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Joanne Faryon's podcast raises ethical concerns regarding Mr. Garage's autonomy, privacy, and well-being. Faryon did not respect his autonomy or privacy by sharing his last name. The podcast seemed to have good intentions but lacked an ethical foundation. Faryon violated HIPAA by sharing sensitive information, and her motives appeared self-serving. Overall, it is concluded that the podcast was not ethical. When thinking of whether or not Joanne Faryon's podcast was ethical, we can start by looking at some of the main ethical principles. Was this against Mr. Garage's autonomy? We would never know if it was against his autonomy due to Mr. Garage not having decision making capacity. What we can question in this podcast is whether or not it would be in the best interest to post about this case. Joanne Faryon was also not respecting Mr. Garage's autonomy as she did not respect his privacy and keep any information besides his last name confidential. When talking about beneficence, did she have Mr. Garage's well-being in mind when creating this podcast? Our argument states no, that she only thought about what she could gain from taking on a huge story like this one. While listening to the podcast, we had an overwhelming feeling that Joanne had good intentions behind the podcast, but she had no ethical foundation to place it in the public's hands. So much of what she was saying could be traced back to this incident, even without a last name. She violated HIPAA so many times throughout this podcast and paired it with backhanded compassion. When asked if we think it is ethical for Joanne Faryon to make this podcast, we say no.