Essays on Professional Conduct

Introduction

A comparison of engineering licensure and regulation in the United States and Canada reveal critical differences between the two countries. Nonetheless, the licensure and regulation between the two countries converge at the point where government intervention in the profession offer some level of autonomy for engineers in their duty to promote public welfare and consumer protection. It has to be noted that privileges given to engineers in Canada present tremendous responsibility to the players. Besides, state regulation and licensure in the United States gives the state the watchdog powers to oversee the operations of individual engineers and corporate entities ...

Cardillo Travel Systems

The Cardillo Travel Systems case shows the way the management cooked up the books only to be caught later. This essay will attempt to answer some questions on this case. False Representation to External Auditors: The executives at Cardillo Travel Systems were aware it needed to maintain a minimum of $3 million of stockholder’s equity threshold established by the court outstanding against the organization. (Ritterburg, 2012). This was the reason that shaped their intent to falsify the organization’s books to misrepresent facts before investors and creditors. The issue started with the accountants at Cardillo making an improper ...

Question One: SEC’s Rationale to Charge Cardillo Executive

Making False Representation to External Auditor The executives of Cardillo intended to give false financial information to lure investors and creditors. They intended to get at least $3 million thresholds that were established by the court. As a result, the executives made inappropriate adjusting entry, which gave the SEC the reason to charge them. They lied to the external auditors that the $203, 000 that was received from United Airlines was income to the company, which was not the case (Ritteberg, 2012). In the real sense, the money that was paid by the United Airlines was supposed to be ...

Q1. Prevention of Errors and Patient Management

Blood products are considered medications and thus should require the same level of precautionary measures as when a nurse administers a drug to a patient. Errors in blood product administration can be prevented by learning and adhering to applicable guidelines. According to the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT, 2011), a checking procedure should be undertaken for blood products prior to transfusion. The nurse must check that the blood group as indicated on the product is compatible with the patient’s blood group as indicated on the laboratory compatibility label (ANZSBT, 2011). In case there are ...

In my training and practice in psychology, I have attempted to reconcile my sense of professional ethics with my spirituality. By Christ, we are called upon to be the “salt and light” of the world. However, as healthcare professionals, we are meant to disentangle our personal beliefs from our professional conduct. Entwistle (2015) talks about the major obstacles to integrating our worldview into our counseling. One of these obstacles is the absence of a “holistic theology,” which teaches us that all life is given by, and belongs to, God. I believe that a holistic theology can help alleviate the ...

Limited leverage and business

A majority of small business are discouraged from having high leverage ratios. In this case, Frank having a small proprietary, is unaware of the benefit that the business might be having with leverages. Subsequently, his fears are based credit being expensive. According to McCabe and Yook (2011), with the cost of finance fixed, the increased revenues attributed to these credit finance, offers cushion on writing off the loan because it will generate more earnings. However, it is only when well managed that credit will be of advantage to the company or business. In excess, the liability increases the third ...

Healthcare of the Elderly

Healthcare policies and law are an important part of society because it will result to cost changes, quality improvement of life, and safety and preparedness drills in cases of disaster or adversities (Teitelbaum & Pozgar, 2015). Essentially, this should be straightforward which is to promote and protect the lives of the individual and population (Teitelbaum & Pozgar, 2015). The four factors affecting the complexity of healthcare framework are: 1) Socio-political and legal implications (which are mostly driven by competing interest and different advocates; 2) Personal philosophy and beliefs; 3) Vagueness with handling healthcare policies; 4) Rapid advancement of technology (Teitelbaum & Pozgar, ...