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Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychological Testing, 1990.
This paper discusses privacy and confidentiality in psychological testing: Rights, ethics, theory, access to results and court cases.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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Of the many ethical issues surrounding psychological testing, two have received particularly prolonged public scrutiny: the issues of privacy and confidentiality. Widespread public concern about psychological testing began just after World War I, when many psychologists attempted to adapt military group tests for use in civilian life, but fears didn't peak until the late 1950s with the proliferation of large-scale psychological testing in schools, the increased use of personality and ability tests in the military, in government, and in business, and a series of sensational articles and books on the subject. (
In this paper we will take a closer look at the concepts of privacy and confidentiality as they relate to psychological testing. We will also examine some of the guidelines within the ... "
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Health Privacy and Confidentiality, 2008.
A discussion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that provides protection for patients' health information.
1,007 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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The paper looks at the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which is intended to protect the client or patient's health information from being used inappropriately. The paper explains how the right to privacy for a patient or client is an important aspect of health care. The paper also discusses how the exchange of information is not a simple process, but if done legally and correctly, it will keep a person's health information safe.
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"Our wellness, both physical and mental, is dependant upon our health information to be available and to be viewed or reviewed by the necessary individuals or groups involved in our health care. When health information is used appropriately, it promotes trust from the client or patient. Appropriate use of health information is also an important factor in the quality and standard of care from health organizations. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case and the honor system failed, because of cases or incidents where health information was mishandled, the government stepped in to create and put into legislation the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(United States Department of Health & Human Services [USDHHS], 2007, 1), otherwise known to many in the health field as HIPAA."
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Confidentiality and Privacy in the Maintenance of Medical Records, 1991.
A look at the Constitutional and ethical issues limiting access and protecting patients. Includes background, legal case studies, the role of computers, AIDS issues and ownership of records.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 9 sources, $ 135.95
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"This paper will address the problems of confidentiality and privacy which may arise in the maintenance of medical records. The paper will be particularly concerned with the ways in which this issue applies to the United States Constitution. In the doctor-patient relationship, there is clearly a need for the careful maintenance of records which may contain information of a personal and sensitive nature. At the same time, the doctor has an ethical obligation to protect the privacy of the patient by not disclosing such information to unauthorized third parties. In this regard, H. L. Hirsh (1990) has noted that the role of health care practitioner includes the "sacred, moral, ethical, and professional duty of confidentiality" (p. 377). In recent years, it has become clear that this responsibility extends beyond simple moral obligation on the part of the doctor. In..."
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Drug Testing and Employee Privacy, 2006.
An essay weighing the employee's right to privacy against the right of the employer to ask have employees submit to drug testing.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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The question of the ethical issues involved in employer's applying drug testing in the workplace is complicated by the employee's right to privacy. This essay argues that the employee right to privacy radically limits the range of employer options in regard to drug testing quite apart from other considerations such as effectiveness and legality. However, in sensitive jobs where potential harm to others is an issue, the moral right to privacy of an employee may itself be limited.
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Right to Privacy and Drug Testing, 2005.
This paper concerns mandatory drug testing for athletes in sports.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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In this article the writer discusses mandatory drug testing for athletes in sports. The writer examines the issue of whether there is a valid reason that the courts can use to justify mandatory drug testing of student athletes. Further, the writer discusses the matter of privacy rights.
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Privacy and Drug Testing, 2002.
A paper which discusses drug testing and the reasons why it should be banned in the work force.
822 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This persuasive essay argues why drug testing should be banned in the workplace, citing as its main reason the court case, Baron vs. City of Hollywood. Other reasons explored are lack of evidence that it results in higher rates of worker productivity unreliability of the tests and the high costs.
