...This essay will discuss the following main statement; the adoption of a proposed new look Code of Ethics, based on the international Federation Accountants’ code, will ensure that New Zealand Charted Accountants meet their ethical responsibilities. Within this essay an adverse position will be taken towards the previous statement. The international Federation of Accountants (IFAC) states that, professional standards and the code of ethics form important benchmarks that should be met by practicing accountants. Accountants should understand and apply them when conducting any type of work (Pickett 2005). The New Zealand Institute of Charted Accountants (NZICA) is a member of IFAC, as part of its member obligations NZICA has to apply the same standards as IFAC (nzica) . This is how the previous statement arises, due to IFAC recently going through a major revision of the code in the area of independence. (nzica) .This essay will appoint different issues and concerns about adopting a new code of ethics and how this change will actually affect the society. Such points are; personal moral judgment, ethical education being a factor of ethical responsibilities and unclear types of enforcement and points of the Code of Ethics. “Good ethics, whether at work or home, demands self-knowledge, Whereas some groups want to see ethics as a skill or a particular part of organizational transformation, practising good ethics ultimately comes down to you and how you make decisions.”(6). Moral judgment...
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...This essay will discuss the following main statement; the adoption of a proposed new look Code of Ethics, based on the international Federation Accountants’ code, will ensure that New Zealand Charted Accountants meet their ethical responsibilities. Within this essay an adverse position will be taken towards the previous statement. The international Federation of Accountants (IFAC) states that, professional standards and the code of ethics form important benchmarks that should be met by practicing accountants. Accountants should understand and apply them when conducting any type of work (Pickett 2005). The New Zealand Institute of Charted Accountants (NZICA) is a member of IFAC, as part of its member obligations NZICA has to apply the same standards as IFAC (nzica) . This is how the previous statement arises, due to IFAC recently going through a major revision of the code in the area of independence. (nzica) .This essay will appoint different issues and concerns about adopting a new code of ethics and how this change will actually affect the society. Such points are; personal moral judgment, ethical education being a factor of ethical responsibilities and unclear types of enforcement and points of the Code of Ethics. “Good ethics, whether at work or home, demands self-knowledge, Whereas some groups want to see ethics as a skill or a particular part of organizational transformation, practising good ethics ultimately comes down to you and how you make decisions.”(6). Moral judgment...
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...Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to reflect on an incident, which took place in a hospital setting during the first month of my Foundation Degree Assistant Practitioner course. It will explore the importance of communication amongst the health care professionals and how a good nursing documentation is an integral part of nursing. It will also demonstrate how reflection enabled me to make sense of and learn from this experience, as well as identify any further learning developments needed to improve my practice and achieve the level of competency needed for when I qualify as an assistant practitioner. While discussing the knowledge underpinning practice, evidence based literature will be reviewed to support my discussion and for the purpose of reflection the essay will be written in the first person. Spouse, J, et al (2008). Jonhs, C (2009) defined reflection as learning through our every day experiences, towards realising one’s vision of desirable practice as a lived reality. He also added that it is a critical and a flexible process of self inquiry and transformation of being and becoming the practitioner you desire to be. However, Ghaye, T et al. (2000) stated that for the health care professionals to develop a more reflective posture, they must fully embrace both the principles and the practices of reflection. It is about becoming more aware of how we learn and how this affects what we think, feel and do. There are different models for reflection; some are more...
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...Essay on relevancy and admissibility of evidence in court: There are facts that are relevant to the issue and can be proved. On the other end there are those facts which cannot be proved on the ground that they are irrelevant to the issue. Such facts include the character of the accused and are broken down into facts of character evidence, similar fact, previous consistent and evidence of previous conviction. The general rule of law regarding the irrelevant facts is that they are inadmissible. Character evidence is regarded as irrelevant fact and the general rule of law is that it is inadmissible in court. There are, however, exceptions to the general rule where character evidence becomes admissible. In a situation where the accused adduces evidence to establish his own good character, he becomes exposed to attack by prosecution who then tries to prove a point that the accused is of bad character. Another, instance, is where the nature of the accused’s defence is to attack the character of either the prosecutor or witnesses for prosecution. For an example, the accused might allege that the prosecutor is being vindictive because he refused to pay the prosecutor money to let him off the hook. Evidence of similar fact is evidence of the past bad conduct which refers to a particular, immoral or illegal conduct of a party which has nothing to do with the issue in dispute but similar to a fact in issue. The general rule is that that the accused has had bad behaviour and character...
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...Best Way to Hire People Donalisa Johnson Kline English Proficiency/01 July 13, 2015 Facilitator: Beth Pouska Best Way to Hire People Building a great organization requires great employees. Hiring the ideal employee for a particular position, whether you are attempting to promote internally or hire externally, can be very stressful. The purpose of an effective hiring process is to increase the organization’s potential, but an ineffective hiring process can cause the organization to spend excessive money and time, and create a bad reputation in the marketplace. This essay will address the best way to hire people. Step 1: Job Posting An effective job posting should be clear and concise and attract qualified candidates. It is best to ensure that the job description is clear and can be understood, if not applicants will assume that they will enjoy the job and can perform the job. List specific requirements and limitations for the job requirements; for example, educational requirement, experience requirement, and scheduling requirement. The employer should be up front about the job description and requirements. The employer should recommend that the candidate not to apply if they can’t perform the duties in the job description or meet the job requirements. Avoid creating simple applications which only requests a resume to be attached. Instead, add an assignment to the application, which requires the applicant to follow instructions and put forth greater efforts...
