I NEED A paper that i already have have to be completely reworded.

profilemilkman123
BusinessEthicsTask2reword.docx

1

Business Ethics Task 2:

Employees’ Rights and Responsibilities and Employer’s Ethical Responsibilities 

School name

My name / Student ID #: xxxxx

June 1, 2004

A1. Employees’ Rights and Responsibilities

Three examples of employee’s rights and responsibilities are reporting unsafe working environment, equal opportunity, and code of conduct compliance.

· Reporting Unsafe Working Environment: All employees are required to report any incident occurring at the workplace in which he/she believes is unsafe. It is just as important for an employee to report an unsafe environment at the workplace as it is for an employer to provide a safe environment. This will help assist in the prevention of any employee injury that could lead to serious harm and/or even death.

· Equal Opportunity: Employees are eligible for promotion and merit increases based on their expert skills regardless of age, sex, religion, race, etc. This is extremely important as it gives any employee the same opportunity for growth and advancement within the company based on their skills and not external appearances and beliefs.

· Code of Conduct: It is the responsibility of all employees to comply and follow the company’s code of conduct to the full extend as it is the company’s mission, vision, beliefs, and values in which it practices and follows.

A2. Employers’ Ethical Responsibilities

Two ethical responsibilities employers are faced to provide are as follows.

· The employer has the moral obligation to make business decisions considering the welfare of employees. The employer can implement policies that demonstrate concern towards the employees in which could impact he employer’s profitability.

· The employer has to provide its employees a working environment where the employee is protected from abuse of authority. An employer can implement a policy to protect its employees from being mistreated and/or bullied by leaders of organizations such as a boss and/or by a coworker.

A3. Ethical Business Dilemma

An ethical dilemma that can be discussed is the protection of Patient Privacy and Confidentiality. A very influential government identity’s medical record was left open at a nurses station displaying personal and medical information. A group of nurses took a picture at the desk next to the medical record and displayed the photo on social media. The staff did not realize they were violating any patient rights, as their intent was to take a group photo and did not realize the name of the patient was displaying on the medical record. The post circulated around social media and it became public knowledge, by assumption, that the government identity was in fact a patient at the hospital facility.

The actions performed were unethical as it violated the patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality. The patient’s private information was available for all to see via social media by simply displaying the patient chart through a picture taken. This decision also violated the company’s policy, Cellular Usage and Social Media Postings at the Workplace, which indicates the use of cell phone device is prohibited during working hours. Any social media postings are also prohibited as indicated in the policy to prevent any violation of patient privacy and confidentiality.

A4. Ethical Business Dilemma: Evaluation

The ethical dilemma of the violation of a patient’s privacy and confidentiality can be viewed both through a utilitarian perspective and through a relativistic perspective as indicated below.

· Utilitarian perspective is an ethical theory, which focuses on what’s right and wrong by focusing on outcome and consequences. A utilitarian individual would not consider the violation of patient’s privacy and confidentiality unethical if the patient received positive outcome after the posting of social media going viral in which his name displaying on the patient chart and indicated he/she was a patient in the hospital.

· Relativistic perspective is an ethical theory, which indicates that whatever is considered right or wrong depends on the view of the particular individual, situation, beliefs, and culture. A relativist individual would view the scenario above unethical only if the patient himself/herself considered it a violation. This would only become an unethical action if the patient believes that his/her rights were violated.

A5. Ethical Decisions

Employees regardless of titles, job duties, and organizations they are employed in make ethical decisions, on a daily basis. The following are examples of ethical decisions made in the workplace.

· Reporting the violation of employee rights, confidentiality, and privacy in which co-workers of an employee are communicating medical status and updates of a team member throughout the hospital.

· Reporting drug diversion by a medical provider in which an anesthesiologist was found injecting narcotics inside an empty patient bathroom.

A6. Ethical Decisions: Explanation

· Reporting the violation of employee rights is an ethical dilemma as it contradicts the policy and ethical commitment the company is required to provide to its employees to assure the compliance of their medical health status through confidentiality and privacy. Anyone can justify this action by the results of its outcome. If the employee received sympathy through a gesture from his/her coworker and employer during a trying medical situation, the action would be viewed as the company caring for its employees versus violated the employee’s privacy.

· Reporting drug diversion by a medical professional is also an ethical dilemma as it could lead to unsafe working environment and unsafe medical practice to a patient. Some can also justify this action based on the view of the individual such as someone who beliefs that diversion itself is an untreated medical condition that should be assisted to rather than reporting. Some individuals belief that instead of hurting a medical professional and his/her career, we should grant them the opportunity to get help on their own which in return can lead to not reporting the situation due to fear.