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"Imagine that you are hired as a temporary accountant through an agency for three months. Your duties range from preparing bank reconciliations of all accounts and preparing a database of all lease agreements with the city. After three months of hard work, you received praise for the quality of your work performance from the City?s accounting managers and you were even hired as part of the city?s accounting pool. However, shortly after being hired the city drops a bombshell saying that they are requiring all new city employees to undergo urine screening for drugs. This is the case of Thomas Baron, who refused to submit to the City?s drug test due to principle. As a result of Baron?s refusal, the city revoked its decision to hire him. Baron took the City of Hollywood to court and on April 13, 2000 the court declared that the City of Hollywood policy was unconstitutional. Judge Ryskamp stated that the decision from the federal court confirmed that highly personal and humiliating urine tests of employees, without suspicion that those employees were using drugs, was unconstitutional. Since drug testing was declared unconstitutional, I believe it is obvious that all drug testing in the work force should be banned except when there is suspicion of drug use. Drug testing should also be banned because lack of proof in effectiveness, inaccurate and ineffective drug testing programs, and the cost."
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Drug Testing in the Workplace, 2007.
A review of an article written by Michael Cranford called "Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing."
1,289 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses issues related in an article written by Michael Cranford called "Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing." The paper suggests that employers have two grounds on which to test employees - ethical (in case the employee becomes injured at work) and legal (the test does not infringe on privacy and drug use is costing the company money). The paper discusses these contentions in more detail.
Table of Contents:
One: The Problem
Two: The Issues Related To The Problem Addressed By The Article Three: The Implications Of The Article To All Parties And Society Ramifications If The Problem Is Not Addressed
Tangible Benefits Of Resolving The Problem
Four: Solutions Provided By The Article
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"If the worker is indeed found to be taking drugs that impair performance, the fact that the company now knows about the drug abuse allows the company to provide "employer-sponsored counseling and rehabilitative measures" (although Cranford doesn't say how many companies would provide rehab versus simply firing the person). So, if there were no drug tests, the employee who is addicted, for example, would have continued using drugs had the test not caught the use and allowed the employer to help the user kick the habit. And moreover, knowing the worker is proven through verifiable testing to be a drug user protects the company from "wrongful termination litigation," if indeed the worker is fired and makes a claim against the company firing him or her."
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Mandatory Premarital HIV Testing, 2002.
The pros and cons of premarital AIDS testing, testing which would be required of all persons seeking a marriage license.
1,073 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper identifies several factors in the debate over premarital AIDS testing, including the costs of testing versus the benefits, the fact that people seeking marriage licenses are generally a low-risk population, and the issue of confidentiality associated with this type of testing. The paper argues against premarital testing and refutes several common arguments in favor of testing.
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"There are several convincing arguments in favor of premarital testing, but the disadvantages in this case far outweigh the few advantages. One common argument made in support of premarital testing is that it might be able to prevent transmission of HIV by identifying infected persons and warning their prospective spouses."
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The Decline of Privacy in the Workplace, 2002.
An exploration of the invasion of privacy in the workplace, which is carried out by monitoring, testing, and investigating the employee, and the laws that protect employee privacy rights.
1,602 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper briefly examines the increasing invasion of privacy in the workplace as a result of technology advancement and employers? efforts to keep responsible, honest, and professional employees. It discusses Fourth Amendment rights and employers? practices in telephone, computer and email monitoring, polygraph and drug testing, and background investigations.
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"The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution?s Bill of Rights protects people against unreasonable searches of their persons or homes and seizures of their personal possessions. Although the Constitution does not mention the word ?Privacy?, it was thought that the Bill of Rights covered certain privacy rights. The invasion of privacy can be thought of on two levels. The first level involves events that can be seen and observed. The second level includes information that generates permanent records and can therefore be searched. When the Bill of Rights was written in 1791, it was during a time when people learned about each other from what they observed in public. Permanent records consisted mainly of private letters and journals. The protection offered by the Fourth Amendment seemed adequate at the time."
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Drug Testing, 2006.
A look at the growing practice of drug testing in the workplace and the legal issue raised by this practice concerning the individual's right to privacy.
