The purpose of this memorandum is to analyze and evaluate the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics‚ as well as see if there is any room for improvement. I chose the AHIMA Code of Ethics because I plan to be a part of this association later in my career. Key points of the AHIMA Code of Ethics The AHIMA code of ethics includes 11 main points. These main points conclude that all Health Information Management professionals shall: Advocate‚ uphold‚ and defend the
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Business Ethics Herzing University Pamela Zipfel April 6‚ 2014 Week 5 Code of Ethics Code of Business Conduct Complying with the code and the law Each employee working at Morinda Corperation will understand the code. You as an employee‚ will comply with the code and the law whether you are at work or off company property. Each employee will maintain good judgment and avoid any improper behavior. Each employee will consider their own actions and if in doubt if
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Running head: ETHICS CODE ANALYSIS Ethics Code Analysis-American Counseling Association vs. American Association of Christian Counselors Brooke G. Holmes Liberty University Abstract The various ethics codes of organizations display a remarkable amount of diversity in definition and expectations. Many similarities and differences can be noted within different areas concerning ethics. This paper compares and analyzes these ethics codes‚ focusing on the ethics codes of the American Association
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Ethics Melissa S. Nash Liberty University Abstract The present paper provides an in depth comparison and contrast between two types of Code of Ethics: the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). A brief description of the “Code of Ethics” is defined as a standard that differentiates between right and wrong primarily pertaining to the professional counselor‚ while maintaining a mindset of keeping the best interest of the client. Code
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Code of Ethics Comparison Liberty University Online Coun 501-D11 Counselor Professional Identity‚ Function‚ and Ethics Dr. Kenneth Larimore Lerissa D. Wilson 2 July 2013 Abstract Differences and similarities were described in the Code of Ethics of the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors. The two codes are comparable in many ways. The American Association of Christian Counselors focus on the Christian aspect and the American Counseling
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Ethics in Nursing Kerrie D. Garraway Keyano College Ethics in Nursing Today people strive to leave an imprint on the world around them. Towards the beginning of adulthood people choose a path that allows them to take part in one of the integral roles of society. For those of us who choose the role of a nurse‚ we are expected to provide the best therapeutic care possible for our clients and instil lifelong health values into their everyday lives. In order
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Ethical and Legal Challenges in Professional Practice Stefanie Pollack CCMH/515 January 2‚ 2013 Dr. Patricia Kerstner Ethical and Legal Challenges in Professional Practice The American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics is available to clarify the ethical responsibilities for professional counselors and future professional counselors. According to the ACA (2005)‚ “the code serves as an ethical guide designed to assist members in constructing a professional course of action
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consider bullying a form of terrorism that caused “damaging effect on the victim’s well-being and facility” (Yildirim‚ 2009‚ p. 504). I am alarmed with the growing incidents of bullying among nurses‚ who are supposed to live up to the care ethics of the nursing profession. In one study‚ bullying was described as a workplace terror – a psychological terror that undermines an individual or group of employees (Yildirim‚ 2009). I also find bullying‚ as a form of terrorism to be much
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Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Erica Walters Aspen University November 2014 Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of nursing. Traditionally‚ four patterns of nursing knowledge‚ or ways of knowing‚ have been used in the field of nursing. These include empirics‚ or the science of nursing‚ esthetics‚ or the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge‚ and ethics (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). By combining these ways of knowing‚ a nurse develops
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Health Counseling Association adhere to the same code of ethics (Linde‚ 2010). The purpose of the code of ethics is to address the responsibilities of the people the counselor is involved with professionally (2010). This could be clients‚ patients‚ co-workers‚ other professionals‚ and other observers that know we are counselors (2010). We must monitor our behaviors by placing ethical standards on our behaviors. Lynn Shallcross (2011) stated “the code provides us with a clearer professional identity
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