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...Pharmacy students, upon entering their institutions, have to abide by a code of conduct usually higher than other students following a different career path. Students specialising in law, marketing or accounting do not have to maintain the high standard of professionalism that pharmacy students have to demonstrate whilst in school. Students have deemed this set of rules unfair and professionals insist that it has to be maintained in order to fully understand the grasp of pharmacy as a profession. Personally, I understand the need to abide by these rules but also agree with other students that is not necessarily fair. The profession,pharmacy, deals with lives. The three most important aspect of pharmacy are quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and these in turn help to save patients’ lives, to improve their health and to manage chronic diseases while at the same time maximising the comfort of the patient. It is important to demonstrate a degree of professionalism for patients to ensure their lives in our care. This level of competence can only be exhibited upon entering the profession if students are taught right from day one. It improves the chances of perfecting skills that have been taught and instilled from college and therefore of providing better services to the patients. As future pharmacists, pharmacy students have to assume the role and learn to behave in an appropriate manner that is respectful to both the profession and colleagues. A pharmacist or even a pharmacy...
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...Ethics Essay Shannon Williams ETH/316 November 25, 2013 Jeremy Gephart Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does. This is a saying that I have been taught as a child. While reading this essay it will discuss the similarities and differences of virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology, theory as it relates to ethics and morals. Also how a personal experience that explains the relationship between virtue, values, and moral concepts as it relates to one of the theories. Ethics and morality play a major role in day to day situations; they dictate how to respond in an acceptable manner. Similarities and Differences Virtue Ethics deals with what is right or wrong. It is a character-based ethic that views ones action over a period and not for a single action. Utilitarianism theory implies that an action is morally right when it creates a worthy result for the greater good of the people. Deontology is a moral theory that emphasis on one’s duty to do the right thing or take an action, without thinking of the consequences. All three theories deal with how a person perceives, judges, and react to a situation. Each theory deals with demonstrating the good in a person; making the right or morally correct decision. Both Virtue Ethics and Deontology deal with what is ethically and morally right or wrong. Motivation is what causes a significant difference among the three theories. Virtue ethics emphasis trying to achieve excellence in...
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...TOPIC: Reflective essay on the teaching session and facilitating workplace learning module. INTRODUCTION As a requirement for the pre-registration program in Nilai University, I have to take Facilitating Workplace learning module. The aim of this module is to enable me to become a better facilitator in the future. Having experiences from my previous clinical posting, I realized that nursing profession is not only about patient’s bedside care, but also workplace improvement by facilitating others for example students, colleagues and patient health teaching. Gopee (2011) defined facilitating learning is that the learner becomes aware that they should be the originator of their thinking, meaning to say the learner should take more control of their learning instead of passively receive information from the teacher. In addition, facilitating learning is usually form part of healthcare’s professional code, as mentioned in code of practice by Nursing Midwifery Council (2008) that registered nurse must be willing to share their experiences and skills for the good of their colleagues and must facilitate student and others to develop their competent. In order to fulfill this subject, I have two main parts to complete. First, a plan for facilitating a learning session applied all the relevant theories that have been lecturing, and the second part, I am going to write here is a reflective essay using Gibb’s (1988) reflective cycle on what I have learn from this module and my learning...
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...Ethics comparison essay Michael Njus ETH316 June 23, 2014 Aubrey Weekes Ethics comparison essay INTRODUCTION This paper will take a look at three different theories of ethics. The three theories are deontological, utilitarianism and virtue theory. The basics of ethics theories are similar in the fact that they are all a set of rules that govern what is deemed to be right or wrong, the following will define each and attempt to point out some differences in the theories. Deontological ethics, are ethical theories that place special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. Deontology (Greek deon, “duty,” and logos, “science”) consequently focuses on logic and ethics (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014) Utilitarianism is a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of its consequences; specifically: a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number. (Merriam Webster, 2014) Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. (Athanassoulis, 2014) While the aim of all three theories is that we should strive to do what is right, the length that we should go to and who they would affect is the main difference in the three. The main difference...
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...thought that I could not possibly be a professional individual if I let my embarrassment and sympathy get in the way of my nursing care. We assisted Mr B into the bath and started his wash. I knew he was uncomfortable and wanted to be able to wash himself, but was unable to do so. I was finding it difficult to look him in the eye, especially when it came to washing his genitalia. I tried to ease this by making conversation, but in a way this made matters worse. After the bath we dried Mr B, dressed him and returned him in the wheelchair to bed. To the healthcare assistant it was another job done, but the feelings I had afterwards, as I am sure was the case with Mr B, stayed with me for some time. This reflective account provides a good description of the nurse’s feelings but it does not go much beyond that. What additional information is needed to develop it? Adapted from Jasper, M. 2003. Beginning...
