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The Ulitarian Principle means to choose the action with the highest value with the assumption we can prioritize and rank values of actions. This is applied daily in the nursing facility where I am employed. There are many situations where we have to prioritize and rank values of actions in regards to residents health issues, legal and financial areas.

Can you please explain what could help our organizatioin to rank and prioritize our tasks?

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The organizational use of utilitarian principles are analyzed.

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