Ethics Class

Chapter 14 Discussion questions:

Discuss bioethics? Discuss health care professionals and patients & their families-rights & obligations. Discuss truth telling and informed consent. Discuss intercultural bioethics. Discuss ethical issues in medicine. Discuss human experimentation.

Who develops the technology?

Who controls the technology (or does it control us)?

Should there be “human intervention” in the technology development and use (e.g. are “robots” building “robots”)?

How does “surveillance” and “oversight” of the technology blur the lines of the impact of invasion of privacy versus security?

Knowledge Management has become a crucial component of a competitive organization and this argues that knowledge is a mark of civilization and has been discussed, disputed and managed in most spheres of human activity for all of history

Discuss and give your opinion NOT LESS THAN 5 lines

many people still do not get their economic and social rights, such as rights to food, education, or housing. Find a case where there is one of the following: persistent hunger (or malnutrition), homelessness, or denial of education, and outline why this occurs, and why the situation is a violation of human rights?

Microwaves can cause tissue damage. For a microwave, emitting energy, wavelength = 12cm, how many photons must be absorbed to raise the temperature of a human eyeball 3 C? Mass of the eye =11g, specific heat of the eyeball is 4.0 J/g K.

particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter affect human health more than do larger particles. identify 5 chemicals that you might expect to see in high concentrations in these particles in polluted air. why did u pick these chemicals?

The fact that effective Human Resource Management (HRM) means that “a company has the right number of employees and that these employees are qualified to do their jobs.” Tap into your knowledge from management about HRM activities to explain how a company ensures that these two requirements are met.