is the law enforcement entities, the police. This paper shows that not only are these groups expected to perform, they are expected to maintain a standard that is higher then that of the average citizen. This paper also covers the tools in place to maintain and monitor the ethical performance of these professionals, as well as the consequences if these professionals do not function in an ethical and moral way.
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Introduction
Judges
Attorneys
Correctional Officers
Police
Conclusion
Probation and Parole Officers
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"In many ways, confidentiality goes to the heart of legal ethics. It is enshrined in the sacrosanct, privileged relationship between attorney and client, and keeping one's confidences or secrets (and still being effective) is probably the hardest part of being a defense attorney. After all, how effectively can one defend someone they know is guilty of this, and other crimes?
"Conflicts of interest often arise in legal cases and their ramifications can be far-reaching. So many conditions bind attorneys and clients and they both must be careful and not create a legal conflict of interest. The American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility and Model Rules of Professional Conduct cover differing areas of situations (ABA, 2004)."
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Ethical Issue in Human Services, 2007.
An analysis of the ethical standards for social workers and their role for immigrants to the United States.
2,188 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses ethical issues in human services, particularly in regards to social work. The paper focuses on social work and the role of social workers for immigrant families to the United States. It looks at the problems that members of this group may face and how they can be overcome. It describes the role of Jane Addams as founder of social work and describes the ethical principles by which social workers are supposed to abide.
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"Jane Addams (1860-1935) founded the social work profession to help children and adults who live in poverty. She grew up in Cedarville, a small village in northwestern Illinois. Her father was a prosperous businessman, and Ms. Addams received her degree from Rockford College in 1882. From the time she was very young, she was concerned for the poor in her neighborhood. During a visit to London, England, Jane was shocked at the poverty she saw, and though she had no idea at what she could do, she vowed to one day do something to help other people. When she observed the social experimentation being done at Toynbee Hall in England, she decided to begin a similar center in Chicago, one where she could put her social principles into action and work for a better way of life for people there."
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Business Ethics, 2004.
An analysis of the declining ethical standards in business.
997 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the fact that ethical standards in business have been on a sharp decline over the past couple of decades. It links this disturbing trend to the decline in societal moral standards in American society and looks at how others argue that degrading ethics in business is simply capitalism taking over what is normally considered as morally just. The paper contends that, whether it is simply greed gone awry or a general decline of ethics in society, the fact remains the same, ethical standards in business are declining and are reflected in the declining social responsibilities of businesses, the legal ramifications, and the government's responses to the lack of business ethics.
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"No matter what the root cause of the decline in business ethics, the simple fact remains that over the last ten to twenty years, there has been a serious decline. Small business professionals surveyed in 2000 noted several indicators of these declining ethical standards. It was discovered that many of the respondents to the survey had the most ethical conflicts when it came to dealing with contracts and agreements between themselves and their customers or their employees (Vitell et al., 2000). These same survey respondents were in agreement that the ethical standards of business were lower than two decades ago. A majority felt that these lower ethical standards were related to lower moral standards in society, in general. And they noted that it was top management that had the most influence on how ethical dilemmas were handled (Vitell et al., 2000). From this, one can conclude that it is management that has the social responsibility to conduct themselves and their business in the most ethical ways possible, for their actions are reflexive on society."
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The Effect of Ethics on Human Resource Management, 2008.
A review of the importance of an organization's human resources ensuring that ethical standards are established and enforced.
1,171 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses the effect of ethics on human resources management and its importance within an organization. It looks at how an organization's human resources can ensure that ethical standards defining right and wrong behavior are established, conveyed effectively and enforced. It also discusses key variables, such as the degree of voluntary adherence to those standards and how equitable management may be in enforcing them. The paper contains appended articles.
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"In the first article to be summarized, "All You Have is Your Integrity," author Susan Heathfield (2006) examined the challenges confronting human resources managers in a corporate environment characterized by globalization, fierce competition and ruthless pursuit of profits. She measured the damage inflicted on corporate America by the EnRon, WorldCom, and Arthur Anderson scandals, which revealed that ethics are often tossed aside by corporate management and their misconduct is often ignored or even actively concealed within a corporation. She concluded that such behavior is all too common when corporate expansion and maximization of profits become the core values of a corporation. Under such conditions, enforcing ethical standards becomes a daunting task for human resources managers."
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Ethics in Business, 2004.
A look at the importance of the ethical standards of a company in the business environment.
2,412 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses how the business of organizational ethics is becoming an important element in the business world, as it can determine the stability of the company in the eyes of the world. It looks at how ethics in business can be paramount to the growth and development of the company and how ethical beliefs and standards work together with the delivery of a good product or service to provide the image the company wants to portray. In particular, it examines how the ethical level of any company is often maintained by the management, since underlings take their cue from them, and the upper levels provide the directives to the managers.
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"While some experts focus on the actions of management in ethics of business others believe it is the holistic ethical approach that create the strongest companies. One expert writes that it must be a group effort to create guidelines in decision making and build the consensus about what ethics the company will implement and maintain.
