Vices of Health Care Professionals

Vices of Health Care Professionals

• VICEVICE-is a practice or habit -is a practice or habit that is considered that is considered immoral, depraved and/ immoral, depraved and/ degrading in the degrading in the associated society.associated society.

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Vices of Health Care Professionals

•FRAUDFRAUD•PRIDEPRIDE•GREEDGREED

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FRAUD

FRAUD

• Fraud means trying to trick someone in order to gain an advantage.

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FRAUD• In a broad strokes

definition, fraud is a deliberate misinterpretation which causes another person to suffer damages, usually monetary losses.

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FRAUD• Most people consider the act of lying to be

fraudulent, but in a legal sense lying is only one small element of actual fraud. 

–  A salesman may lie about his name, eye color, place of birth and family, but as long as he remains truthful about the product he sells, he will not be found guilty of fraud. There must be a deliberate misrepresentation of the product's condition and actual monetary damages must occur.

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FRAUD

• Fraud has been around probably Fraud has been around probably as long as man has, it is not as long as man has, it is not something that has only recently something that has only recently arrived with the Internet.arrived with the Internet.

• Before the boom of e-commerce Before the boom of e-commerce and online banking, scams took and online banking, scams took place by mail or the telephone.place by mail or the telephone.

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FRAUD

• There were things called 'pyramid There were things called 'pyramid schemes' where letters would offer schemes' where letters would offer the possibility of earning vast the possibility of earning vast sums of cash.sums of cash.

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FRAUD

• There were fraudsters who would There were fraudsters who would telephone someone pretending to telephone someone pretending to be their bank. They would tell the be their bank. They would tell the unwitting customer that there was unwitting customer that there was a problem with the account and a problem with the account and they just needed to confirm their they just needed to confirm their account number or some other account number or some other detail in order for the problem to detail in order for the problem to be sorted out.be sorted out.

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FRAUD

•   Fraud is a crime, and Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violationalso a civil law violation..

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FRAUD

Types of fraudulent acts

Types of fraudulent acts

• Fraud can be committed Fraud can be committed through many media, through many media, including mail, wire, phone, including mail, wire, phone, and the Internet (computer and the Internet (computer crime and Internet fraud).crime and Internet fraud).

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Types of fraudulent acts• Types of criminal fraud include:Types of criminal fraud include:• bait and switch; bankruptcy fraud; benefit fraud bait and switch; bankruptcy fraud; benefit fraud

(committing fraud to get government benefits); (committing fraud to get government benefits); counterfeiting of currency, documents or valuable counterfeiting of currency, documents or valuable goods; embezzlement (taking money which one has goods; embezzlement (taking money which one has been entrusted with on behalf of another party); false been entrusted with on behalf of another party); false advertising; false billing; false insurance claims; advertising; false billing; false insurance claims; forgery (of documents or signatures); health fraud (for forgery (of documents or signatures); health fraud (for example selling of products known not to be effective, example selling of products known not to be effective, such as quack medicines); identity theft; investment such as quack medicines); identity theft; investment frauds, such as Ponzi schemes and Pyramid schemes; frauds, such as Ponzi schemes and Pyramid schemes; religious fraud; marriage fraud (to obtain immigration religious fraud; marriage fraud (to obtain immigration rights without entitlement); tax fraud (not reporting rights without entitlement); tax fraud (not reporting revenue or illegally avoiding taxes); etc.revenue or illegally avoiding taxes); etc.

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PRIDE

PRIDE

• Pride is excessive belief Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that in one's own abilities, that interferes with the interferes with the individual's recognition of individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has the grace of God. It has been called the sin from been called the sin from which all others arise. which all others arise. Pride is also known as Pride is also known as Vanity.Vanity.

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PRIDE

•   One definition of pride in the first One definition of pride in the first sense comes from St. Augustine: sense comes from St. Augustine: "the love of one's own "the love of one's own excellenceexcellence".".  In this sense, the  In this sense, the opposite of pride is opposite of pride is either humility or guilt; the latter in either humility or guilt; the latter in particular being a sense of one's particular being a sense of one's own failure in contrast to own failure in contrast to Augustine's notion of excellence.Augustine's notion of excellence.

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PRIDE

• Pride is sometimes viewed as Pride is sometimes viewed as excessive or as a vice, excessive or as a vice, sometimes as proper or as a sometimes as proper or as a virtue. While some philosophers virtue. While some philosophers such as Aristotle consider pride a such as Aristotle consider pride a profound virtue, most profound virtue, most world religions consider it a sin.world religions consider it a sin.

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GREED

GREED

• GreedGreed is an  is an excessive desire excessive desire to possess wealth to possess wealth or goods with the or goods with the intention to keep it intention to keep it for one's self. for one's self.

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GREED

• Greed - like lust and gluttony - is a Greed - like lust and gluttony - is a sin of excess. Greed is sin of excess. Greed is inappropriate expectation. inappropriate expectation. However, greed is applied to a However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and and pursuit of wealth, status, and power.power.

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GREED• St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a

sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In sake of temporal things." In Dante's Dante's PurgatoryPurgatory, the avaracious penitents , the avaracious penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. ("Avarice" is more of a blanket term thoughts. ("Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery.)personal gain, for example through bribery.)

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GREED

• Scavenging and hoarding of Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.actual confines of a church.

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