PBE215 | Social Responsibilities of Hospitals

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2. What are the social responsibilities of hospitals in health service organizations?
Explain how each is addressed.
The main social responsibilities of hospitals include the implementation of ethical
codes of conduct, supporting reverse discrimination and protecting the environment. Hospital
authorities take different initiatives to address these social responsibilities.
The code of conduct in a hospital needs to be updated regularly and it is an ongoing
process. This needs to be updated from time to time and everybody in the healthcare
organization must be involved. This code of conduct helps employees of the health center
maintain policies and government standards (Brandão, Rego, Duarte & Nunes, 2013). The
framed code of conduct needs to be implemented through effective communication with the
employees. Directives regarding behavior and patient care must be communicated in the
training program. Moreover, the organization website can be used to implement policy
statements.
Hospitals may train their staff members to provide equal quality of healthcare services
to all the patients. As mentioned by Landeweer (2018), hospital authorities are responsible to
provide equal opportunities to all of their staff members. They must give care to all without
considering race, gender and economic condition of people. Eradicating discrimination from
the organization may help to support reverse discrimination within society. Staff members
may get training to communicate with people to make them believe in inequality.
Protecting the environment is another social responsibility of hospitals. Medical wastes must
be disposed of in scientific manners to ensure less harm to the environment. Healthcare
professionals must encourage people to protect the environment by supporting cleanliness.
Training regarding the effective way of disposing of waste needs to be given to healthcare
staff members by the hospital authorities.

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Reference list
Brandão, C., Rego, G., Duarte, I., & Nunes, R. (2013). Social responsibility: a new
paradigm of hospital governance?. Health Care Analysis, 21(4), 390-402.
Retrieved from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10728-012-0206-3
Landeweer, E. (2018). Sharing care responsibilities between professionals and
personal networks in mental healthcare: A plea for inclusion. Ethics and
Social Welfare, 12(2), 147-159. Retrieved from:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17496535.2017.1352008n