What are some of the key roles and responsibilities of government, industry, academia, and other non-governmental organizations with respect to critical infrastructure risk?
Category: Ethics
The hierarchy of ethics
How does the hierarchy of ethics govern the behavior of people holding public office?
Effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes
• Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on nursing practices (and/or change to providers), healthcare delivery, and outcomes while maintaining balance with administrative and fiscal responsibilities.
Instructions
The healthcare industry is made up of diverse people and teams. This includes individuals who create policies, groups who lobby for legislation, and the people and teams who implement and follow laws and policies. For this assignment, you will reflect on your role, past, present, and future, regarding health policies. While research is encouraged for this assignment, in-text citations are not necessary. The purpose of this assignment is to provide your instructor with your knowledge framework and allow you to reflect on your knowledge and identify biases.
In an introductory paragraph, briefly summarize your scope of knowledge regarding health policy, both state/federal, and organizational policies.
In a second paragraph, explain why you wish to develop a deeper understanding of the policy creation, implementation, and assessment process. For example, how will understanding health policy improve your professional practice?
In a closing paragraph, address the following questions:
• What biases/strong opinions do you have regarding health policy (state, federal, organizational policies)?
• What caused those biases/opinions to develop (personal experiences, patient interactions, etc.)?
• How will you respectfully maintain or evolve your bias/opinions as you advance in this course, and your career?
• What is your primary source of information for staying up-to-date on state and federal health policy (names of publications, websites, organization-disseminated information, etc.)?
Effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes
• Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on nursing practices (and/or change to providers), healthcare delivery, and outcomes while maintaining balance with administrative and fiscal responsibilities.
Instructions
The healthcare industry is made up of diverse people and teams. This includes individuals who create policies, groups who lobby for legislation, and the people and teams who implement and follow laws and policies. For this assignment, you will reflect on your role, past, present, and future, regarding health policies. While research is encouraged for this assignment, in-text citations are not necessary. The purpose of this assignment is to provide your instructor with your knowledge framework and allow you to reflect on your knowledge and identify biases.
In an introductory paragraph, briefly summarize your scope of knowledge regarding health policy, both state/federal, and organizational policies.
In a second paragraph, explain why you wish to develop a deeper understanding of the policy creation, implementation, and assessment process. For example, how will understanding health policy improve your professional practice?
In a closing paragraph, address the following questions:
• What biases/strong opinions do you have regarding health policy (state, federal, organizational policies)?
• What caused those biases/opinions to develop (personal experiences, patient interactions, etc.)?
• How will you respectfully maintain or evolve your bias/opinions as you advance in this course, and your career?
• What is your primary source of information for staying up-to-date on state and federal health policy (names of publications, websites, organization-disseminated information, etc.)?
The Engineers Australia code
(a) Do you believe the Engineers Australia code satisfies the general requirements for a professional (lawyers, dentist, etc) code of ethics ? Explain your reasons.
(b) Find the code of ethics of any other professional engineering body in the world. (You may be a member of a different body yourself.) Explain who this code belongs to. Discuss the similarities and differences between the code you chose and the code of Engineers Australia.
Four ethical approaches
Think of an ethical issue you have been a part of, either personally or professionally, such as nepotism, a data breach, inappropriate social media posts, or harassment/discrimination. Next, pick one ethical approach (Utilitarian, Deontological, Virtue, or Communitarian) and explain how you will use this approach to remedy the issue. Do not forget to describe the ethical issue.
Follow the steps below to complete your assessment. For all of these steps, make sure you provide examples and information from credible sources that will support your writing:
Step 1: Compare and contrast the four ethical approaches.
Step 2: Analyze the reasoning process behind an ethical decision.
Step 3: Analyze ethical decision-making principles and actions.
Step 4: Analyze cultural and environmental influences on ethical decision-making.
Step 5: Evaluate a personal decision based on ethical decision-making principles.
Ethical Issues Related to Social Media
Discuss at least two potential ethical issues that could be of concern with nursing use of social media.
Ethics of Self-Care
Management of self-care includes preventive measures important for avoiding burnout or compassion fatigue. Helpers can struggle with keeping a balance between care for others and care for themselves. Review Exercise 14.2, the Self-Care Worksheet, in your textbook.
In your initial post, discuss one of the items in each domain (physical health, social connections, psychological domain, affective domain, inner life, professional domain) that you engage in regularly and explain how that activity helps you maintain balance in your professional and personal life.
The treatment of Uganda’s women
Is the treatment of Uganda’s women morally justified, or not? In your answer, draw from the three different moral theories listed above: Aristotle’s Ethics, utilitarianism, and Kant’s Moral philosophy. Then assess these conclusions as you stake out and defend your own position on the issue.
An ethical dilemma
An ethical dilemma is a complex situation in which ethical principles or values are in conflict. When faced with an ethical dilemma, it is not always clear what is right and what is wrong. Ethical dilemmas require us to use ethical decision making, which means we must decide the best course of action even when there is not one clear, right, or ethical choice.
Remember Lena’s ethical dilemma when she was deciding between a new car or spending time with family? Another classic example of an ethical dilemma is the “Trolley Problem.” Check it out!
Trolley Problem video
Now, think about a time when you had to make a decision for which there was no clear, right answer.
Briefly describe the situation and why you think there was no clear, right answer.
Explain what your decision was and why you went with that decision.