Eric Shinseki was the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs at the time that the investigation broke. Afterwards he chose to step down after the discovery was made that the EWL had led to deaths not just a long waiting list for appointments. As the Secretary of the VA, Shineski could at the very least prevent a scandal of such magnitude from happening. This falls on him as a leader primarily because he should have been the coordinator and illustration of what ethical decision making looks like for his entire department. As managers, sometimes we must step out of our office, out of the meetings and go out and see what is and isn’t being done correctly in our facilities. Mr. Shineski chose to resign rather than answer questions from investigators, …show more content…
Instead of resigning, as a leader he could have requested the investigation be postponed for 1 or 2 months so that he could conduct an internal investigation to find out how this tragedy happened. As the front-runner for the VA, he was put in command lead his employees in the correct direction and show them the need for cooperation in delivering quality services to the veterans. He had at least two alternatives to resigning; He could have conducted his own investigation attempting to recover the lost names. This was achievable by going to Phoenix and sitting with employees individually to try and figure out when EWL was created, and just how many veterans were on it, and how long they had indeed waited for an appointment. Or, the other alternative would have been to just participate in the OIG investigation and assume blame for the failure of his employees to follow the rules. When a leader, states that they failed, then employees will be more inclined to help that leader clear their names by providing the information that was required to help solve the investigation. When applying the ACHE Code of Ethics to the VA Health System, it obvious that Mr. Shineski and his administrators did not read the ACHE’s code of ethics. If they had, things in phoenix and another VA’s across America may have been
The parties in this case study were the family of Jeremy Knoke and South Carolina Department of Parks and Recreation. July 5, 1991, 12 year old Jeremy Knoke died while sleeping in a cabin at Cherew State Park. He was staying at the park’s group camp facility as a guest of Berea First Baptist Church which had leased the facility from the park and recreation department. There were five boys asleep in the cabin when a fire broke out due to an electrical fan Jeremy brought with him from home. The other boy’s were able to escape the cabin quickly but Jeremy did not. His body was found on the bed next to his own as if he tried to escape but was unable to do so. The cause of death in this case was asphyxiation from smoke inhalation. The estate of
Respondent Kimberly Ellerth quit her job after 15 months as a salesperson in Burlington Industries’ allegedly because she had been subjected to constant sexual harassment by one of her supervisors, Ted Slowik. Slowik was a mid-level manager who had authority to hire and promote employees, but was not considered a policy-maker. Against a background of repeated boorish and offensive remarks and gestures allegedly made by Slowik, Ellerth places emphasis on three incidents where Slowik’s comments could be construed as threats to deny her tangible job benefits. Ellerth refused all of Slowik’s advances, yet suffered no tangible retaliation and was promoted once. She never informed anyone in authority about Slowik’s conduct, despite knowing Burlington
The man charged with the decapitation murder of Broadwater's Edward 'Ned' Kelly has been committed to stand trial. Jonathon Stenberg appeared by video link at Lismore Local court this morning. Stenberg did not enter a plea or apply for bail. By doing so Stenberg waived his right to have a committal hearing to answer the charge of murder. Magistrate R Denes committed Stenberg to stand trial in the Supreme Court in Sydney on June 7.
The 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, a unit known as the Rakkasans, were conducting Operation Iron Triangle in 2006 in Iraq when soldiers killed eight unarmed Iraqi men. The US military severely reprimanded the Commander of the Rakkasans, COL Michael Steele, for the unethical command climate his leadership allowed to exist within the unit at that time. This unit will need a new commander that can set and maintain an effective, ethical command climate through his leadership. That new commander should resolve the issues that led to the reported war crime in order to establish a culture that perpetuates an ethical command climate.
Dr. Richard Kolecki M.D. 4051 Clubhouse Court Center Valley, Pa. 18034 (484) 767-2196, was advised of the identity of Investigator Sean P. Brennan and of the confidential nature and purpose of the interview, Kolecki, provided the following information:
Olaf Dietrich, a young Australian male arrested at the Melbourne airport as he flown in from Thailand on the 17th of December 1986. He was convicted on three counts two of which were cleared, however was found guilty over the importation of 70 grams of heroin hidden in condoms that were consumed by Dietrich and found within his body. His case did not only consist of the charges pressed against him but also the unfair trial of which he argued against. Dietrich was left feeling as if the justice system had failed him and went against everything they stood for. After multiple claims to the legal aid commission Dietrich was only offered a legal representative if he agreed to plead guilty. He had also reached out to the Supreme Court for assistance but was still denied as he had failed to make an application within the obligatory time. He argued and took the case further and appealed to the high court over being forced to represent himself and failing to receive a fair trial as he was unable to afford assistance from a legal representative. He was not given one covered by the expenses of the public and was only
When a person takes steps toward the commission of a crime and has a specific intent to commit the crime, but for unforeseen reasons is unable to complete the crime the person has committed the crime of Attempt (Jirard, 2009). In the case of the State of Indiana versus Donald J. Haines, emergency personnel including two police officers [Dennis and Hayworth] along with emergency medical technicians [Garvey and Robinson] responded to Mr. Haines’s apartment for a report of a possible suicide that just occurred. When officers Dennis and Hayworth arrived at Haines’s apartment they discovered him lying face down in a pool of blood. Officer Dennis noticed that both of Haines’s wrists were cut and were bleeding. When Haines heard the paramedics he stood up, and began screaming at Dennis that he has AIDS and that he should be left to die. Dennis advised Haines that he was there to help him, and Haines told Dennis that he wanted to fuck him so that he could give him AIDS. Haines than told Dennis that he was going to utilize his wounds to spray blood on him, and began to jerk back and forth causing his infected blood to get into Dennis’ mouth and eyes. Haines told Dennis that he could not deal with having AIDS, but that he was going to make him deal with it.
