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Ethics in Aged Care
This document discusses ethics in aged care. It defines ethics as moral principles that govern behavior and defines ethical conduct as choosing right actions over wrong ones. It states that ethics is not the same as feelings, religion, following the law, or cultural norms. There are five sources of ethical standards: utilitarian approach, rights approach, fairness approach, common good approach, and virtue approach. It provides guidelines for recognizing ethical issues, gathering facts, evaluating alternatives, making decisions, acting, and reflecting on outcomes. The document promotes IHNA qualifications in aged care and nursing.
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- 2. Ethics Ethics refers tostandards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations.
- 3. Ethics Ethics are definedas moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
- 4. Ethics Ethical conduct isselecting the right action and rejecting the wrong ones.
- 5. Ethics Ethics is notthe same as feelings.
- 6. Ethics Ethics is notreligion.
- 7. Ethics Ethics is notfollowing the law.
- 8. Ethics Ethics is notfollowing culturally accepted norms.
- 9. Ethics Ethics is notscience.
- 10. Five sources of ethicalstandards 1. The Utilitarian Approach 2. The Rights Approach 3. The Fairness or Justice Approach 4. The Common Good Approach 5. The Virtue Approach
- 11. Five sources ofethical standards The Utilitarian Approach - the right action produces the greatest balance of benefits over harms for everyone affected.
- 12. Five sources ofethical standards The Rights Approach – the individual's right to choose for herself or himself.
- 13. Five sources ofethical standards The Fairness or Justice Approach - treat everyone in the same way and not show favouritism or discrimination.
- 14. Five sources ofethical standards The Common Good Approach - view ourselves as members of the same community and so the right actions are for the common good.
- 15. Five sources ofethical standards The Virtue Approach – act in ways to pursue our highest ideals e.g. honesty, courage, compassion, generosity, fidelity, integrity, fairness, self-control, and prudence.
- 16. Making ethical decisions • Makinggood ethical decisions requires: • a trained sensitivity to ethical issues. • a practiced method for exploring the ethical aspects of a decision. • weighing the considerations that should impact our choice of a course of action. • Always try to follow the ethical guidelines with all decisions and work that you do.
- 17. Framework for ethical decisionmaking 1. Recognise an ethical issue. 2. Get the facts. 3. Evaluate alternative actions. 4. Make a decision and test it. 5. Act and reflect on the outcome.
- 18. IHNA offers qualificationsin aged care, disability and nursing. Go to http://www.ihna.edu.au to kick start your health career. Thank you for viewing this presentation!
Editor's Notes
- #2 Welcome to the unit of competency CHCCS411C Work Effectively in the Community Sector.
- #3 ETHICS Ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on. Ethics are defined as moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. The oxford dictionary defines ethics as the moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. Ethical conduct is selecting the right action and rejecting the wrong ones.
- #6 ETHICS It is always helpful to identify what is NOT ethics than what IS ethics. Some of the ‘non-ethical’ contexts are as follows: Ethics is not the same as feelings. Ethics is not religion. Ethics is not following the law. Ethics is not following culturally accepted norms. Ethics is not science. Social and natural science provide important data and information to help us make better ethical choices.
- #10 Ethics is not science. Social and natural science provide important data and information to help us make better ethical choices.
- #11 FIVE SOURCES OF ETHICAL STANDARDS The 5 sources of ethical standards are: The Utilitarian Approach The Rights Approach The Fairness or Justice Approach The Common Good Approach The Virtue Approach
- #14 FIVE SOURCES OF ETHICAL STANDARDS The 5 sources of ethical standards are: The Utilitarian Approach The Rights Approach The Fairness or Justice Approach The Common Good Approach The Virtue Approach
- #15 FIVE SOURCES OF ETHICAL STANDARDS The 5 sources of ethical standards are: The Utilitarian Approach The Rights Approach The Fairness or Justice Approach The Common Good Approach The Virtue Approach
- #18 FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING Recognise an Ethical Issue Get the Facts Evaluate Alternative Actions Make a Decision and Test It Act and Reflect on the Outcome