(PDF) Ethical Leadership and Organizarions | Assignment
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1PART 1............................................................................................................................................1Reporting Brief.......................................................................................................................1PART 2............................................................................................................................................6Ethical Leadership and Organisations....................................................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONThe term 'Ethics' includes moral principles or philosophy includes the process of ensuringorder, protecting, preserving and recommending actions of rightful nature (Crane and Matten,2016). By inculcating ethics in the behaviour of individuals and organisations, a proper code ofconduct can be articulated that helps in fostering ethical judgements, transparency andresponsibility towards actions. This report is divided into two parts viz. Part 1 and Part 2.Focusing on the case study of NHS, Part 1 if further split into two parts viz. a reporting brief andconceptual framework of ethics. This section of the report sheds light on the issues related toethical dilemma, conflict of interests as well as positive and negative impacts of ethical choiceson organisations, including stakeholders, using suitable approaches in the case of NHS. UnderPart 2, a reflection assessment has been undertaken to interpret how an ethical leader managesbusiness in an organizationby outlining the conditions which lead to unethical practices andorganizations.PART 1Reporting BriefThe Ethical Issue:In the context of given case scenario, National Health Service, more popularly known asNHS, recently declared a ban on its staff from accepting gifts worth more than £50. Under thisban, all doctors and managers would be required to record any wining and dining exceeding anamount of £25 (NHS Case Study, 2019). This will be done by every NHS organisation whereinthey would be required to maintain a register enlisting potential conflict of interests held by staff.These may include monetary amounts relating to hospitality received, engagement in sponsoredevents and other private business interests. In addition to this, the receiver would be required todeclare hospitality in pursuant of first national code on conflict of interests. This move has been made effectual after a series of scandalous discoveries were made byDaily Telegraph wherein health officials were held guilty of accepting rewards of sorts in theform of payments from pharmaceutical firms. The Senior health staff working closely withpharmaceutical companies, responsible for deciding which drug is to be used by GeneralPractitioners and hospitals, were found to being paid for working as consultants to such drugfirms. Apparently, such group of consultants wanted NHS to switch to medicines that they1
produce rather than use the ones which were actually required by NHS for successfully goingahead with their patient and health care services.Through some investigation, Daily Telegraph uncovered that such staff persons chargedas high as £15,000 for organising advisory board meetings with drug firms that were usually heldin a five-star hotel (NHS Staff paid, 2019). Some of the attendees also confirmed that they weretaken to expensive restaurants where substantial amount of money was paid to them to considerswitching of drugs. This strategic move was essentially done with a thought that one would notignore an invite of a fancy dinner and deny the favour they were being asked for.After this exposé, the management found it necessary to clear the image of theorganisation which had slowly moved from an ethical health and care organisation to that oflobbyists. Also, being one of the biggest health-care organization internationally, several aspectsof NHS were being questioned when it came to handling of conflicts of interests. Hence, an issueof ethical dimension arose in NHS (Dierksmeier and et.al., 2016). This new rule has been madeeffective in order to address ethical issues related to transparency and conflict in interests. Theseethical issues have been discussed as under:Conflict of Interests: The doctors are held responsible for ensuring that the dignity,safety or comfort of their patients is not compromised in any manner. Hence, it is theirduty to only prescribe those medication to their patients which fulfil their health needsadequately. Such an incident in NHS indicates a situation of conflict of interest amongthe inner workings of organisation that requires a serious rectification. Posing themselvesas consultants of pharmaceutical firms is one major ethical issue. No organisationencourages misrepresentation of their employees to parties external to their business.Therefore, such doctors and managers can be held in conflict of interest as all theywanted was to be profited from such dealings which was not the core value of NHS.From patients point of view, drugs were being switched at NHS for motive to gainfinancial or material rewards, which again is in violation of public interest. Transparency: Transparency is one of the most crucial element of business ethics. Anorganisation may have utmost interest in the workings of a business based on howethically and transparently they work (Ghillyer, 2012). As NHS staff has been involvedin the activities of misrepresentation, transparency is another ethical dimension that hasbeen acutely affected. A health-care organisation such as NHS is formulated with a intent2
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