Apply and promote ethical standards of practice by applying the principles of beneficence
Apply and promote ethical standards of practice by applying the principles of beneficence, fidelity, and tolerance.
For this assignment, you will prepare a code of ethics for a department within a health care organization. This document will serve as a guide for ethical behavior and conduct in your department. Your document’s content should reflect thoughtful research on codes of ethics and professionalism in the health care field/specialty area. You will use your own professional ethics, reflection on experience, and research to write content.
Prepare: A code of ethics for your department
Your role: Department administrator
Audience: Employees of your department
Department type: Choose your own, or choose from one of the following. State your department/audience in the introduction portion of your document.
Health Information Management
[Any specialty] clinical department
Patient Access
Patient Accounts
Document type and length: Word document, 1 page of content
APA requirements: Title and reference pages, three sources, in-text citations.
Noteworthy: Verbiage in codes of ethics documents can be standard and may reflect a high similarity score on a TurnItIn report. To ensure your work is properly attributed, and also contains a reasonable balance of original material, consider reviewing your work with a Herzing Writing coach. A Writing coaching appointment can be scheduled through the TWC site within the Student Resources section of Canvas.
Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets the criteria.
Suggested Resources
American College of Healthcare Executives. (2021). ACHE code of ethics. American College of Healthcare Executives | American College of Healthcare Executives. https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-commitments/ethics/ache-code-of-ethics
Card, A. (2020, November). What is ethically informed risk management? Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/what-ethically-informed-risk-management/2020-11
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