?Traditionally, principle-based ethics provided the benchmark for guiding decision making(Koloroutis, 1999).? And while this is still the case according to some, the team work requirement is a recent addition. While the first expert believed the bulk of ethical responsibility rested firmly at the feet of the management, this expert thinks it is important for all levels of the work force to share in the responsibility of creating the organization?s ethical stand(Koloroutis, 1999)."
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Drug Testing and Ethics, 2006.
This paper discusses drug testing, its ethical and legal implications and the role of employers and educational facilities to ensure high ethical standards.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper contends that ethical and legal implications of drug testing must be considered by employers and educational facilities prior to mandating drug testing within the organization. This is evident due to the various types of testing that can be administered and the reliability factors that may affect each type of test. The paper maintains that these issues must be addressed and evaluated appropriately before the organization can make a determination regarding an individual's employment or a student's treatment in order to maintain high ethical standards. Furthermore, the paper explains that legal implications for the employer or organization that insists upon the accuracy of testing and takes adverse action against an individual that is drug free, are immense.
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Ethics on the Internet, 2002.
A discussion on whether ethical codes and standards set up in the 1990's are applicable in cyberspace.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper will look at the issue of ethics on the Internet in an effort to answer the question of whether or not the standard rules apply? As we all know, the Internet has removed most, if not all, need for physical contact between purchaser and seller. This greatly changes the dynamic of the interaction and has in many cases led to unscrupulous behavior on both sides of the transaction, both for merchant and retail consumers. While there are clear indications that things are improving over time, there is still reason for concern that the strong ethical codes that were established during the 1990s will not endure the open-source nature of the Internet and the reduced human interaction that it allows.
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Police and Ethics, 2008.
This paper argues that there must be public confidence in the ethical standards of the police.
2,429 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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The paper maintains that police departments have to institute and follow stronger ethical guidelines and enforce the measures aggressively in order to demonstrate a commitment to ethical behavior to the community. The paper looks at the community policing programs in Pittsburgh and in Los Angeles that involve creating partnerships with local government, police, schools and community groups for the prevention of crime. The paper also looks at relations between the police and the black community. The paper concludes that a stronger enforcement mechanism has to be instituted to see that behavior conforms to the ethical precepts set forth and that the public has confidence that this is so.
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"The city police represent the most visible aspect of law enforcement in the community, backed up by the courts, by state and federal levels, and by organizations both public and private dedicated to some aspect of law enforcement and the administration of justice. For most people, however, the local police would be the agency to call when a problem is perceived and help is needed. This places considerable pressure on the city police both to serve the public and also to represent law enforcement for the public. Problems develop in the latter role whenever a department or an individual officer engage in unethical behavior or otherwise cross the line, and the scrutiny given to the police at this level assures that every infraction discovered will become fodder for news reports and criticism from the community. The problem is clearly more acute in some communities, meaning poor and minority communities that do not trust the police even before such a problem erupts."
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Business Ethics, 2002.
An examination of the ethical standards that should be followed by corporate accounting and financial managers.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper addresses measures being taken in light of the recent financial events with several major U.S. corporations. In addition, recommendations are made to promote the increased ethical actions of those individuals, who are in positions that have a major influence on the U.S. economy.
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"The list of offenders seems to be growing daily. Enron, Merrill Lynch, WorldCom and now Johnson & Johnson have come under increased scrutiny and criminal charges. The actions of the personnel in positions of financial authority at these companies have had an extremely negative impact on the employees, investors, lenders and the economy in general. Employees of these companies lost most, if not all of their pension benefits. Investors lost a large portion of the money they invested. Lenders are faced with the companies filing for bankruptcy and the economy in general is experiencing extreme levels of suspicion, as indicated by the faltering stock market."
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Aviation Business Ethics and September 11 Industry Implications, 2002.
A discussion about the increased pressure on the aviation industry to develop and implement higher ethical standards since the September 11 tragedies.
4,070 words (approx. 16.3 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 109.95
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This paper addresses the subject of business ethics in the field of aviation, as well as emphasizes the effects of September 11 on the aviation industry. Through discussing the responsibilities each part of the aviation industry has toward air travel, this paper provides a clear analysis of why enhanced business ethics concerning safety and security are of utmost importance. The paper compares security features before September 11 with those after the tragedy, in an effort to determine how they have improved and what they are still lacking. In addition, it discusses the rights of aviation employees, shareholders and passengers to determine which security and business procedures are safe and which are invasive.
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"Prior to Sept. 11, the Air Transport Association, a representative for major airlines, and the Regional Airline Association, a trade group for smaller carriers, published the main security guide for airlines. This Checkpoint Operations Guide was designed to implement Federal Aviation Administration security regulations.
However, prohibiting box cutters on airplanes was an industry requirement, not a government one. The FAA actually allowed airline passengers to carry blades less than four inches long before Sept. 11.
However, airlines often did not invest the time or money before Sept. 11 to check passengers completely. In addition, according to Rep. John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation subcommittee on aviation, the FAA did have strict guidelines for screening standards in place (Salant). This combination was a recipe for disaster."
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