COMM 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Business Ethics, Situation Two, Tertiary Education Fees In Australia
31 Aug 2016
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Comm 104 chapter 18: business ethics in health care. Medical ethics; ethics that apply in the care and treatment of patients and in medical research. Health-care business ethics; broader and refer to the combination of medical ethics with the business interests of health-care organization. Strict compliance view; argues that as long as the organization is not doing anything illegal, all ethical issues have been addressed. Three interesting and related debates about the health care system illustrate the different underlying assumptions that people have about health care: how to resolve situations that occur when medical ethics and business ethics come into conflict. On one side are people who would argue that in health care, the ethics of the profession are more important than business concerns. The main question being; how should health care be delivered in accordance with business principles: whether health care is a business or a humanitarian activity.
