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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.
Ethical issues in a Reduction of Force
Posted by:
Patricia TenHaaf on
January 23, 2010 at
4:15AM EST
The decision to reduce staff necessitates consideration of both the short-term and long term impacts on employees. Ethical considerations or strategies include all of the following except: 1. Reviewing Mission, Vision, and Values of the HCA to test conformance in the decision to reduce the labor force 2. Provide minimal, vague information to stakeholders as to not spread fear or concern 3. Supporting employees whose positions have been eliminated with retraining or reemployment elsewhere in the organization 4. Address the needs of the remaining staff including survivor guilt and anger Answer: 2. Information should be provided to stakeholder that is timely and accurate. ACHE Policy Paper – Ethical Issues Related to a Reduction in Force, Nov 2005 |
