Every individual should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from abuse. Your responsibilities under the duty of care are to do everything reasonable within the definition of your job role to make this happen however you must be aware of potential dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights. During your work you may find yourself in situations where the individuals you are supporting do not agree with what you believe is best for them. In situations where there is a conflict of interest or a dilemma between an individual’s rights and your duty of care, it is best practice to make sure the individual is aware of the consequences of their choice and that they have the mental capacity to understand the risks involved in their choice. It is their right as an individual to be able to make informed choices about their own lives even if you disagree with their choice.
The employees must keep company’s tangible assets and knowledgeable things. The company and its employees have obligation to protect their tangible and intangible assets. Generally, the protection of assets is most important part in profit entities. County of San Diego and G.M Financial conduct their businesses that elementally trust employees. Nevertheless, the reason that company adopts the code of ethics is forbid to fraud, theft, and corruption by
Unit 207 Task A Ai) Person centered values means treating the clients as individuals making sure that they are being treated with dignity and respect, making sure that they have there privacy, and that they have their independence, we need to make sure to give clients a choice of different things and that they have a right to choose them, we also need to recognise that working with professionals is partnership not a relationship. Aii) It is important for care workers because we want to treat our clients as individuals and they way you want to be treated. The main reason why it is important is because it is a law requirement, they come from different acts such as, Human Rights Act 1998, Health and Social Care Act 2008 and the Codes of Practice. Care Quality Commission got the essentials standards from the Health and Social Care Act. If the person centered value are all being followed correctly then the clients should feel happy and content.
Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Know how to address dilemmas that may arise between an individuals rights and the duty of care Know how to recognise and handle comments and complaints Know how to recognise and handle incidents errors and Duty of Care is defined simply as a legal obligation to Always act in the best interest of individuals and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do. As a care worker you owe a duty of care to the people you support your colleagues your employer yourself and the public interest. Everyone has a duty of care – it is not something that you can opt out of.
Respect the rights of the service users while seeking to ensure that their behaviour dose not harm themselves or other people. Uphold
Ethnics, religions and economic backgrounds. Because of this integration of culture diversity and their dignity should be respected. All cultures have the right to appropriate human rights and protection even though some cultures may interpret this a little different than others. “Universal human rights reflect the dynamic. Coordinated efforts of the international community to achieve and advance a common standard and international system of law to protect the human dignity”.
Cost Club needs to implement a Business Code of Ethics, which can be reviewed with all employees at various Cost Club locations. By implementing this Code of Ethics, Cost Club will be able to introduce the legal principles of employment as well as the moral issues that tend to arise in employment. These ethical behaviors are pivotal to the overall success of Cost Club. The stakeholders of Cost Club can take guidance from the company Business Code of Conduct. When an ethical situation occurs, the Business Code of Conduct will become an important tool of Cost Club employee in dealing with workplace dilemmas.
Running head: PERSONAL VALUES Personal Values Kenneth L. Winkle University of Phoenix Online Management MGT 521 Allen Sutton September 29, 2008 Personal Values As a manager, many decisions require taking into consideration the needs of the company and the concerns of the employees affected. One determining factor in making these decisions are the manager’s personal values. Each manager is different on the personal values use to evaluate the situation and decide on the proper action for the current circumstances. The ethical profile of the manager is a useful tool in determining the key factors a manager may use in his or her decision making process. The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment is
The process of making decisions in the ethics games were based on the position of employment within the company. The position within the company can change based on an employee’s level. Ever employee has a duty to report issues, it is the position held that changes in what to do with the information. With the position held in these games the first process was protecting the shareholders and thinking of how this could affect those involved. The issues were dealing with by the employees in this exercise can affect the company and the individuals.
1.1 There are different principles of support and some of these principles include: Independence, Individuality, and Rights. Others are choice, Equal opportunity, privacy and anti-discriminatory practice. INDEPENDENCE: Individual’s should be supported to maintain their independence because it enables them to have choice and control over their lives and the services they use (Moonie, N 2006). INDIVIDUALITY: Professionals should be aware of the individual’s original identity and work with them as individuals rather than the needs of a group of people with particular reference to their weaknesses, abilities and personalities (Moonie, N 2006). RIGHTS: the Human Rights Act 1998 gives the individual’s certain rights and should be respected and protected at all time (Moonie N 2006).