Identifying Unique Ethical Challenges of Indigenous Field-Workers

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Nick L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Specialized Training ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Field Workers

In contrast with nonindigenous workers, to what extent do unique ethical problems arise when indigenous field-workers participate in field studies? Three aspects of study design and operation are considered: data integrity issues, risk issues, and protection issues. Although many of the data quality issues that arise with the use of indigenous workers appear similar to those found in conventional studies, unique problems may arise in terms of risk and protection of confidentiality, especially when field-workers occupy dual roles of both data collectors and service providers. Much is known about ethical problems in the use of conventional field-workers, but the use of indigenous field-workers has been less well studied. It is important to understand which ethical issues may be unique to their work so that specialized training, study design, and management procedures can be developed.

scholarly journals The Place of Ethics in Entrepreneurship: The Nigerian Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwaoma Ironkwe ◽  
Ordu Promise A
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Business Survival ◽  
Integrity Testing ◽  
Management Roles

Management and entrepreneurship practitioners now face more ethical issues every day of their working lives than ever. They face hard decision that does not have an ethical dimension or facet. This is an issue of ethical problems in the decision making process. Scholars have opined that leaders confront ethical issues as they carry out their management responsibilities (Ordu and Okoroafor, 2014). Leaders face the matters of morality; right and wrong, fairness and unfairness, and justice or lack of justice, actions or behaviours in their decision making process of planning, organizing, motivating, communicating, delegating or committing some other management roles. Furthermore, ethics, entrepreneurship and ethical perspectives in management are crucial and these features are indispensible for business survival. Managers today must be informed and this has been receiving attention from scholars and industry practitioners. The focus of this paper is to assist entrepreneurship practitioners to uphold ethical practices that are vital for business survival given the ethical problems prevalent in organisations especially in Nigerian context. Looking at the theories associated with stages of ethical consciousness of organization, various forms of business ethical code formation are highlighted as these are essential and needs to be in place if any entrepreneurial activity must survive. In addition, factors that influence unethical behaviours are explored. There are ethical challenges entrepreneurship may face given the Nigerian context. In conclusion, a way forward for overcoming the ethical challenges has been suggested: getting managers to be accountable and responsible, as well as designing an ethical management index and integrity testing etc.

Rural Ethics and Mental Health: An Overview for Rehabilitation Counselors

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy A. Coduti ◽  
Melissa Manninen Luse
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Health Service Providers

Individuals living in rural areas have similar prevalence rates of mental health conditions as individuals living in urban areas, yet face a number of challenges in accessing and receiving proper mental health services. For mental health service providers there are unique ethical challenges when working in rural areas. This paper will examine aspects of rural living, and ethical issues surrounding provision of mental health services. Implications for practice and research are assessed for rehabilitation counselors working in these settings.

Ethical considerations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Streiner ◽  
Geoffrey R. Norman ◽  
John Cairney
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Consequential Validity ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Majority Population

Although studies of the psychometric properties of scales do not have the same ethical challenges as those involving interventions, there are still areas that researchers need to be sensitive to. These include issues such as informed consent, especially with vulnerable populations, and deception. This chapter also discusses confidentiality, and when this can be breached for legal reasons. It also returns to the issue of consequential validity and the ethical issues that may arise when minority or disadvantaged groups attain scores that are different from those of the majority population. This chapter discusses these and other ethical problems that may arise within the context of developing and validating scales.

Ethical Issues in Secure Psychiatric Settings

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwen Adshead
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Correctional Settings ◽  
Secure Psychiatric Care

In this chapter, I discuss the particular ethical challenges associated with the care of mentally disordered offenders. This chapter deals with the ethical issues that arise in secure psychiatric care, not purely correctional settings which are addressed in another chapter. I describe some of the general ethical problems in secure psychiatric settings, which (I suggest) arise from the dual roles of care and custody that mental health professionals have to carry out. I set out some fictitious case examples, and explore two complementary ways of helping both residents and staff manage these challenges: an approach using the concept of values-based practice (VBP) and an approach based on “relational security.”

scholarly journals A qualitative description of service providers’ experiences of ethical issues in HIV care

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1540-1553
Author(s):  
Motshedisi B Sabone ◽  
Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe ◽  
Ellah Matshediso ◽  
Sheila Shaibu ◽  
Esther I Ntsayagae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Hiv Service Providers ◽  
Review Boards

