Ethics Pre Work

The first question that was sent to us for pre work was our opinion of what ethics personally means to us. When I think of ethics I think of doing the right thing when people aren't around or watching you. Ethics has a lot to do with morals and the way certain individuals were brought up early in their life. Doing something that is wrong with people watching is different because the problem will be seen first hand. Ethics doesn't have to be a legal issue, it could just be reporting a problem to a supervisor before they have to find out on their own.

The second question asked about a personal experience at work where ethics may have come into play. Personally, about a year ago, there was a major ethics problem that happen at Hannaford's that I was involved in. My night manager was messed up on drugs or alcohol and everyone in the store could easily tell that he wasn't in his right mind. One of my co workers ended up calling the STORE manager who had to come in and terminate him on the spot. I ended up having to write a written statement explaining the incidents that proved he was high or drunk. There were two different ethics issue in this example, one being good and one being bad. My co worker did the right thing by calling the store manager because he could bring a negative impact to the organization. My night manager obviously did something ethically wrong by consuming drugs or alcohol while working on the job.

The third question asked about ethical problems that could potentially occur in the workplace. There are a lot of problems but a few are harassment, stealing, drugs/alcohol, poor time management, and inappropriate relationships with co workers. As I mentioned some of these are crimes and some are moral issues. Poor time management could involve someone abusing their ability to take breaks without their managers hovering over them. Also inappropriate relationships aren't illegal but it could make other co workers uncomfortable around them.

The last question asked about some ethical problems that could arise in a health care setting. Some of the problems could be misdiagnosing a patient for more Medicare money or finding a loophole in the benefits program which results in gaining more money. In my opinion ethical problems in health care settings are really bad because it personally could impact a patients well being.