Assignment 1: Critical issues
1. How are ethical principles used to resolve complex healthcare issues? Discuss an example that you have heard about or experienced where ethical principles have been used to resolve a complex healthcare issue. What ethical principle(s) were used in this example? Would you have arrived at the same resolution if you had to make that decision? Why, or why not?
2. Provide an example of a bioethical issue, and explain what ethical principle or principles are most appropriate for resolving the issue.
3. In your own words, provide a brief summary explaining the ethical factors that have been beneficial to creating our healthcare delivery system.
4. Do you think hospital ethics committees are necessary? Why, or why not?
Morrison, E. E., & Furlong, B. (Eds.). (2014). Health care ethics: Critical issues for the 21st century (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Assignment 2: Human resources management
1. Part Two: The field of Human Resource Management has evolved over the last two decades to become a business partnership within most organizations. What factors would you suggest led to the increase of business leaders now viewing Human Resources professionals as strategic business partners and not just administrative personnel? What experiences, positive or negative, can you share regarding your interaction with HR professional? Please support your answer with at least three reasons that justify your position.
2. Option Three: A student in a previous class responded to this Discussion Board assignment with the following comments: " I agree no company, whether big or small, should have to pay employees to be ineffective, but there is a new workforce out there who works harder on looking busy than really being busy or productive. I can't count how many excessive restroom breaks with cell phones or hiding cell phones next to work stations goes on every day. I have caught people text or take phone calls during work hours, and all they can say is sorry and it was really important. These activities kill production, planning and on time delivery daily in manufacturing facilities." A classmate responded to him saying the company should have a policy "no cell phones during work hours" and have each employee check their phone in to be held except for lunch periods and employee breaks and then checked back in.
Please comment and explain your thoughts on the policy of checking phones in and out and how you would react if your employer implemented the same policy.
Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2015). Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.