Category: Ethics
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Ethics: Dual Relationships
Dual-role relationships are a very important topic in the social working area since they can affect both sides: the specialist and the client. Still, the social worker is more susceptible to the situations when such relationships occur; they can have ethical dilemmas. Where a dual or multiple relationship exists, social workers are responsible for ensuring…
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Discussion: Ethics in Healthcare Research
This assessment critically evaluates two peer-reviewed journal articles concerning ethics in research. The first is “Publication pressure versus ethics, in research and publication” by Bahl and Bahl (2021), and the second is entitled “Research and publication ethics in developing countries” by Sharma and Ghimire (2021). The two research articles go deeply into ethical issues, with…
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Are You Listening?: Ethical Issue of Privacy Violation
A couple of days ago, I experimented to determine whether online apps listen to conversations. My friend and I were sitting at a coffee bar, smartphones on the table, discussing our experiences with purchasing iPhones from online stores. While we were discussing, microphones and cameras on our phones were turned on. After about 24 hours…
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Engineering Competence and the Code of Ethics
An engineer is ethically right to leave one company to another even if the new company is a competitor to the previous one. The current working conditions may be unfavorable, forcing the engineer to leave the job. Some customers may feel comfortable to follow the engineer to the new company (Steib 161). Steib observes that…
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History of Assessment and Ethical Issues – Psychology
In psychology, assessment is regarded as a critical process as it helps clinical psychologists acquire valuable information in diagnoses, selection of treatment options, and therapeutic change quantification. Personal assessment has become a very common practice in a wide range of subjects. Personality assessment involves the study of the characteristics which constitute the social, behavioral, emotional,…
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Ethics in Group Psychotherapy
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The ethical dilemma in the situation is that the interns are discussing clients in a public setting and sharing confidential information about the clients to understand their difficulties. The confidentiality statutes require therapists to refrain from discussing privileged information with colleagues, friends, family, or other persons not…
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Social, Legal, And Ethical Issues in the Modern Database Era
In the past two decades, database-relevant issues have become intense, considering the all-penetrating nature of the data collection. Approaching social, legal, and ethical concerns of modern database society might be challenging as we have entered a new digitised era of Big Data Revolution. It means that nowadays, society is facing an exponential growth of data…
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Ethical Terrorist Elimination in the United States
Terrorism is one of the most important issues to resolve in the modern world since it usually involves a high number of victims. It could be said that its central goal is to evoke chaos, misbalance, and panic in the society. In this instance, terrorism violates the rights of the individuals while this violent act…
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Ethical Aspects of Providing Assistance to Students
The assigned readings include comprehensive information regarding the setting and the ethical aspects of assisting students and their parents. Thus, Summers (2016) writes that morality is an essential component of helping individuals, and the consideration of issues through this lens allows for addressing the gap in legal provisions’ ethics. This idea relates to the social…
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Human Trafficking: Ethical Issues
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction Human trafficking is often referred to as a modern form of slavery as people are deprived of their basic rights and are often treated poorly. Sex exploitation of women has been mainly associated with human trafficking for decades, although victims are often exploited in different ways…