Our reading this week was an overview of ethics and some helpful questions you can ask yourself when trying to make an ethical decision. Ethics is huge when it comes to the healthcare industry and the workers in this industry have to deal with major ethical decisions/dilemmas. It is also a big deal in business, which is my field of study.
One thing that really stuck out to me in the reading was the fifth principle that can be used to help healthcare executives determine an ethical course of action, which was Utilitarian benefits: Never take any action that does not result in greater good than harm in your healthcare facility. This principle reminded me of an episode of House, where the team was diagnosing an evil dictator from Africa, who has commited genocide and was planning on continuing it. In the end, Dr. Chase decided to make the utilitarian decision and kill the dictator for the greater good of the world and help save those innocent people the dictator was going to kill. I know that actually murdering someone for the greater good of the world isn't what the principle meant, but it was a utilitarian decision. Even though murdering someone is unmoral and unethical, I had no problem with Dr. Chase's decision.
I am going to save the twelve questions for examing the ethics of a business decision, because I know in the future I will be needing it as I will be in the business world.
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