The first two experts that will be presented are the previous and current Secretary of the Veteran’s Administration. Eric Shinseki was recently replaced by Robert MacDonald. Both men in this distinguished position feel that the U.S government is providing effective care to our disabled military veterans. The third expert is Mike Coffman the U.S Representative for the 6th District of Colorado. He has had a long military career, while fighting on the front lines. Rep. Coffman does not feel that the VA has effectively handled the illnesses that have been acquired while overseas and would like to have a separate government agency oversee these issues.
In regards to the standard of proof in the criminal case of The State vs. Aaron Hernandez, the state needed to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of the offense of murder. However, in the wrongful death civil case of Ursula Ward vs. Aaron Hernandez and the New England Patriots there merely needs to be a “preponderance of evidence”, meaning, more likely than not, that that the defendant was at fault for the death of Odin Lloyd. In addition to this, the defense can require that Aaron Hernandez be deposed, where as in the criminal case, the defendant has the right to not take the stand, and impose his 5th amendment rights. This being said, because Aaron Hernandez was already found guilty on the charge of murder, the chances of
Moreover, the leaders of the University ignored the problem of the child abuse and that’s a problem of leadership corruption according to Pollock “ignoring obvious ethical problems” (Pollock, 2014, pp. 95). Furthermore, they also were dominated by the fear of what would happen if they reported the crime and that’s another form of corruption. However, their only action towards Sandusky was to forbid him from bringing boys from the charity to the university; which it’s an act of corruption as described by Pollock “a survival of the fittest approach by individual employees” (Pollock, 2014, pp.96). Moreover, their action was not taken as form to protect the children, but rather as a way to protect themselves from further problems. In addition, the superior’s of coach Sandusky are responsible from permitting the unethical practices to continue.
Jon Schmidt needed a piano for the concert he was doing in Saint George so he went to the Piano Guys to Paul’s surprise he never thought he would get this chance and his timing could not have been better. Paul explained everything to Jon which Jon accepted for the reason it would bring Jon’s fame up by a lot so he accepted and for Paul so he could sell more pianos. With Jon’s experience with Business Company’s and his firsthand experience with popularity he was a huge asset. Jon’s gift was that he could combine so many genres of songs together which he did so far in all his videos that is why his fan base was so huge it was not an easy job which made him really
In the world of healthcare, it remains a rarity to find someone who cares. Moreover, this remains a general consensus among numerous patients who regularly visit healthcare facilities. Aside from battling an illness, they feel as though they have to deal with an outrageous health care bill and mediocre customer service. However, a significant amount of healthcare professionals take pride in providing the utmost service to their clients. Moreover, it remains a top concern among them. With that being said, Rick Shinto remains a prominent figure in the healthcare industry. For those unaware, Rick Shinto currently works as the CEO of InnovaCare Health. For those unaware, his company remains a proud provider of the Medicare Advantage plans, physician practice services, and so forth. Moreover, the company remains based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
To ride with Thomas Halsnik, it costs a minimum of $50. As much as he would like to charge less, he can't, as a county entity is fighting against him.
The Penn State scandal was the worst in the history of college sports and shocked our country. This of course had penalties by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) against Penn State University. Many people wondered why four of the most powerful people – President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President –Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno at the University did not come forward and report this scandal. They did not report the activities to the Board of Trustees, but they did report it to the authorities. They did do enough to prevent this from continuing the predatory behavior. Were the reasons the four did not report it because they did not want to embarrass their stakeholders and the university? Or did they want to be discreet since it was an employee of 30 years? Or was it a crisis that they did not know how to manage? These are questions that will continue to be asked. These university officials went into crisis mode, but two areas of their efforts
Dr. Goff is the picture of a transformational leader. As Chief of Surgery he always had an open door policy. He was open and honest about the issues that we had as a department. He has always been very vocal and is a big advocate for Veteran rights to access and care. As the issues of access to care and delayed treatment hit our facility after being on the national stage for a while, he was very proactive. He appointed a team to evaluate the issues and determine where the "fails" were. Once these issues were determined he asked for ideas for fixing the issues and implemented the changes. As new bugs were determined, additional fixes were made.