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Drug testing in the workplace became a growing practice in the face of information showing the prevalence of drug use, especially for certain sensitive positions and dangerous industries. The practice increased with the belief that preventing drug use would have a business benefit by reducing potential medical problems, liability, lost work days and so on. This paper discusses the increasing use of drug testing in the workplace and the concerns raised about privacy, especially the privacy of those who weren't using drugs but were tested just the same.
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Drug Testing in the Workplace, 2002.
This paper discusses whether the costs for drug testing in the workplace are greater than the benefits.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper introduces drug testing in the workplace as a controversial issue. There are those who hold the position that it is an invasion of privacy. On the hand there are those who believe that in today?s society drug testing is a necessary evil, regardless of the invasion of privacy issue. The paper shows that the goals of employee drug testing include improvements in workplace safety, productivity and product integrity, however, as a decline in the use of drug testing by companies would suggest, drug testing programs did not meet these goals. This research supports the theory that drug testing in the work place does not improve productivity, and that it costs more money than it saves for companies. The author makes use of illustrations and graphs to support his argument.
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The Reliability Issue
Trends in Drug Testing
Does Drug Testing Improve Productivity?
The Costs of Drug Testing
Conclusion and Recommendations
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"Advocates of drug testing in the work place would have us believe that the benefits far outweigh the costs. They paint a picture that would lead us to believe that America is a country made of substance abusers, who regularly endanger innocent citizens through their impairment caused by substance abuse. It has achieved this through sensationalizing a few accidents that could have been caused due to operator substance abuse. However, the facts do not support this picture, as illustrated by the low number of positive results obtained. Drug testing costs approximately $2000 per employee tested."
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The Privacy Rights of Individuals, 2005.
This paper discusses court cases, which deal with the privacy rights of individuals in the areas of homosexuality, drug testing, birth control and the right to die.
1,270 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that, although everyone agrees that privacy rights of individuals should be protected by governmental laws, the extent of one's right to privacy has often been a matter of vast disagreement in the court system of the United States. The author points out that an individual's right to sexual privacy, including homosexuality, is an issue that has been brought before the courts repeatedly; "Bowers v. Hardwick" is a landmark case fought in 1986, which tested these boundaries. The paper relates that the United States Supreme Court has established that, to some extent, an individual does have a limited right to die: by citing "Griswold v. Connecticut" and even "Roe v. Wade", the court stated that, if the right to privacy is broad enough to include a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy, it also provides a basis for the right to die.
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"Drug testing is another issue that has been fiercely debated in the courts. With the increase of illegal drug use across the United States, many institutions have tried to institute a policy of random testing in order to combat the problem. Opponents of this policy claim that these random drug tests are an invasion of privacy rights and violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches. A group of parents challenged the Oklahoma school district's policy of random drug testing in front of the Supreme Court. The school district established a policy of random urine tests for students who want to join the marching band, academic team or any competitive extracurricular activity. In previous cases, the court had ruled that general urine testing required a warrant or some evidence of drug use. However, in a school setting, there is a lower expectation to privacy and in Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton in 1995, the Supreme Court ruled that drug testing for student athletes did not violate their privacy rights, since these students were the most at risk and could choose whether or not to participate in sporting activities."
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Pile Testing, 2002.
A description of two major types of pile tests-- pile-load test and integrity test.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper introduces and discusses pile tests methods - pile-load tests and integrity tests. The integrity tests include the acoustic test and the seismic test method. For each test the procedure and interpretation are discussed. Real-world cases are investigated and pictures are presented. Advantages and disadvantages of each method are concluded in the end.
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"In carrying out a maintained load test to determine the load capacity of a pile, it is suggested that it is necessary first to estimate the load capacity so that a suitable loading and reaction system may be provided, and then to define some physical event by which ?failure?, and hence the ultimate capacity of the pile may be recognized. Among the commonly used definitions of the ultimate load capacity are: First--The load that causes a settlement equal to 10% of the pile diameter. Second?The load at which the rate of settlement continues undiminished without further increment of load, unless this rate is so slow as to indicate that settlement may be a result of consideration of the soil. For example, Qu in Figure 2 could be taken as the ultimate load."
