Management 2: Report on Legal and Ethical Considerations

This report, titled "Legal and Ethical Considerations," examines crucial aspects of management. It delves into the legal and ethical implications of privacy, confidentiality, and disclosure, emphasizing the importance of protecting sensitive information. The report also addresses discrimination, highlighting the legal framework against unfair treatment based on attributes such as race or gender. Furthermore, it discusses the duty of care, emphasizing the responsibility to protect others from harm, and mandatory reporting, which specifies conditions for reporting to government agencies. Finally, the report covers informed consent, exploring its legal and ethical implications in communication and decision-making. The report is well-researched, citing relevant references and offering a concise overview of each key area.

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Legal and Ethical Considerations
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Table of Contents
Legal and Ethical Considerations........................................................................................2
1. Privacy Confidentiality and Disclosure.......................................................................2
2. Discrimination.............................................................................................................2
3. Duty of Care................................................................................................................2
4. Mandatory Reporting...................................................................................................2
5. Informed Consent........................................................................................................2
References............................................................................................................................4

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Legal and Ethical Considerations
1. Privacy Confidentiality and Disclosure
Privacy is the legal requirement of keeping an individual’s information private.
Confidentiality on the other hand generally refers to the practice of protecting a private
information so that it is not accessed by anyone who is not authorized for the same (Mattei,
2017). The disclosure of the information is the practice of revealing any stored confidential or
private information when needed.
2. Discrimination
The Legal consideration of discrimination states that it is unlawful to treat a person in a
less favorable manner simply on basis of the attributes such as race, sex, disability or even the
age (Krieger, 2014). Discrimination should be strictly avoided during communication as well.
3. Duty of Care
The legal need of duty of care generally exist when someone’s action is likely to affect
another person as well. It is mainly related to the duty of protecting others from any sort of harm
(Spamann, 2016).
4. Mandatory Reporting
The mandatory reporting play a critical role in communication as it generally helps in
specifying the conditions in which an individual is mainly authorized to make a particular report
related to the associated government agency under their specified jurisdiction (Mathews, 2015).
5. Informed Consent

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The legal and ethical implication of informed consent is largely related communication as
it is a technique of engaging into an informed and voluntary decision making process (Faden,
Beauchamp & Kass, 2014). It is related to accepting or declining the information that has been
communicated to the person.

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References
Faden, R. R., Beauchamp, T. L., & Kass, N. E. (2014). Informed consent, comparative
effectiveness, and learning health care. N Engl J Med, 370(8), 766-768.
Krieger, N. (2014). Discrimination and health inequities. International Journal of Health
Services, 44(4), 643-710.
Mathews, B. (2015). Mandatory reporting laws: Their origin, nature, and development over time.
In Mandatory reporting laws and the identification of severe child abuse and neglect (pp.
3-25). Springer, Dordrecht.
Mattei, T. A. (2017). Privacy, confidentiality, and security of health care information: Lessons
from the recent Wannacry Cyberattack. World neurosurgery, 104, 972-974.
Spamann, H. (2016). Monetary Liability for Breach of the Duty of Care?. Journal of Legal
Analysis, 8(2), 337-373.