Introduction
Ethics can be considered the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group (Austin, 2006). It is vital for any business to have suitable ethical guidelines in place, especially in the health care industry. To ensure the productivity of an organisation, the manager must have values grounded on ethical principles. These vales assist in leading the organizations policies and principles and help determine how successful or un-successful an organisation is. Perry 2002 implies the evidence of a good manager is their ability to make ethical decisions and to lead the organisation along a path of more moral integrity. In relation to the Health Sector, According to Austin 2006, Managers need guidelines and principles to tackle ethical issues in health care organisations. These managers need to warrant that the culture of the company or organisation is based on a code of ethics to ensure the medical and administrative staff, as well as the patients are treated to the best of the organisations capabilities. Consequently the relationship between the ethical position of the manager impacts the standards of the organisation.
What are ethics?
According to Laurence 1993, “ethics is the disciplined study of morality, which concerns human behaviour as well as the behaviour of institutions”. Ethics is the basis of all activities within the organization; It is the groundwork for everything including the mission statement, values statement, policies and procedures, decision making models, and the code of conduct.
Managers, Ethics and Health Organizations
Gert 2004 concludes that the principles of ethics prevail through time and circumstances, regardless of the Organisation and it ...