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Professionalism and Ethics
Professionalism deals with the development, monitoring, and maintenance of procedures to ensure that the needs of professional staff are met. Ethics includes identifying, monitoring, and disseminating codes of professional conduct; understanding the implications of ethical decisions, providing procedures to monitor standards of behavior within the organization; and determining, maintaining, and monitoring accountability procedures.
October 2009
Monday October 26, 2009
Benefits of Managing Ethics in the Workplace
Posted by: Jasmine Todman-Caines at 1:08AM EST on October 26, 2009

According to the book The Tracks We Leave:  Ethics in Healthcare Management, the chapter "Conflicting Moral Demands" states that there are 10 benefits of managing ethics in the workplace. 

  1.  Attention to ethics improves society.
  2. Ethics programs help maintain a moral course in turbulent times.
  3. Ethics programs cultivate teamwork and productivity.
  4. Ethics program support employee growth and meaning.
  5. Ethics program ensure policies are legal.
  6. Ethics programs help avoid criminal acts and help to lower fines if acts occur
  7. Ethics program help with quality management, strategic planning, and diversity management.
  8. Ethics programs promote a strong public image.
  9. Ethics programs strengthen organizational culture, improve trust in relationships, support quality of products, and cultivate sensitivity to values
  10. It is the right thing to do.

 

Do you agree with these benefits?  What do you see as additional benefits which for our current environment especially with the impending change to our current healthcare system.