HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Discussion 03: Conflict of Responsibility

Suppose you are the healthcare manager in a hospital oncology (cancer) unit. Every day, you see patients and families suffer a great deal because of cancer. One day, you learn that one of the oncologists is seeing a larger number of patients go into remission. Upon further investigation, you learn that he is using medication and treatment methods not yet approved by the American Medical Association. You find out that other countries are using the treatment effectively, but most in the medical community are skeptical because it is a non-traditional approach to treating cancer.

You and the physician are the only ones who understand the medical and legal implications: that the patient will die if he stops, but the hospital could be sued for malpractice if you continue to offer him this treatment. The doctor accepts the risk and promises not to tell anyone if you do not. He goes on to say he will stop once he is finished treating a current patient who will surely die if he stops treatment.

INITIAL POST

.What would you do in this scenario? Why? What underlying beliefs or codes of ethics guide your behavior?

.Does the ACHE’s Code of Ethics provide adequate guidance in this situation? Why or why not? Refer to specific quotes from the ACHE Code of Ethics that apply here.

.Do you believe that the ACHE Code of Ethics provides adequate guidance overall in such situations? Refer to your notes from Learning Activity 1.

Your initial post should be 8 – 10 sentences in length and include an APA-style references list.

use the answer sheet to answer all questions. 

Everyone has encountered this infamous placeholder on the job description: “other duties as assigned.” What are the implications of this explicit language on performance outcomes? Are there dangers or risks of including subjective language that may or may not be measurable? Are there times that the inclusion of the language might be a matter of life safety?

1. Debate:

For this activity, you will debate the terminology, the intended purpose, and the possible actions required when including “other duties as assigned” as part of the job description. Approach the concept from both the positive use and the negative use of this phrase.

2. Defend:

Consider the possible supportive reasoning for including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to defend the use of the statement.

3. Dispute:

Consider the possible negative reasoning or dangers of including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to dispute the use of the statement.

4. Judgement:

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision.

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision. 4 paragraphs to answer the 4 sections.

Review each process (job analysis, job design, and performance evaluation), and determine what is a must-do and what can be eliminated when necessary for each process. Each review should be at least one paragraph with one resource supporting the must-do options. Defend all of your choices.

Address the following for each process.

1. Why must you do one task, and why would it be all right to not do another?

2. Will there be problems if you do not do something?

3. Is it possible to not do something now and perhaps readdress it later on without repercussions?

No word count, must answer 3 questions above with a paragraph for each question.

 

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Read “Case Study 3: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance  Challenges,”  Then, research and  read two or more articles related to Walmart and ethics.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has  impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee  stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in an unethical  situation. 
2. Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies. 
3. Analyze two (2) of the legal mandates that workers and U.S.  government has accused Walmart of violating. Provide an explanation as  to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations. 
4. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical  decision making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions.  Provide a rationale for your response. 
5. Recommend two (2) actions that Walmart’s Human Resources  Department should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives  of Walmart’s human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your  recommendations. 
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu  to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this  assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as  academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),  with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow  APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any  additional instructions. 
• Include a cover  page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the  professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the  reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.  

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the business ethics issues and definitions, theories,  and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making and  the role of a human resource professional. 
• Determine the role of stakeholder interests, the  interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility, and the role of  corporate governance in ethics. 
• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business. 
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics. 
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals. 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,  logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,  using the following rubric.