Northeastern University
Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace
Northeastern University

Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
15 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
15 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate situations, issues, or questions making judgements on what constitutes an ethical problem

  • Assign ethical problems into categories that allow one to approach the problem using standard tools and techniques

  • Use ethics to help set business and management priorities in healthcare

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module is focused on the foundations of ethics and their application to decision-making in healthcare management.

What's included

22 videos10 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt6 plugins

In this module, we’ll consider the critical management triad of vision, mission, and strategy in healthcare and discuss how to reconcile the ethical and non-ethical objectives and goals of the triad.

What's included

8 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

This module reviews the problem of conflicting interests in healthcare as an ethical matter and offers tools to assess their extent and manage their impact.

What's included

6 videos7 readings2 assignments1 plugin

In this module, you will learn about the tensions between patient safety and the prioritization of other interests related to the hospital’s mission. The main themes include calculating risk, addressing error, and defining what “good medicine” looks like.

What's included

10 videos8 readings1 assignment1 peer review

Instructor

Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi
Northeastern University
3 Courses786 learners

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