Ethical Consideration in Leadership and Management
Ethical Consideration in Leadership and Management
Ethical Consideration in Leadership and Management
leadership and
management
1.Principle of cooperation
- St. Alphonsus Liguori (1787)
- Defined as the participation of one
agent in the activity of another agent
to produce a particular effect or share
in a joint activity.
Moral Decision Making
Key points :
• Formal cooperation is always immoral
• Immediate material cooperation is
likewise immoral
• Mediate material cooperation may be
moral
Sample case scenario
1. Angelica ________
2. Derek ________
3. Relatives _______
4. Doctors ________
5. Nurse on duty during procedure, nursing
aide and janitor on duty ________
Moral Decision Making
2.Principle of well-formed
conscience
- indicates that people are obligated to inform
themselves about ethical norms, incorporate that
knowledge into their daily lives, act according to that
knowledge, and take responsibility for those actions.
Moral Decision Making
Example :
The patient to make a decision with an
informed conscience, the physician has to
provide himself with the necessary information.
If the patient, owing to his age or condition, is
unable to judge the situation clearly, the
physician has to give adequate information to
those who bear responsibility for him.
Moral Decision Making