Ethics and Healthcare Management: Leading with Integrity & ACHE Code

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of ethics in healthcare management, highlighting the critical role of ethical decision-making, the importance of the ACHE Code of Ethics, and the significance of ethical leadership. It emphasizes how healthcare executives must navigate complex situations by applying ethical principles in planning, organizing, staffing, influencing, and controlling processes. The author reflects on the value of understanding subordinates' emotions, attitudes, and values, and the application of motivation theories, deontology, and eudaimonism. The essay underscores the importance of integrity, honesty, and prioritizing patient care, drawing from experiences and lessons learned throughout the course to prepare for a future career in healthcare management. The author also highlights the skills, awareness, and knowledge gained, including professionalism, communication, relationship management, and leadership, all applicable to both current and future roles.

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Question 1
The planning, influencing, staffing, organizing and controlling processes of healthcare
management deal with the specific aspect of healthcare management field. In the course of
carrying out these processes, healthcare executives encounter many-sided situations that require
the application of ethical decision-making principles. The ACHE code of ethics plays the role of
setting conduct standards for parties to the Code of ethics (Hammaker, Knadig & Tomlinson,
2017). It stipulates ethical behavior standards for healthcare executives in their interaction and
relationships with other professionals. Leading is the process that is of particular interest among
the five processes. Leading refers to the process of inspiring action among subordinates.
Information such as the fact that to become an effective manager, I’m required to understand my
subordinates in terms of their emotions, attitudes, values, and personalities will be quite
important in dealing with ethical issues involved in the leading process. In addition, the theory of
motivation which focuses on energizing workers, deontology, eudaimonism will also be of much
significance in my future career. The insight on the importance of avoiding exploitation of
professional relationships for my own gain as well as maintenance of qualities such as integrity,
honesty, good faith, fairness, and respect will also be of particular impact in my future career as a
healthcare manager. Leading my future organization in prioritizing care over other
considerations will also be of particular importance (Morrison, 2011). Finally, the experience I
have acquired throughout this course will help me to deal with various aspects of the leading
process in the course of my career in future.
Question 2

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My experience in this course has been quite amazing. Not only have I learnt many
aspects related to ethics and healthcare management but I have also acquired crucial information
likely to impact positively on my future career. Out of all the lessons I have acquired from this
unit, my most valuable learning experience has been an introduction to ACHE Code of ethics
(Runciman, Merry & Walton,2017). I consider this a valuable experience because I have
acquired knowledge on the codes that guide my profession, the aspects that I’m supposed to
focus on in the course of my career as well as what constitutes an ethical behavior on the part of
a healthcare management executive.
By studying this course, I have also acquired multiple skills, awareness, and knowledge
applicable both in my current and future career. In terms of awareness, by studying this course I
have learnt that as a healthcare management executive, I am obligated to uphold the ACHE code
of ethics, I have also learnt that I am obligated to maintain proficiency and competence in my
roles healthcare management. I have also learnt the importance of avoiding any undertaking that
is likely to demean my profession. I have also learnt the importance of compliance with
healthcare management laws and regulations (Forrestal & Cellucci, 2016). I have also learnt that
it is my role as a healthcare executive to create a work environment founded on ethical conduct.
Skills such as professionalism, communication and relationship management and leadership that
I have acquired from this unit will also be applicable to my present and future career.

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References
Forrestal, E. J., & Cellucci, L. W. (2016). Ethics and professionalism for healthcare
managers.Chicago, Illinois: Health Administration Press(HAP)
Hammaker, D. K., Knadig, T. M., & Tomlinson, S. J. (2016). Health care ethics and the law.
Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Morrison, E. E. (2009). Ethics in health administration: a practical approach for decision
makers. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Runciman, B., Merry, A., & Walton, M. (2017). Safety and ethics in healthcare: a guide to
getting it right. CRC Press.