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Privacy in South Korea, 2005.
This paper is a proposal for a quantitative research analysis of privacy issues in South Korea today.
16,840 words (approx. 67.4 pages), 128 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper explains that personal concepts of individual privacy are fundamentally different in the East from in the West, but there are certain commonalities about the human condition, which require a reasonable expectation for privacy in order for people to thrive and prosper. The author points out that, in their efforts to rebuild their economy, the South Korean government and South Korean people are drawing strength from many of the same factors. which motivated their impressive economic accomplishments over the last several decades. The paper describes a survey based on Pederson (1979) and Marshall (1974) scales as the instrument's framework and statistical analysis of the resulting data. Tables. Questionnaire.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Study
Background of the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study and Research Questions
Theoretical Basis of the Study
Significance of the Study
Definition of Terms
Limitations and Assumptions
Review of the Literature
Introduction
General Concepts of Privacy
The Legal Tradition
Cultural Theorists
Privacy and Korean Culture
Background of Culture and Sense of Community
Attitudes towards Privacy
Current Privacy Theory and Technology
Attitudes towards Privacy
South Korean Government, Technology and Privacy
Privacy Indicators
Privacy in the Family
Privacy in the Workplace
Chapter Summary
Methodology
Introduction
Research Steps
Nature of the Study
Case Study Methodology and Research Approach
Ethical Procedures
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"Two general but major theoretical orientations provide the basic foundation for the present investigation. These guide the cultural and philosophical theories that are described in detail in the following chapter. The first relates to cultural theory in general; the second pertains to personal privacy. With regard to culture, it can be said in the most general terms that culture is the most basic determinant of the wants and behaviors of individuals. Culture is an important idea because it deals with the way people live and approach problem solving in a social and organizational context. Those growing up in a given society quickly learn a basic set of values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors unique to that culture. These concepts are learned through a process of socialization which involves the family, social group, school, and other institutions. Nevertheless, it is important to understand that different cultural theories continually surface as researchers learn increasingly more about culture and society. New perspectives give rise to new theoretical bases for assessing culture. Many early anthropologists conceived of culture as a collection of traits. Characteristics and behaviors were spread from one society to another. However, critics of this approach pointed out that the theory failed to explain why certain traits spread and others do not."
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Software Testing In The Product Life Cycle, 2007.
A research analysis of the place of software testing in the development and life-cycle of a software product.
4,289 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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This paper aims to provide an overview of software testing throughout the development and life-cycle of a software product. It focuses on the need for testing and how testing fits into the software development life-cycle. The paper presents a research component that analyzes how to formulate a software testing strategy prior to deploying and releasing a software product.
Table of Contents:
Definitions and Terms in the Research
Objective
Introduction
Software Testing Overview
Purpose of Software Testing Categories
Life-cycle Phase Testing Categories
Software Testing Tools
Test Automation Overview
Product Life Cycle Test Automation
Product Life Cycle
Application Test Tools
Classic Testing Mistakes
Developing a Team of Testers is Key in Software Development and Testing
Summary and Conclusion
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"The introduction of technology and features being developed in the rapid action which this occurs and to, at the same time, make improvement to the quality of the product and as well to respond to the issues of customers in product development is quite an initiative to undertake. Driving development and quality assurance of software are the technology market which is characterized by an extremely fast past and the revisions are released just as quickly. While quality is considered to be important in the high-tech marketplace new and robust features are considered even more important. (Ben-Yaacov and Gazlay, 2001) Four key measurements of the software product quality have been identified to be the technology, features, freedom from bugs and responsive support. (Ben-Yaacov and Gazlay, 2001)"
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