Ethics Vignette

HMS 320 Ethics Vignette Paper (using the Step-Wise Decision-Making Model) One day, Jane, a human service employee at MHC (a mental health clinic in your area) showed up to work a few minutes late. She rushed past the front desk clerk, Henry, and noticed that several client files had fallen on the ground and were scattered on the floor behind his desk. Given her tardiness, she stepped over the files and lightly kicked them back toward Henry’s desk so he would see them after he was finished checking a patient into the clinic. As an added precaution, Jane decided to send Henry an email from her Gmail account on her phone to let him know to clean the files up around his desk. As Jane walked into the meeting, she sent this email to Henry: “Hey Henry! As I was just walking by your desk, I noticed that the case files for Jimmy Ordy and Susan West were on the floor. I overheard Dr. Rex talking about those patients in the kitchen yesterday and he said they both have really severe diagnoses of bipolar disorder and alcohol addiction. Probably want to be sure you pick those up so their private information isn’t seen by anyone else. Let’s grab lunch later today!” As Jane finished off the email, she leaned over to you (her co-worker) and told you the above scenario. You immediately have some concerns about some of these behaviors. If you could pause time and implement the Step-Wise decision-making model, what would that look like?