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Importance of Good Ethics for Medical Organizations

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Why is it important for medical organizations to have good ethical standards? Also, for the following:

Board Members/Executive Level
Managerial/Employee Level
Physicians

How can the obligation of the patient be ended?

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Everyone in an organization is responsible for carrying out good ethical standards. Find out why, in this solution.

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Ethical standards are the principles by which an organization abides. An organization's ethical standards provide a guideline for the quality functioning of that organization as well as for employee behaviors. For example, if an organization's ethical standards promote confidentiality, the organization will also create rules that will cause employees to behave in a manner that will promote confidentiality (i.e. employees breaching patient confidentiality can be suspended or terminated). Therefore, ...

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