Examine and appraise the consequences for ethics violations.

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Activity 11
Section 7: Signature Assignment
The Signature Assignment should show how you: (a) demonstrate mastery of the course material, and (b) apply this knowledge to the real world.

Required Reading:
Jennings, M. (2009): Unit 6c
Assignment – HealthSouth: The Scrushy Way
Of all the CEO’s accused of misdeeds in recent years – at Enron, WorldCom, and elsewhere – by far the most interesting is former HealthSouth CEO Richard Marin Scrushy. A charismatic leader, Scrushy could get employees to follow him either through charm or encouragement, or outright intimidation. In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused in a civil law suit the HealthSouth Corporation and Scrushy of inflating the company’s earnings by $1.9 billion since 1999 (Securities and Exchange Commission, 2003). In separate criminal charges, 15 former executives pleaded guilty of participating in a scheme to fake corporate profits to meet Wall Street expectations.
Using Case 6.18, HealthSouth: The Scrushy Way, on pp. 366-375, and by utilizing a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed references and completing outside research, examine the HealthSouth and CEO Richard Scrushy case and its ethical issues. Discuss how ethics may have played a role in the government’s responsibilities to all parties involved in the case.
Provide a Table of Contents, an Introduction, Impact on Stakeholders, Outcome and Fairness of Punishment, Conclusion, and the Reference Section.
Length: 12-14 pages (app. 350 words per page)
Your essay should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Submit your document in the Course Work area below the Activity screen.
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Assignment Outcomes
Compare and contrast the approaches of the parties who influence business decision making as it relates to ethics and of those who are influenced by their decisions.
Analyze the conflicting objectives of business leaders who influence business decisions.
Evaluate the actions that a company may take to meet ethical considerations relative to social performance, financial performance, and reputation.
Assess the extent to which social, ethical and public issues must be considered in internal and external stakeholder relationships.
Analyze and evaluate ethics in an academic setting, especially in regard to academic integrity and the code of conduct.
Examine and appraise the consequences for ethics violations.
Course Work

What are the conflicts between the business of managing healthcare and the administration of healthcare to the public?

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Conflicts in Healthcare Management

You and Mr. Wood attend a meeting of the hospital’s public relations (PR) committee. This PR committee wants to initiate an in-house and community campaign in celebration of the hospital’s 25th year of operation. The PR committee has initiated a series of meetings in which various campaign ideas will be discussed including taking a look back at how the hospital started 25 years ago. You would like to contribute some ideas to the discussion about how healthcare has evolved over the past 50 years. In preparation for the next committee meeting, you research significant changes in the way healthcare is delivered in the United States including changes in the business aspects of healthcare.

Discuss the following questions in light of changes in the past few decades:

What are the conflicts between the business of managing healthcare and the administration of healthcare to the public?

What are the implications for providers, consumers, and payers?

What are the desirable and undesirable aspects of this fragmentation?

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Deliverable Length:4-5 Pages

You have been asked to prepare a speech to deliver to an industry group about
the following topic:

The unabated continuation of the proliferation and fragmentation of the
health professions.

Create a presentation in PowerPoint (using both the slides and instructor’s
notes sections) in which you address the following questions:

  1. What are the desirable and undesirable aspects of this fragmentation?
  2. Should actions be taken to slow or stop this trend? If so, what should be
    done and how can it be achieved?

Use your textbook or other resources as needed. These Web sites might be
useful in your research:

  • American Nurses
    Credentialing Center
  • Liaison Committee on Medical
    Education
  • Public Citizen’s “Questionable Doctors” databank
  • American Podiatric Medical
    Association
  • American Society of Radiologic
    Technology
  • American Nurses
    Credentialing Center
  • Liaison Committee on Medical
    Education
  • Public Citizen’s “Questionable Doctors” databank
  • American Podiatric Medical
    Association
  • American Society of Radiologic
    Technology

What is policy making in the health care?

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Introduction
The aim of this essay is to focus on management and how managers operate within the context of health and social care. As well the processes in which they operate when making decisions in relation to the needs of client, the importance of policy and practice. Attention will also be made to the way decisions are made within health and social care. In terms of this, a case study of the areas that will be a focus point is ‘contextual factor’ ‘policy making’ and case study. To address the problem the paper will cover the following spectrum, definition of the main problem in the case study, management roles, contextual factor, policy making in health and social care, objective goals and finally how management make decisions.
The term contextual factor is define as a frame work, the process in which a work is carry out, Working together with the frame work also identify it as an important characteristics within the environment . It is related to the effectiveness and includes limited to physical and structural setting of the community and the environment. For example, resources available in the community and the social contest.
What is policy making in the health care?
Policies allow for the implementation of services to companies that address public issues, including the Government State of affairs, private organisation and other companies regulation, it also include decision making and actions taken. These structures help with management technique and strengthen the tool in improving health care, which formulate part of the decision making policy. ‘Health care Policy is a network of interrelated decisions which together form an approach or strategy in relation to practical issues concerning health care delivery’ (Barker 2000).
Management plays an important role in making sure all members of the team perform and working together, to make the job vibrant by communicating and making the best decision possible for service users, (Quality care commission 2011). Managers are responsible for taking action which makes it possible for individuals to make their best contributions in groups for objective achievements (Hunter 2007).
Managers are also expected to ensure and implement the service to a company, for example the National Health Services (NHS) team within the NHS included a hole house of professional people include, polices making many Doctors and Nurses who play a key role management role leading their team of people who managers. Each team member working together to achieve gold set that need to be accomplishes (NHS 2011).
The aim is to identify, assist and address the problems associated with Mrs B, and decision making. Organization that are involved in making decision in regards to Mrs B case, team members involved with Mrs B, support the social service. The fundamental factor in good management team is all about communication which is very important when making decision all departments coming together to implement a service that needed to into put practice (Department of health 2007).
In the case of Mrs. B a 75 year old lady, she was taken into St. Luke’s hospital due to a fall at home. Due to the fall Mrs B. suffered a broken hip, and needed an operation. The operation was successful and Mrs. B. was giving the all clear and wanted to return home for a full recover.