Nevertheless, if a number of relatively minor separate incidents may add up to sexual harassment if the incidents affect your work environment. One case for example is Harris v. Forklift Systems, which created an objectively hostile or abusive work environment. The Supreme Court held that to be actionable the discriminatory conduct must be critical and
Perjury can be committed if a false statement is made under oath before any body that has lawful authority to administer an oath to the witness who appear before it. To constitute perjury the false statement must be material and has to concern a matter that has a bearing on the proceedings. Criminal contempt is deliberate conduct to obstruct or embarrass a court of law or conduct a demonstrated degrade of the role of the judicial officer. There are two types of criminal contempt direct contempt is the act committed in the presence of the court and indirect contempt is that act committed outside of the courts presence. Obstruction of justice is the attempt to interfere with the administration of public justice.
ABUSE: any form of ill-treatment. Harm can arise in a variety of ways, both intentional and unintentional. Agent of abuse and harm Possible Consequences Unintentional exposure to harm by , for example: • Failing to explain a
Defamation- A statement that gives a negative impression of a person, company, group, product, government, or country. Libel/Slander? Slander and libel are both types of defamation, which refers to statements that damage another person's reputation. While there are similarities, each focuses on different types of defamation strategy. The primary difference between slander and libel is that libel is the written or otherwise printed public defamation of a person or entity, while slander is the spoken defamation of a person or entity.
Analysis of People of Hinkley vs. PG & E I. First Cause of Action: Strict Liability: Civil wrong for which there is absolute liability because the inherent danger in the underlying activity. The prima facie elements of strict liability are as follows: 1) Hazardous condition or activity: Toxic water from the PG&E plant getting into the water of the community. 2) Causation: Actual Cause: the element of negligence that connects the duty and the breach of duty to the injuries to the plaintiff. The “but for” test for causation is used.
Keshia Warnken Case Project Professor Howard Hammer Case Project Part One- Table Part Two Theories Negligence/Hospital Negligence Negligence is a tort. “Tort” means a legal wrong, breach of duty, or negligent or unlawful act or omission proximately causing injury or damage to another (Ind. Ann. Code $ 34-18-2-28).Negligence is defined as a failure to exercise that degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under like circumstances; or as conduct that creates an undue risk of harm to others; the negligence theory of liability protects interests related to safety or freedom from physical harm(21 Ind. Law Encyc.
This not only is against the policy and procedures set forth by the hospital but also is a HIPAA violation. “For obvious reasons, this scenario illuminates numerous HIPAA violations, the potentiality for breaches, and the intentional acts that increase the severity of the violations and thereby induce the possibility of self-reported HIPAA violations (Vivian, 2009; Moskop. et. al., 2006, p. 54). Whereas, the dividing line between those HIPAA violations and the potentiality of privacy breaches, data or information security and intent are murky, this incidence necessitates action (Vivian, 2009).
Negligence equate with carelessness, a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would use in a particular set of circumstances (Guido, 2010). Malpractice is a more specific term that addresses a professional standard of care as well as the professional status of the caregiver; Professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional or judiciary duties (Guido, 2010). Gross negligence is an act or omission which when viewed objectively from the standpoint of the person at the time of its occurrence involves an extreme degree of risk, considering the probability and magnitude of the potential harms to others ("Malice/gross Negligence", 2006). The neighborhood newspaper is referring to the incident as negligence, however because this error was made by professionals its malpractice. The medical professionals who were involved in this surgery all participated in professional misconduct.
* Emotional/psychological abuse: is the use of threats, humiliation, bullying, swearing and other verbal conduct, or any other form of mental cruelty, which results in mental or physical distress. It includes the denial of basic human and civil rights, such as choice, self-expression, privacy and dignity. Examples of Emotional/Psychological Abuse * Intimidation by word or deed; * Humiliation; * Harassment; * Enforced social isolation (including cultural discrimination); * Blaming, controlling, threats. * Financial abuse: is the unauthorised and improper use of funds, property or any resources belonging to an individual. Those who financially abuse may be people who hold a position of trust, power, and authority or has the confidence of the Adult at Risk.
When these actions of racial profiling takes away from your state of being free, power to do as you please, and in some cases your freedom from physical restraint; are in violations of your liberty making it immoral. In retrospect, what makes racial profiling immoral is the state that it leaves the victim in which is commonly a vulnerable one. This vulnerable state can consist of the feeling of being untrustworthy, an outcast, or stripped of his/her liberty. Everything about this goes against the way we should be treating each other morally regardless of our individual religious or personal