Ethical Decisions and Responsibility
Ethical Decisions and Responsibility
Richard DeSordi
Law, Ethics And Corporate Governance
Professor Everett L. Bensten, Esq.
February 13, 2013
Ethical Decisions and Responsibility Running a large corporation or organization will always be challenging. Making sure it is being run ethically with profitability only enhances the challenge. To be effective, ethical and profitable Dr. DoRight will need to be able to uphold the “Hippocratic Oath” (Hippocratic Oath, 2013) and identify who he and the “Universal Human Care Hospital” are responsible to and for.
Internal Stakeholders
Board of trustees Under the doctrine of collective responsibility, the entire board is liable for the financial and other consequences of the organization 's activities. (Business Dictionary.com, 2013) Dr. DoRight is responsible to inform the Board of possible negligence causing deaths of patients and what actions he has taken to correct this. He has done neither putting the board and subsequently the hospital in position to be liable for multiple deaths. Dr. DoRight was hired by the Board and has a responsibility to the board to be ethical in all his dealings. The board’s interest is keeping the public’s trust in the hospital and hiring people to run it in such a manner it does not lose money.
Doctors
As part of the staff of the hospital Dr. DoRight interacts with the doctors on a daily basis, from just casual visits to committees examining new policies for the hospital. He is responsible to safeguard his staff by consistently acting in a moral and ethical matter. All of his doctors were required to take the Hippocratic Oath prior to becoming licensed; they are supposed to put the needs of their patients first. (Hippocratic Oath, 2013) The doctor’s interest is in maintaining a level of patient respect, working to uphold the integrity of the hospital, also keeping the hospital profitable.
Regional managers Dr. DoRight has regional managers he works with; one of them being his
Richard DeSordi
Law, Ethics And Corporate Governance
Professor Everett L. Bensten, Esq.
February 13, 2013
Ethical Decisions and Responsibility Running a large corporation or organization will always be challenging. Making sure it is being run ethically with profitability only enhances the challenge. To be effective, ethical and profitable Dr. DoRight will need to be able to uphold the “Hippocratic Oath” (Hippocratic Oath, 2013) and identify who he and the “Universal Human Care Hospital” are responsible to and for.
Internal Stakeholders
Board of trustees Under the doctrine of collective responsibility, the entire board is liable for the financial and other consequences of the organization 's activities. (Business Dictionary.com, 2013) Dr. DoRight is responsible to inform the Board of possible negligence causing deaths of patients and what actions he has taken to correct this. He has done neither putting the board and subsequently the hospital in position to be liable for multiple deaths. Dr. DoRight was hired by the Board and has a responsibility to the board to be ethical in all his dealings. The board’s interest is keeping the public’s trust in the hospital and hiring people to run it in such a manner it does not lose money.
Doctors
As part of the staff of the hospital Dr. DoRight interacts with the doctors on a daily basis, from just casual visits to committees examining new policies for the hospital. He is responsible to safeguard his staff by consistently acting in a moral and ethical matter. All of his doctors were required to take the Hippocratic Oath prior to becoming licensed; they are supposed to put the needs of their patients first. (Hippocratic Oath, 2013) The doctor’s interest is in maintaining a level of patient respect, working to uphold the integrity of the hospital, also keeping the hospital profitable.
Regional managers Dr. DoRight has regional managers he works with; one of them being his
References: (2013), Business dictionary, retrieved from: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/board-of-trustees.html#ixzz2KoyrfLSH (2013), Hippocratic Oath retrieved from: http://www.med.cornell.edu/deans/pdf/hippocratic_oath.pdf C. Rainbow (2013) Descriptions of Ethical Theories and Principles, retrieved from: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/Indep/carainbow/Theories.htm