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Ethics

 

            
             In today's business and personal world, ethical decisions are made on a daily basis. Most of these decisions are based on company ground rules. The others are based on personal ground rules. All decisions can have a number of ground rules that help us determine whether our decision is ethical or unethical. Each decision whether it is based on company or personal ground rules will have its own set of implications. .
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             According to the Cambridge Dictionary, ethics is a system of accepted beliefs that control behavior, and it is the study of what is morally right and wrong, or a set of beliefs about what is morally right and wrong. (Cambridge Dictionary). I work in a hospital so an example of an ethical situation would be; suppose I am up in the Emergency Room and a family member of my best friend comes in through the ambulance. This person is seriously injured, and you overhear the nurses say that they will probably not make it. You know that your best friend and this family member are extremely close, and it will devastate them not to be there when they past away. The ethical question here is do I break company policy and call my friend or say nothing and just acted shocked when my friend tells me about their relative. The ground rules for my company are detailed when it comes to patient information. Since I work in the Information Systems department, we are not allowed to speak to anyone about the situation. We can comment in general among fellow coworkers but not to anyone outside the company. A general comment would be saying, "There was a serious accident that just came into the Emergency Room". Anything else is considered unethical and violating patient rights and will result in immediate termination. My personal set of ethics tells me to call my best friend and tell her what happen, so she can spend the last moments with her relative. I would not be harming the patient or releasing any sensitive data to the general public, just her relative.


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