Background: Managing HIV treatment is a complex multi-dimensional task because of a combination of factors such as stigma and discrimination of some populations who frequently get infected with HIV. In addition, patient-provider encounters have become increasingly multicultural, making effective communication and provision of ethically sound care a challenge. Purpose: This article explores ethical issues that health service providers in the United States and Botswana encountered in their interaction with patients in HIV care. Research design: A descriptive qualitative design was used to collect data from health service providers and patients using focused group discussions. This article is based on responses from health service providers only. Participants and context: This article is based on 11 focused group discussions with a total sample of 71 service providers in seven US sites and one Botswana site. Ethical considerations: Ethical review boards at all the study sites reviewed the study protocol and approved it. Ethical review boards of the study’s coordinating centers, Rutgers University and the University of California at San Francisco, also approved it. The study participants provided a written informed consent to participate. Findings: HIV service providers encountered ethical challenges in all the four Beauchamp and Childress’ biomedical ethics of respect for patients’ autonomy, beneficence, justice, and nonmaleficence. Discussion: The finding that HIV service providers encounter ethical challenges in their interaction with patients is supported by prior studies. The ethical challenges are particularly prominent in multicultural care and resource-constrained care environments. Conclusion: Provision of HIV care is fraught with ethical challenges that tend to pose different issues depending on a given care environment. It is important that strong partnerships are developed among key stakeholders in HIV care. In addition, health service providers need to be provided with resources so they can provide quality and ethically sound care.

scholarly journals What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean for Oncologists?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gali Katznelson ◽  
Brandon Chan
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Structural Inequities

Recent developments with artificial intelligence (AI) and cancer care suggest that AI has far reaching implications for the field. Such developments bring with them many ethical challenges for the oncologist. When integrating AI into patient care, oncologists can start with Beauchamp and Childress’ framework of biomedical ethics to consider ethical issues that AI can pose, such as challenges related to informed consent, preventing harm from bias, and the potential to reinforce structural inequities. In using AI, the greatest ethical imperative for the oncologist is to have an in-depth understanding of the technology being used. Understanding the AI being used in patient care will help oncologists navigate the myriad ethical problems associated with it.

scholarly journals European Psychiatric Association policy paper on ethical aspects in communication with patients and their families

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Carpiniello ◽  
Danuta Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Policy Paper ◽  
Ethical Commitment ◽  
Association Policy

Abstract Background. Establishing a valid communication is not only a basic clinical need to be met but also a relevant ethical commitment. Methods. On the basis of the relevant literature, ethical issues arising from specific, important situations in clinical practice were identified. Results. The main ethical problems regarding communication about the disorder, both in general and in relation to prodromal stages, were described and discussed together with those regarding communication about voluntary and involuntary treatments, “dual roles” enacted in clinical practice, genetic counseling, and end-of-life conditions; on the basis of what emerged, ethically driven indications and suggestions were provided. Conclusions. Several situations put the psychiatrist in front of relevant dilemmas and doubts which are no easy to face with; an ethically driven approach based upon the principle of the best interest of patients may support clinicians in their decisions.

scholarly journals The Supervisory Relationship as an Arena for Ethical Problem Solving

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Löfström ◽  
Kirsi Pyhältö
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Problem ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Dyadic Relationship ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Doctoral Supervision

Doctoral supervision involves the analysis of situations and decision making, some of which include ethical perspectives. This research endeavoured to gain a better understanding of the nature of the ethical problems encountered by supervisors. We have interviewed fourteen supervisors in two disciplines: the natural sciences and the behavioural sciences. We have identified the ethical issues in light of five ethical principles, namely respect for autonomy, non maleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity. We have located the ethical issues within the supervisory activity in two locations: the dyadic supervisor-student relationship and the academic community. The study shows that supervisors encounter a plethora of ethical issues. Many of the supervisors were highly aware of the ethical challenges in supervision and actively worked to anticipate and prevent ethical problems. The supervisors described a number of sustainable solutions, but at the same time, ethical problems and malpractice were reported. This suggests that the complexities of ethics are not always evident to the actors themselves. We claim that in order to expose and scrutinize supervision practices, it is insufficient to analyse the ethical issues only on dyadic level. What appears to boil down to a dyadic relationship may in fact be indicative of the values, attitudes, norms, and practices of the community.

The Ethical Challenges of Political Science Field Experiments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Desposato
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
New Challenges

Perhaps the most dramatic change in political science over the last since the 1990’s has been the sudden and exponential growth in experimental research. From an obscure methodology used only by a few subfields, experimental designs are now widely and frequently used in all parts of political science. This change has brought with it a new series of ethical challenges, some echoing earlier ethical problems but many new and unique to this discipline. In this chapter, the author identifies the new challenges and emerging debates involving experimental political science. The greatest current controversies involve field experiments that are conducted without the consent of subjects or affected bystanders. The author considers the ethical issues involved as well as the opinions of subjects and scholars about experiments conducted without consent.

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