Decision-Making Investigation

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As a healthcare manager, you will need to make ethical decisions that will have an impact on your employees and the organization. Completing this ethical review process will help with your decision-making and help you explain the theories, values, and methodologies used in making ethical decisions. 

Preparing for the Assessment

In this assessment, you will discuss your experiences with ethics, including your ethical values, ethical theories, and an ethical decision you made. Remember, as you share your ethical experiences with your faculty member, do not discuss information and details regarding a company or individual by name that is not public information.

Review the following Ethical Decision Models & Problem-Solving Methodologies: 

7 Step Guide. State the problem (specific thought or feeling that prompts you to feel uncomfortable). Check facts (consider all points of view). Identify relevant factors (people involved, laws, personal codes of conduct, etc.). Develop a list of options (consider a variety of decisions or solutions). Test the options. Harm test: Does this option do less harm than the alternatives? Publicity test: Would I want my choice of this option published in the newspaper? Would I want my grandmother to know? Defensibility test: Could I defend this choice of option before a committee of peers, or a Congressional Committee without appearing self-serving? Reversibility test: Would I still think this choice of option was good if it were applied to me instead of others especially if some of the effects are adverse? Colleague test: What might my profession's governing board or ethics committee say about this option? Organization test: What does my organization's ethics officer or legal counsel say about this? Virtue test: Would a virtuous person do this? What kind of person does this? What kind of person would I become if I did this kind of thing all the time? Make a choice. Review previous steps (consider how you could avoid having to make this decision in the future). Moral Model. Massage the dilemma. Outline the options. Resolve the dilemma. Act by applying. Look back and evaluate entire process.

Assessment Deliverable

Respond to the following investigation prompts in 75-150 words each:

  • Identify an ethical dilemma you may encounter in the workplace. (Your answer to this item does not need to be 75-150 words.)
  • Describe how you would use an ethical problem-solving methodology or decision model to investigate your current ethical dilemma.
  • Describe the possible solutions and impacts of making decisions about this dilemma.
  • Explain what impact your values may have on your decision.
  • Explain what impact 2 specific ethical theories may have on your decision for the dilemma.
  • Explain what impact 2 specific ethical principles may have on your decision.
  • Explain how you could use this formal ethical problem-solving method to have a positive impact on future ethical decisions in the workplace.

Cite at least two reputable references according to APA guidelines. One reference must be your textbook, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

Please Note: 

  • Each response (other than the first one) must be 75 – 150 words in length.
  • You must use a heading for each of the required elements. Failure to do so will result in a 5% or more penalty.
  • You must remove all instructions prior to submission. If you include instructions, a 5% penalty will be assessed for failure to follow instructions.
  • Please submit as an attachment using a Word document. Do not submit .pdf files or any other format that the instructor may not be able to open or insert comments on. If you do so, a 5% penalty will be assessed for failure to follow instructions.
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