Organizational Ethics in the Compliance Context

by Worthley, John Abbott

• ISBN13: 9781567931105
• ISBN10: 1567931103
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Health Administration Pr

Summary

Designed to help build bridges linking interests and insights of healthcare managers and lawyers with those of ethicists. Focuses on healthcare organizations and their influence over individual behavior. Uses case studies and analyses to explain fundamental aspects of organizational ethics and how they apply to day-to-day issues. Softcover.

Author Biography

John Abbott Worthley has served as visiting professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, Indiana University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Russell Sage College, the Shanghai Foreign Trade Institute, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Nature of Organizational Ethics	1	(58)
Case One: ``Organizational Compliance or Ethical Misbehavior?''	2	(2)
Commentary	4	(54)
Readings: Administrative and Organizational Ethics	23	(9)
George Khushf
Business Ethics and Compliance: What Management Is Doing and Why	32	(26)
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
W. Michael Hoffman
Joseph E. Murphy
Annotated Bibliography	58	(1)
Ethics and Organizational Structures	59	(58)
Case Two: ``The Code or the Cash?''	59	(2)
Commentary	61	(54)
Readings: Ethical Ambivalance and Organizational Reward Systems	75	(14)
Eric Jansen
Mary Ann Von Glinow
Regulating Virtue: Formulating, Engendering and Enforcing Corporate Ethical Codes	89	(26)
Andrew Brien
Annotated Bibliography	115	(2)
Ethics and Organizational Culture	117	(32)
Case Three: ``Do What We Do''	118	(1)
Commentary	119	(28)
Reading: The Ethical Context in Organizations: Influences on Employee Attitudes and Behavior	128	(19)
Linda Klebe Trevino
Kenneth D. Butterfield
Donald L. McCabe
Annotated Bibliography	147	(2)
Conflicts on Interest and Organizational Ethics	149	(42)
Case Four: ``Mr. Roger's Neighborhood''	149	(2)
Commentary	151	(38)
Reading: Conflicts of Interests, Conflicting Interests, and Interesting Conflicts	158	(31)
Janicemarie K. Vinicky
Sue Shevlin Edwards
James P. Orlowski
Annotated Bibliography	189	(2)
Ethics of Information Privacy and Confidentiality	191	(28)
Case Five: ``Whose Record Is It Anyway?''	191	(2)
Commentary	193	(24)
Reading: Confidentiality and Managed Care: Ethical and Legal Concerns	202	(15)
Jeanette R. Davidson
Tim Davidson
Annotated Bibliography	217	(2)
Sexual Harassment and Ethics	219	(34)
Case Six: ``Don't Ask Don't Tell''	219	(2)
Commentary	221	(30)
Reading: Why Sexual Harassment Complaints Fall on Deaf Ears	227	(24)
Ellen Peirce
Carol A. Smolinski
Benson Rosen
Annotated Bibliography	251	(2)
Substance Abuse in the Ethics Framework	253	(26)
Case Seven: ``And the Wisdom to Know the Difference''	253	(2)
Commentary	255	(22)
Reading: The Issue of Substance Abuse in the Healthcare Industry: A Preliminary Survey of Managerial Thinking	259	(18)
John R. Turner
Mary Meredith
Alfred Toma
Annotated Bibliography	277	(2)
The Ethics of Diversity	279	(36)
Case Eight: ``A Rainbow Coalition''	279	(3)
Commentary	282	(31)
Readings: Managing Diversity: A Senior Management Perspective	289	(13)
Paul E. Wallace, Jr.
Charles M. Ermer
Dimakatso N. Motshabi
Strategic Culture Change: The Door to Achieving High Performance and Inclusion	302	(11)
Frederick A. Miller
Annotated Bibliography	313	(2)
Healthcare Organizational Ethics Revisited	315	(30)
Case Nine: ``What's Good for the Goose''	315	(3)
Commentary	318	(25)
Reading: Managing for Organizational Integrity	326	(17)
Lynn Sharp Paine
Annotated Bibliography	343	(2)
Appendix A: American College of Healthcare Executives Code of Ethics	345	(10)
Appendix B: American Hospital Association Ethical Conduct for Health Care Institutions	355	(6)
Index	361