Category: Professional ethics

An ethical code of conduct for those in governance, management, and professional staff

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Create an ethical code of conduct for those in governance, management, and professional staff for this health care organization:

Surgery Center

In a 10 to 12 page assignment (excluding title and reference pages), discuss the following:

Brief background of the facility.
Organization structure of the facility and duties/ responsibilities of those in management and professional staff.
Two possible ethical dilemmas that may be encountered.
Ethical standards for those in governance, management, and professional staff.
Ways to implement the ethical code of conduct and ensure compliance.
Consequences if there is a violation of the code of ethics.

Special ethical considerations.

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As you consider potential places of employment for the future, think about work settings that might require special ethical considerations.

Describe three work settings that present special ethical challenges or considerations. Explain why these settings would be challenging or additional considerations should be taken.

In response to your peers, give at least one example of a conflict outside of one of the work settings that could have potential repercussions at work. Discuss how these work settings could be affected by behaviors or personal choices outside of the work environment.

Maintaining personal and professional ethical standards;

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For this assignment, imagine that you are a healthcare administrator, and you have noticed that some of your employees have become a bit lax in how they present their personal image to the patients. There have also been recent instances of minor ethical infractions. You decide to hold a meeting with all of the employees to discuss this issue and retrain.

Develop a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8–12 slides (not counting the title and reference slides) to share at this meeting. In the presentation, address the following topics:

· the importance of personal image in patient care including appearance, grooming, and language;

· the importance of maintaining personal and professional ethical standards;

· the connection between communication, personality, and ethics and how they can work together to help employees present a professional image to patients; and

· methods employees can use to improve their own personal images.

 

 

 

Evaluation of a company’s performance with respect to its stated values.

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Write a 4–5 pa evaluation of your chosen company’s performance with respect to its stated values. Do the following:

Summarize the company’s primary products and or services.
Suggest three ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for your response.
Describe two critical factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Support your assertions.
Assess the company’s biggest success or missed opportunity to respond to a recent or current social issue. How did it impact company performance?

 

 

The professional standards of nursing.

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Social media plays a significant role in the lives of nurses in both their professional and personal lives. Additionally, social media is now considered a mainstream part of the process for recruiting and hiring candidates. Inappropriate or unethical conduct on social media can create legal problems for nurses as well as the field of nursing.

Login to all social media sites in which you engage. Review your profile, pictures and posts. Based on the professional standards of nursing, identify items that would be considered unprofessional and potentially detrimental to your career and that negatively impact the reputation of the nursing field.

Summarize the findings of your review. Include the following:

Describe the posts or conversations in which you have engaged that might be considered inappropriate based on the professional standards of nursing.
Discuss why nurses have a responsibility to uphold a standard of conduct consistent with the standards governing the profession of nursing at work and in their personal lives. Include discussion of how personal conduct can violate HIPAA or be considered unethical or unprofessional. Provide an example of each to support your answer.
Based on the analysis of your social media, discuss what areas of your social media activity reflect Christian values as they relate to respecting human value and dignity for all individuals. Describe areas of your social media activity that could be improved.

 

 

 

Code of Ethics for Law Enforcement Officials

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https://www.theiacp.org/topics/ethics

As upholders and protectors of the law, it is important for all law enforcement officials to understand the ideals to strive for as well as the need for appropriate behavior. In this light, your Superintendent has asked you to prepare an eight to ten slide orientation presentation for new recruits familiarizing them with the Code of Ethics for police officers and the critical ethical issues they are likely to face as they begin their careers in the Criminal Justice field.

Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for the new recruits. Your presentation should include:

A brief outline of the police officer’s Code of Ethics and expectations.
The pressing ethical issues in law enforcement today.
The ethical issues faced in the course of duty. Use two case examples to illustrate the typical issues faced by police officers.
A description of how to manage ethical problems in terms of your approach, the line of action, and the issues at stake.
A description of how to choose the best possible option.
A description of the responsibilities and repercussions of your action.

 

 

 

 

The Ethical Standards of Human Services Professionals

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Scenario

An agency where you work has been in a slump with admissions lately. The owner has been visibly upset with all the discharges and few admissions. In the last team meeting, she mentions the need for “creative billing” and details a plan to do so. Part of the plan includes getting Medicaid numbers from people in the community and billing for services even though they are not receiving services. Additionally, you have been provided a transgender client to work with because another person handling the case was fired. You do not have the experience or training to work with the LGBTQ population. Nevertheless, you are informed that you need to make sure you get the client admitted and provide any needed counsel. Currently, you already serve 8 clients, you are already working an overwhelming number of hours, and you are in school online full-time. Right now you are experiencing burnout and unhappy with the agency. Quitting is not an option because this job helps to pay bills while you are in school and you want to graduate as soon as possible to move forward in life. In addition to what you have to do to respond to the issues above, you KNOW a self-care plan is necessary in order for your personhood to survive. Based upon the scenario, respond to the questions and or statement below in 5 – 8 pages. 1. What makes the behavior by the owner an ethical issue? How would you respond to the request to initiate “creative billing” practices? 2. Explain how you would handle the issue of LGBTQ competency and the implications of neglecting to do so. 3. What are the ethical implications of adhering to your supervisor’s recommendation to add a new client to your heavy caseload coupled with your lack of training and experience with the LGBTQ population? 4. What type of training will you research and/or request to work with the new client? 5. What can you do immediately regarding self-care? 6. Create a 90 day self-care plan and attach it as an appendix in your word document (Note: the self-care plan is NOT included as part of the total 5 – 8 page count). In your 5 – 8 page assignment, share the value of your self-care plan while assigned to the agency and attending school full-time 7. Write about the role of education in human services especially to students from (1) the employer, and (2) the client. 8. In your conclusion, add 2 – 3 sentences about what you learned in this scenario based assignment that you plan to incorporate to minimize the risk of unethical behavior in your agency as the supervisor and/or owner.