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...gradebook, file management, chat box, and calendar. LORE has social networking features which is beneficial for student to communicate easily with each other. The thing works just the same as you assist your class online. You can post the material anywhere and anytime. With all those powerful function that LORE brings, LORE is such a helpful media to help us improve class performance. LORE boost literacy skill, it bridges student-teacher encounter, it encourages student in publishing their works. Why use LORE? Many people see ICT media as a burden because of the cost and practicality. As we know, ICT media is not only expensive because it requires internet connection, but also it is not quite practical because it requires computer to conduct the learning process. Most schools nowadays have covered their area with network, so the student can use the internet freely. Internet in this age happens as free facility, we can get the free internet from cafeteria, coffee shop, even mall. Now computer is not as luxury as decades ago. Most students in 2012 seized the computer as it is just a book. Even if they...
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...efficient manger through planning, organizing, leading and controlling organizational resources. So the top management is the maker of company’s strategy. They guide the direction of where should company go. When there is a change within organization, some problems can not be avoided, such as resistances from lower level staff. So top management does a good job on introducing change is necessary. They need to introduce the plan in detail to make staff and middle managers to better understand the plan. They can show the evaluation about the advantages and benefits of the change to employees. With that, the plan can be accepted by everyone in the company. In Electra-Quik, Martin needs to keep enthusiastic all the time and support Barbara’s ideas in order to make Barbara’s plan can be accepted in the meeting. Secondly, in the process of building a learning organization, the middle level managers and employees also play an important role. Middle level managers are the links between top management and employees; they monitor the changes, collect the feedback of changes and report the effects of changes to the top. Employees conduct the changes...
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...thought that I could not possibly be a professional individual if I let my embarrassment and sympathy get in the way of my nursing care. We assisted Mr B into the bath and started his wash. I knew he was uncomfortable and wanted to be able to wash himself, but was unable to do so. I was finding it difficult to look him in the eye, especially when it came to washing his genitalia. I tried to ease this by making conversation, but in a way this made matters worse. After the bath we dried Mr B, dressed him and returned him in the wheelchair to bed. To the healthcare assistant it was another job done, but the feelings I had afterwards, as I am sure was the case with Mr B, stayed with me for some time. This reflective account provides a good description of the nurse’s feelings but it does not go much beyond that. What additional information is needed to develop it? Adapted from Jasper, M. 2003. Beginning...
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...UNIV 111 Education Portfolio Search SKIP TO CONTENT SAMPLE PAGE UNIV 111: UNIT 2 ESSAY – CONSUMPTION AS ETHICAL BEHAVIOR APRIL 28, 2015 PARKJH37 LEAVE A COMMENT The second writing is about the Consumption as Ethical Behavior. In this analytic 1350-word essay, the viewpoints of two thinkers are compared and reflected regarding to the ethical appeals that the company makes. For this essay, I chose Starbucks Company as the ethical company and I have introduced two writers from our readings in class. I honestly had hard time starting the introduction of this essay, because it was a new way of writing that I have never experience before. However, through many drafting and the help of my Focused Inquiry Professor, I was able to write this essay. UNIV 111 Unit 2 Essay Consumption as Ethical Behavior UNIV 111 Ju Hee Park 02 – 18 – 15 Everyone loves to have a cup of Starbucks Coffee for a relaxing break, for meeting a friend and talk to, for grab and go, and etc during our daily complex schedule. And Starbucks Company has made all these possible by providing a great place to socialize with other people while they are enjoying their products. But not only, Starbucks good at providing a social zone, and their luxurious qualities, the Starbucks Coffee Company also supports some ethical values. The Starbucks Coffee Company promotes their ethical values by claiming that they are constructing greener stores, recycling and reducing waste, conserving water and energy, preventing...
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...The good aspects of relying on precedent to decide current cases is that people will know what can happen if it is same type of case. It will lead to same outcome to all, with no exceptions. The bad aspects of relying on precedent are that if there is a wrong precedent it will keep for a very long time, making it very rigid and with no exceptions. In the case I chose as a landmark in previous assignment: Gideon vs. Wainwright. Gideon was an indigent and he was not given a counsel appointed by the court when he asked for it, because his case was a noncapital case. He was sued for robbery and as a result he got in jail. He took a long time until the Supreme Court saw the case, during his stay in jail. Finally the 9 judges allowed him to have a lawyer who defended him and had a fairer trial (equal conditions) where a lawyer defended him and set up a landmark and precedent for the future. During the new trial it was shown that he was not who commit the robbery. ADR means “Alternative Dispute Resolution”. These are: negotiation, arbitration, mediation, mini-trial, fact-finding and judicial referee. Usually litigation is more expensive because of the legal fees and expenses and also it can take years for the court system to resolve disputes. The elements of a negligence claim are: -Duty of care -Breach of duty -Injury to plaintiff -Actual cause -Proximate cause The difference between intentional tort and negligence is the intention. In negligence claims...
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