Ethical Issues and Governance in Healthcare: A Case Study

Ethics and Governance
7153AFE

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Relevant facts..............................................................................................................................................3
Ethical issues including affected parties and how they are affected............................................................3
Key fundamental principles under threat.....................................................................................................4
Possible courses of action and consequences...............................................................................................5
Recommended course of action and justification........................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
The global economy is flourishing gradually with numerous business organisations contributing
to it. Businesses need to comply with a number of ethical considerations in order to maintain
proper corporate governance (Davies, 2016). Business ethics provides a business with
appropriate direction which ensures better progress and prospect for the business. With the help
of proper business ethics, a company is able to guide its operations in accordance to ethical
norms and regulations. It is necessary for a business organisation to have proper ethical practices
at place so that the organisational goals can be met seamlessly and in a hassle free way. This
report consists of the course of action required to improve the overall performance level of a
hospital. All the aspects related to the prevailing situation of the hospital are reflected along with
possible consequences of the same.
Relevant facts
It is mandatory for an organisation to analyse its performance and achievements in order to help
the management of the organisation to form a proper plan by following which the hospital would
be able to boost its overall performance level. Also, the plan is supposed to eliminate the
drawbacks of the organisation to ensure seamless business operations (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). In
the given scenario, the hospital is having a number of such drawbacks which are affecting its
performance level. The hospital is unable to function properly because of internal ethical issues.
The optimum level of treatment cannot be rendered if unethical issues are occurring within the
hospital (Parahoo, 2014). All those issues are collectively making a negative impact on the
governance of the hospital. Severe performance shortfalls have been witnessed within the
hospital leading to improper funding and unethical healthcare standards. Funding constraints are
affecting the operations as the hospital is going through staff shortages as well. Some
departments are found doing double counting in order to increase the funding income of hospital.
All these are keeping the hospital from achieving higher levels of performance.
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