Ethical Self Assessment
Ethical Self-Assessment Paper
Michelle Nelson
Health Laws and Ethics HCS/545
April 03, 2011
Ethical Self-Assessment Paper
In America 's working society today, each company has a code of ethics that they utilize in providing their organization with as a reference to guide them in their accountability and to help them in circumstances that they might find unethical in disposition. The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations (www.ACHE.org). The organization is known for their educational programs including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership (www.ACHE.org). ACHE’s works towards their goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery (www.ACHE.org). This paper will explain the code of ethics that the majority of professional organizations implement to providing their organizations with a system to guide them in the achievement of their job obligations, in circumstances that might be otherwise ethically wrong. Self Assessment and The Ethics of Self-Assessment can truly assist and label those areas that are based on strong ethical ground; areas that you may wish to consider and examine the basis for your responses; and opportunities for further reflection (www.ACHE.org). This is not a scoring assessment so therefore; each individual has different opinions and therefore, cannot be scored numerically. This Self-Assessment can help provide medical professionals and recognize those areas in which they have a strong ethical ground; areas that they may wish to examine or survey the basis for their responses; and opportunities for further consideration (www.ACHE.org). The concept of procedural justice is the common use of organizational decision-making. This application describes to organizations that they need to
Michelle Nelson
Health Laws and Ethics HCS/545
April 03, 2011
Ethical Self-Assessment Paper
In America 's working society today, each company has a code of ethics that they utilize in providing their organization with as a reference to guide them in their accountability and to help them in circumstances that they might find unethical in disposition. The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations (www.ACHE.org). The organization is known for their educational programs including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership (www.ACHE.org). ACHE’s works towards their goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery (www.ACHE.org). This paper will explain the code of ethics that the majority of professional organizations implement to providing their organizations with a system to guide them in the achievement of their job obligations, in circumstances that might be otherwise ethically wrong. Self Assessment and The Ethics of Self-Assessment can truly assist and label those areas that are based on strong ethical ground; areas that you may wish to consider and examine the basis for your responses; and opportunities for further reflection (www.ACHE.org). This is not a scoring assessment so therefore; each individual has different opinions and therefore, cannot be scored numerically. This Self-Assessment can help provide medical professionals and recognize those areas in which they have a strong ethical ground; areas that they may wish to examine or survey the basis for their responses; and opportunities for further consideration (www.ACHE.org). The concept of procedural justice is the common use of organizational decision-making. This application describes to organizations that they need to
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