Question

Why should a Code of Ethics be established and supported by senior leadership in a healthcare facility? 250 words please.

Answer 1

Code of Ethics

Code of ethics is a formal statement of group ideals and values

Code of ethics and seniour laedership

• By governing under seniour leadership, helps to incorporates standards of ethical behavior of individual specially, when that conduct directly relates to the role and identity of the healthcare executive.
• Helps to maintain and enhance the quality of life through improving quality of care
• Promotes dignity and well-being of individual based healthcare service
• Helps to create  equitable, accessible, effective and efficient healthcare system.
• Healthcare executives should lead the health care facility since they have an obligation to act in ways that enhances the trust, confidence and respect of healthcare professionals and the general public.
• They are acting as advoactes while caring the moral needs of the patients
• Providing code of ethics in health care helps to the health care workers to evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions.
• Helps to safeguard and protect the rights, intests and needs of the patients.
• Helps in maintaining competence and proficiency in healthcare management by implementing a individual  assessment and continuing professional education
• Helps to avoid activities affects  the credibility and dignity of the healthcare management profession.
• By maintaing the codesensures the interests of the profession and not for selfish reasons
• avoid activities affects the  credibility and dignity of the healthcare management profession.
• Providing a safe and healthy work environment.
• senior leadership in a healthcare personal support for such policies and procedures through periodic communication and reinforcing the ethical standards.
• Avoid leaking of personal informations of client and thus ensure confidentiality unless legally obligated to do so.
• avoiding conflicts in work place
• helps to Identifying and establishing a working relationship with other organizations that serve the same populations you work with, for purposes of both cross-referral and consultation.