Approaches to Dealing with Complaints of Professional Misconduct

Running head: HEALTH CARE
Health care
Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author’s note

1HEALTH CARE
Answer 1:
There are two possible approaches to deal with a female client who has complained about
professional misconduct and inappropriate behaviour of my co-worker Frank:
1. The first approach that I can use is to reprimand the female client and take no response to
her complaint. Instead of raising the issue of ethical misconduct to the supervisors, I will
not believe her and instruct her not to report about this issue to any other staffs as this
would increase her risk of harm. I would say that our employees are aware about
professional obligations and behaviour during duty and no employee can engage in such
shameful behaviour.
I will use the above mentioned approach to save my co-worker from any professional or legal
action as I admire his work and cannot think of him to express such behaviour.
2. The second approach that I can use is to believe in the female’s client complain and
inquire more about how many times this incidence has happened. I will also inform the
client regarding the way to report about such sexual abuse to relevant authority. I will
encourage her to take this step to prevent her from future harm and ensure that adequate
ethical action is taken against Frank if he is found guilty.
I will take this action assuming my responsibility to protect client from any harm and
reporting about any unprofessional behaviour or misconduct to higher authority.