WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — The Interior Department's program to collect billions of dollars annually from oil and gas companies that drill on federal lands is troubled by mismanagement, ethical lapses and fears of retaliation against whistle-blowers, the department's chief independent investigator has concluded.
Philosopher of science Daniel Hicks of Western University in London, Canada, has studied how sociopolitical and ethical concerns for example, fears about abuse of intellectual property rights get mixed up with the technical questions about food safety in the GMO debate.
Refusal to treat patients with HIV has primarily been associated with a lack of ethical responsibility and fears related to cross infection [ 4].
indicated ethical dilemmas; and fear of becoming a 'women hospital' only indicated a concern that abused men would be neglected.
Those who oppose the act for religious or ethical reasons (or fear of lawsuits) can throw up roadblocks.
Without a commitment from management and a way for people to report ethical lapses without fear of retribution, such policies may do more harm than good.
Commerford says she has never encountered the ethical conflicts she feared.
First, while information-sharing has grown more common,individuals commonly keep some health concerns to themselves, whether out of personal taste, ethical reserve, etiquette, fear or shame (Rosenberg 2000; Buss 1980; Westin 1967).
Refusal to treat patients with infectious disease results from a perceived stigma about treating such patients, discrimination, an absence of feeling ethical responsibility, a fear of being infected, and a lack of effective policies, proper knowledge, and appropriate facilities [ 4, 5, 26, 31, 32].
