Ethical theories are ways of telling right from wrong and include guidelines of how to live and act in an ethical way. For example when faced with a difficult situation in your life, you can use ethical theories to assist you in making the right decision. One key theory is consequentialism, which says that an individual’s correct moral response is related to the outcome/ consequence of the act and not its intentions/ motives. Early writers on this theory were Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, a modern writer is Peter Singer. For example Brenda Grey has asked for the asthma specialist to visit her weekly, and to decide if this is necessary the professionals involved have to look at how it would affect her wellbeing. This is done by questioning …show more content…
This theory is used in health and social care to make choices based on your own morals and what you feel is the correct way in which to behave towards service users and colleagues. The base of this theory is from the work of Aristotle and Plato. For example, Simon has assured Patrick Green that his health status will not affect his status at the centre, which shows he thinks Patrick should still be treated the same as before. This would benefit Patrick as he will not have to worry about what will happen when he returns to the martial arts class, as he already has a lot of other changes happening which he has to adjust …show more content…
This process could be used to decide whether Jeff should pass on Patrick Green's concerns about him having HIV. The first step is recognising the issue, this would be when Patrick spoke to Jeff about his concerns that he has HIV. Jeff has to balance Patrick’s rights with the rights of the other members of the class, and if he kept this to himself he would be putting others at risk. So Jeff would have to follow step two, which is thinking about which decision is going to have the best outcome and thinking about it before he does so. Jeff followed the virtue ethics theory as knew he had to get Patrick help, but he asked his permission first which was done based on his own morals. This follows the Care Act (2014) as Patrick has been given control of his own care, by having a say in the decision. The next step is deciding a course of action, in this step Jeff has to identify his responsibility and assess how he could reduce any risks. He thinks the best course of action to do this would be to arrange a consultation for Patrick with the sexual health advisor. Step four is testing the decision, and consulting the Equality Act (2010) shows that this would be the right decision if Patrick’s health status is kept confidential, because it may prevent possible discrimination. Simon (the sexual health advisor) assured Patrick that any information about him will be
Ethical dilemmas may arise for patients, family members and healthcare providers alike. There are times when the ethics committee should be consulted, such as when there is a perceived ethical problem involving the care of a patient or health care providers have not been able to establish a solution that is agreed upon by the patient/ family and the provider caring for the patient. In the case of an ill family member that is in the hospital and the healthcare team is turning to the family to make medical decisions on the patient’s behalf. The family doesn't know how to decide what to do and could use some
As a statutory adult social worker, I am responding to a service user’s self-referral regarding support for herself and husband, Ian, on hospital advice after Ian suffered a couple of falls. Jackie, 69, is a carer for Ian, 66, who has increasing needs due to dementia. My duty is to conduct a needs assessment for Ian and a carer assessment for Jackie to identify the impact upon their wellbeing, including the effect on relationships with others (Care Act, 2015: c23:p1:s1). The visit’s objective is to obtain better outcomes and maintain independence to enable Ian to remain at home for longer.
Introduction Having a code of ethics are rules carried out in a healthcare setting that allow employees to make the right decision under any circumstances which include the strong work ethics, excellent care to the patient, employees, and staff members. In healthcare practices, the compliance is making sure that everyone follows the law, rules, the regulations, and the policies internal to incorporations. It 's foundational because you can have a compliance program without an ethics program but you can 't have an ethics program without a program of conformity. Every company should start with a foundation to follow the rules that are laid out which is an important part of the compliance piece. The ethics piece is more of the intention after
In the UK, policies for health, safety and security are not only give positive impact it also creates dilemma in relation to implement. Dilemma refers to a situation in which a difficult choice has to he made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones. There are different types of dilemma in safety. This includes * Resource implications
The duty is the main concept in this theory, our emotions have no choice in this situation, no matter if we choose right
Week Three Journal 1. Describe your personality (choose 3 power words) A. Driven B. Strong C. Tactful Driven: I am generally pretty ambitious person, and when I set my mind to something I won’t stop until I feel like I reached my objective.
It can be argued that the standard of autonomy has not been met since the doctor has not fully informed Joseph of the reasons why he should quit smoking and lower his BMI
Current Ethical Issues in Human Services 10 Questions: 1. Did you know this was illegal? Standard 13 a. Yes, but were about to discharge them because both of the women seemed to not need continuing services from me. 2.
Consequential Ethical theory It is a part of normative ethical theories and it means that the consequence of ones behavior is an ultimate mean for anyone to judge the rightness or wrongness of that behavior. So, from the perspective of a consequentialist an ethically right act is the one that will inherit good outcome or consequence. It usually explains the saying “the end justifies the means” which means that in order to achieve a goal, take any route which leads to achieving it.
One of the furthermost essential issues in biomedical ethics is the controversy around abortion. There’s a long history on this controversy and it is still critically debated among researchers and the public in both terms of morality and legality. Some of the basic questions argued that may perhaps characterize the importance of the issue: Is abortion morally justifiable? Does the foetus/embryo/zygote have any moral and legal rights? Is the foetus a human being and, if so, should it be protected?
Moral theories are theories that help us distinguish between a right or a wrong action. Adequate moral theories help us understand that what we should or shouldn’t do in certain situations. Two of the most famous moral theories are Utilitarianism and Kantianism. According to Utilitarianism, an action is right if only if it out of all the other action gives out the maximum utility. In oppose to that, Kantianism says that an action is right if and only if, in performing that action, the person does not treat anyone as a mean and treats everyone as an end in itself.
Information is first received to identify all possible response to a dilemma. An individual recognizes and examines whether the choices are unethical or not and then evaluate the possible benefits to be gained and the possible costs to be paid. Ethical dilemma arises when there is conflict between personal ethics and social ethics. For instance, ethical dilemma exists in situations that a wrong decision is likely to produce a positive outcome or that a right decision is likely to produce a negative outcome (Fletcher, n.d.). Ethical decision-making can only be justified in the notion that the individual is ethically sensitive and rational because a person is unable to acknowledge the responsibility of certain behaviors without awareness of morality and
• Ethical Theories An ethical theory is a decision model .These theories depicts the viewpoints from which people seek guidance as they make decisions. Each theory highlights different points, different decision making style or a decision rule. Ethical theories are based on individual’s ethical ideology these theories allow a person to find an answer to an issue, to make a morally right decision or to justify a decision.
Introduction Nowadays, it is not easy to describe professional work and never talk about ethical principles and values that guide it (Guttmann, 2006). Social work because it is a profession it has its own principles and values that guide its ethical conduct. In addition, Guttmann (2006) argues that the knowledge and skills we have acquired as social workers cannot guarantee an ethical conduct in practice alone. Ethical conduct is an important aspect of social work practice. It involves following and respecting the rules or standards for right conduct, especially the standards of a profession.
Consequentialist theory followers. Consequentialist theory followers focus mostly on the consequences of the decision and the action. The most famous consequentialist theory is Utilitarianism. This theory follows the principle of utility which assumes that the decision is ethical if it maximizes benefits to the society and minimizes harms.