Organizational Ethics and the Law

Question & What Needs to be Addressed:

It can be said that, “the principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice and the ability to practice what is right according to such principles often collide when organizations have to, for example, ration scarce resources.”  For the assignment, please:

1) Identify some hypothetical examples, within the context of health care administration, where this statement holds true;

2) Describe how you, as the CEO of a health care facility, would ensure the principles of autonomy, beneficence and justice are applied in the midst of scarce resources (e.g. scarce personnel, scarce materials and scarce financial resources);

3) Describe the doctrine of Respondeat Superior and why a hospital should or should not concern itself with the negligent acts of its employees.