The ethics in the workplace are what determine the behavior and culture of the people working there. It is due to workplace ethics that the employees in a firm are able to communicate and keep in contact with the other employees and with their employers as well. Ethics are what allow each person to respect each other and for relationships within organizations to be strong and to be based on trust, respect and honesty. These are the core elements which need to exist for a firm to run effectively. Good relations among employer and employee and between customers are all very vital for the effective running of any organization.
They enable you to provide a good quality service working within the legal framework and most importantly aim to keep you and the individuals you support, safe from danger or harm. To implement agreed ways of working you follow the Policies and Procedures and the service users care plan, where the management of the individual's daily care needs are agreed and documented. It is extremely important to have up to date agreed ways of working as there may be changes in policies within the law. Our company may have to implement them to help protect the vulnerable. You have a duty to keep service users safe by following policies, procedures and working within your job role.
Each type of planning is individually important, but is more significant to the collective whole. The class discussed the importance of contingency planning in depth, including the idea that contingency planning can be used in several ways. An excellent point made by the team is that planning is useful not only at work but also in our personal lives. . Ethics are the moral principles and standards that guide an individual’s or a group’s behavior.
Many issues can arise that potentially effect one or all of a group if their leader does not follow proper ethical guidelines. Issues such as boundaries, confidentiality, cohesiveness, personal growth, dual relationships, proper knowledge, exercises used during groups, group therapy verses individual therapy, and informing group members about group specifics can all play a part in how effective the group will be on a long term basis. Ethical boundaries are there for very specific purposes. According to the National Ethics Committee, ethics "define the professional relationship as fundamentally respectful and protective of the patient and as dedicated to the patient’s well being and best interests" (National Assoc. of Social Workers, 2003).
Code of Practice for Social Care Workers Social care workers must: be accountable for the quality of their work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving their knowledge and skills. Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA) created a new regulatory framework for all regulated social care and independent health care services. The Act has two fundamental aims, to: • protect vulnerable people from abuse and neglect; and • promote the highest standards of quality in the care that people receive The standards and benchmarks you are evaluating your knowledge and performance against are Codes of practice, National Occupational standards and minimum/essential standards etc (See above) By following your workplace standards you will be ensuring best practice, which is used to maintain quality and can be used as a benchmark. When working in social care, to be effective and to provide the best possible service for those you support, you need to be able to think about and evaluate
Now it is time to discuss the purpose for AICPA’s code, why it is considered the foundation of ethical reasoning, and its most important purposes. The purpose of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct is to, “represent the expectations for CPAs on the part of the public in performance of professional services,” (Mintz, S. & Morris, R. 2011. p. 14). Currently the majority of CPAs belong to the AICPA; so the fact that the code of professional conduct has been established and accepted by the members themselves, it is considered as the foundation of ethical reasoning in accounting. Principles of the Code reflect the member’s recognition and understanding of its responsibilities to the public, clients and other CPAs. They are used to keep members focused on
In reviewing the website ACA website, www.counseling.org, I was able to read what their mission and motivations are. The mission of the American Counseling Association is to enhance the quality of life in society by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity. As a professional mental health counselor it lists The ACA Code of Ethics and the purpose of these codes, and what each section involves. The ACA Code of Ethics is extremely important to safeguard not only the clients we serve but ourselves as professionals. Section C discusses professional responsibility.
Due Date: Jul 29, 2015 23:59:59 Max Points: 260 Details: A code of ethics is an important tool for organizations. It describes the organization's ethical stance to its members and to the external environment. It can protect the organization from lawsuits, encourage resistance to unethical group and organizational pressures, and encourage ethical behavior. This assignment requires you to design a research-based code of ethics for an organization and to report it in a paper. General Requirements: Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment: • This assignment requires support from current, scholarly resources.
The evaluation on The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse gave me a better understanding of stress and how it effects people. My evaluation on The American Journal of Psychiatry I found very interesting it had thousands of articles on mental illness and substance abuse. If I ever need to do any more research on mental illness or substance abuse I would definitely go back to this source. My third source was an article called Dissociation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse. It was a valuable source because it gave me insight into the research that has been done on proving mental illness and substance abuse co-occur.
A code of ethics that is well written should also give guidance to employees on how to deal with certain ethical situations. A well-written code of ethics should also give guidance to employees on how to deal with certain ethical situations. Every code of ethics is different and should reflect the company's ethos, values and business style. Some codes are short, setting out only general guidelines, and others are large manuals, encompassing a huge variety of situations. They should define accepted/acceptable behaviors, promote high standards of practice, provide a benchmark for members to use for self evaluation, and establish a framework for professional behavior and