Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

Instructor: Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

What you'll learn

Evaluate situations, issues, or questions making judgements on what constitutes an ethical problem
Assign ethical problems into categories that allow one to approach the problem using standard tools and techniques
Use ethics to help set business and management priorities in healthcare

Skills you'll gain

Leadership and Management

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Assessments

8 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Are you seeking practical guidance for improved decision making in business situations involving critical ethical issues?

Are you looking to participate in creative and constructive thinking and learning around these topics? This course is designed to help you. Flawed ethical reasoning has interfered with patient care, undermined shareholder value, eroded public trust, distanced employees and destroyed careers. Using a combination of didactic instruction and a series of case studies, readings, and field study experiences, the course will actively engage you in a timely, relevant, and challenging fashion.

This module is focused on the foundations of ethics and their application to decision-making in healthcare management.

What's included

22 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt6 plugins

22 videosTotal 70 minutes

Meet Your Faculty: Dr. Teo Forcht-Dagi1 minutePreview module
Introduction to Ethics3 minutes
How is "good" used in Healthcare?2 minutes
Traditions in Ethics3 minutes
Phases of Healthcare Ethics7 minutes
Recapitulation: What Ethics Tries to Do1 minute
Defining "Good"3 minutes
How to Think About Ethics4 minutes
Ethical Norms2 minutes
Other Basic Ideas4 minutes
Ethical Principles3 minutes
The Georgetown Mantra4 minutes
Justice2 minutes
The Principle of Justice as an Ethical Test2 minutes
How Principles can be Positioned2 minutes
Other Ways to Justify Principles1 minute
Conflict of Principles4 minutes
Probing the Limits of Autonomy5 minutes
Autonomy and Patient-Centricity1 minute
Reflections on Georgetown1 minute
Applying Principles2 minutes
Recapitulation and Critique3 minutes

10 readingsTotal 59 minutes

Welcome to Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace1 minute
Syllabus- Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace10 minutes
Academic Integrity2 minutes
The Foundations of Ethics Overview2 minutes
Ethics, Morality, and the Law1 minute
Traditional Approaches in Ethics2 minutes
Moral Minute, Moral Exemplar1 minute
Required Resources: Example of How Norms Change8 minutes
Module Summary2 minutes
Explore to Learn More about the Foundation of Ethics30 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 32 minutes

Check Your Knowledge3 minutes
Knowledge Check3 minutes
The Foundations of Ethics Quiz20 minutes
Foundations of Ethics Honors Quiz6 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Welcome to the Course!10 minutes

6 pluginsTotal 37 minutes

What's the Difference between Ethics, Morality, and the Law?5 minutes
Relativism: Is it wrong to judge other cultures?3 minutes
Moral Absolutism2 minutes
Consequentialsim2 minutes
Aristotle & Virtue Theory10 minutes
Moral Minute with Dr. B #6: Moral Exemplars15 minutes

In this module, we’ll consider the critical management triad of vision, mission, and strategy in healthcare and discuss how to reconcile the ethical and non-ethical objectives and goals of the triad.

What's included

8 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

8 videosTotal 13 minutes

Vision1 minutePreview module
Mission0 minutes
Strategy1 minute
Goals and Objectives1 minute
Tactics2 minutes
Corporate Strategy0 minutes
Where Do Ethics Enter the Equation3 minutes
The Importance of Ethical Analysis1 minute

3 readingsTotal 123 minutes

The Triad of Vision, Mission, and Strategy Overview2 minutes
Vision, Mission, Strategy120 minutes
Module Summary1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

The Triad of Mission, Vision, and Strategy Quiz15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 90 minutes

Ethical Challenges90 minutes

This module reviews the problem of conflicting interests in healthcare as an ethical matter and offers tools to assess their extent and manage their impact.

What's included

6 videos7 readings2 assignments1 plugin

6 videosTotal 18 minutes

What is a Conflict of Interest?2 minutesPreview module
Subversion of Primary Interest3 minutes
The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest2 minutes
Conflict of Interest Policies3 minutes
Dealing with Conflict of Interest3 minutes
When good Things Come of Conflicted Situations3 minutes

7 readingsTotal 181 minutes

Conflicting Interests Overview2 minutes
Required Resources - What is a Conflict of Interest?60 minutes
Required Resources - The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest18 minutes
Required Resources - Conflict of Interest Policies10 minutes
Required Resources - Conflict of Interest60 minutes
Module Summary1 minute
Explore to Learn More on Conflict of Interest30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 25 minutes

Honors Assessment5 minutes
Conflicting Interests20 minutes

1 pluginTotal 5 minutes

Conflict of Interest, Concepts Unwrapped5 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the tensions between patient safety and the prioritization of other interests related to the hospital’s mission. The main themes include calculating risk, addressing error, and defining what “good medicine” looks like.