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Avoid Ethical Issues In Real Estate With Common Sense
Being a real estate agent can be rewarding. Connecting buyers with the home of their dreams can be exciting. But the job requires common sense and the ability to stay ethical at all times. After all, real estate agents deal with homes, which are often the biggest purchase a person will make in their… Read More »
Basic Ethics Rules For Insurance Adjusters
The insurance field requires filing claims, and there is always ethics involved in these cases. An insurance adjuster is in charge of determining coverage for a claim, and this requires strict adherence to the highest ethical standards under an adjuster’s code of ethics and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Unfair Claims Settlement… Read More »
Things That Can Threaten Your Dentist License
Dentists need a license in order to practice dentistry. This license can be revoked or suspended at any time. Some common examples include breaking the law, poor hygiene, and ethical issues. Because of the risks involved, dentists need to do their best to uphold professionalism. They need to be aware of what constitutes unethical… Read More »
Pharmacists Face Ethical Issues Regarding Palliative Care
Pharmacists do more than count pills and dole out the proper amount of medications, They also face ethical issues when a patient is dealing with a chronic or terminal illness and desires something that will either help them or at least make them comfortable until the inevitable (death) happens. These issues were recently discussed… Read More »
Ethics Ratings Down Among Licensed Professionals
When licensed professionals engage in everyday work activities, they may not be focusing on ethics, but they should. The ethics of 23 professions were measured in Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics poll, which was published earlier this year. Here are a few highlights: Nurses are at the top of the list for the 22nd… Read More »
New AVMA Ethics Policy Reveals Flaws
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) decides on the principles, guidelines, and overall ethics that veterinarians in the United States must abide by. The Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics were recently approved and updated, and veterinarians are seeing some flaws in the new policy. The AVMA’s ethics principles concerning end-of-life considerations show some troubling… Read More »
Pharmacist’s License Suspended For Drug Diversion
Pharmacists have to act in a moral manner at all times. They handle drugs on a daily basis and therefore need to be ethical in their dealings. This means not diverting medications for their own use. However, the urge to steal prescription drugs is strong when a person has constant, unrestricted access to them…. Read More »
Can You Lose Your Nursing License If You Seek Substance Abuse Treatment?
It’s not easy to work a job in the medical field. Dealing with patients can be draining. Not only are they stressed out, but nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals often work extremely long shifts (12 hours or more), so they’re exhausted. To stay alert or calm their nerves, many medical professionals turn to… Read More »
Professional Engineer’s Poor Design Of Home Cost $800K
As a professional engineer, clients put a lot of trust in you to build safe buildings. This is especially true for homes. Nobody wants to live in an unsafe home that is not structurally sound. Unfortunately, this happened to a Rhode Island resident. The home was so defective that it had to be demolished,… Read More »
Social Media Ethics In Real Estate
Social media is rampant nowadays. It seems like almost everyone is on some site, whether it is Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, or TikTok. Social media is an amazing tool for marketing a business. It allows you to reach millions of people with just one post. This is especially true in the real estate industry…. Read More »
