Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

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Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

Instructor: Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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

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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 videos Total 70 minutes

Meet Your Faculty: Dr. Teo Forcht-Dagi 1 minute
Introduction to Ethics 3 minutes
How is "good" used in Healthcare? 2 minutes
Traditions in Ethics 3 minutes
Phases of Healthcare Ethics 8 minutes
Recapitulation: What Ethics Tries to Do 2 minutes
Defining "Good" 3 minutes
How to Think About Ethics 4 minutes
Ethical Norms 3 minutes
Other Basic Ideas 5 minutes
Ethical Principles 3 minutes
The Georgetown Mantra 5 minutes
Justice 2 minutes
The Principle of Justice as an Ethical Test 3 minutes
How Principles can be Positioned 3 minutes
Other Ways to Justify Principles 1 minute
Conflict of Principles 5 minutes
Probing the Limits of Autonomy 5 minutes
Autonomy and Patient-Centricity 1 minute
Reflections on Georgetown 2 minutes
Applying Principles 3 minutes
Recapitulation and Critique 4 minutes

10 readings Total 59 minutes

Welcome to Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace 1 minute
Syllabus- Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace 10 minutes
Academic Integrity 2 minutes
The Foundations of Ethics Overview 2 minutes
Ethics, Morality, and the Law 1 minute
Traditional Approaches in Ethics 2 minutes
Moral Minute, Moral Exemplar 1 minute
Required Resources: Example of How Norms Change 8 minutes
Module Summary 2 minutes
Explore to Learn More about the Foundation of Ethics 30 minutes

4 assignments Total 32 minutes

Check Your Knowledge 3 minutes
Knowledge Check 3 minutes
The Foundations of Ethics Quiz 20 minutes
Foundations of Ethics Honors Quiz 6 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Welcome to the Course! 10 minutes

6 plugins Total 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 Absolutism 2 minutes
Consequentialsim 2 minutes
Aristotle & Virtue Theory 10 minutes
Moral Minute with Dr. B #6: Moral Exemplars 15 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 videos Total 14 minutes

Vision 2 minutes
Mission 1 minute
Strategy 2 minutes
Goals and Objectives 1 minute
Tactics 2 minutes
Corporate Strategy 1 minute
Where Do Ethics Enter the Equation 4 minutes
The Importance of Ethical Analysis 2 minutes

3 readings Total 123 minutes

The Triad of Vision, Mission, and Strategy Overview 2 minutes
Vision, Mission, Strategy 120 minutes
Module Summary 1 minute

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

The Triad of Mission, Vision, and Strategy Quiz 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 90 minutes

Ethical Challenges 90 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 videos Total 18 minutes

What is a Conflict of Interest? 3 minutes
Subversion of Primary Interest 3 minutes
The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest 3 minutes
Conflict of Interest Policies 3 minutes
Dealing with Conflict of Interest 3 minutes
When good Things Come of Conflicted Situations 3 minutes

7 readings Total 181 minutes

Conflicting Interests Overview 2 minutes
Required Resources - What is a Conflict of Interest? 60 minutes
Required Resources - The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest 18 minutes
Required Resources - Conflict of Interest Policies 10 minutes
Required Resources - Conflict of Interest 60 minutes
Module Summary 1 minute
Explore to Learn More on Conflict of Interest 30 minutes

2 assignments Total 25 minutes

Honors Assessment 5 minutes
Conflicting Interests 20 minutes

1 plugin Total 5 minutes

Conflict of Interest, Concepts Unwrapped 5 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.

What's included

10 videos8 readings1 assignment1 peer review

10 videos Total 28 minutes

Patient Safety in the Hospital Environment 3 minutes
Types of Errors 2 minutes
The Ethics of Using the Word Error 1 minute
The Delivery of Safe Patient Care 3 minutes
Errors and Admission of Errors 3 minutes
Ethical Aspects of Errors 4 minutes
Whistleblowing 2 minutes
Clinical Training and Patient Safety 3 minutes
Cost of Patient Safety 3 minutes
Conflicting Interests in Patient Safety 2 minutes

8 readings Total 72 minutes

Ethics and Patient Safety Overview 2 minutes
Required Resources - Patient Safety in the Hospital Environment 10 minutes
Explore to Learn More 10 minutes
Required Resources - What is Preventable Harm? 5 minutes
Required Resources - Patient Safety 30 minutes
Explore to Learn More 10 minutes
Module Summary 3 minutes
Congratulations 2 minutes

1 assignment Total 20 minutes

Ethics, Patient Safety 20 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

The Ethics of Patient Safety 120 minutes

Instructor

Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

Northeastern University

3 Courses 1,540 learners

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Northeastern University

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