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Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace & Marketplace

Northeastern University

About this Course

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Are you seeking practical guidance for improved decision making in business situations involving critical ethical issues? 
Are you looking to participate in creative and constructive thinking and learning around these topics? 

This course is designed to help you. 

Flawed ethical reasoning has interfered with patient care, undermined shareholder value, eroded public trust, distanced employees and destroyed careers. Using a combination of didactic instruction and a series of case studies, readings, and field study experiences, the course will actively engage you in a timely, relevant, and challenging fashion.

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Beginner Level

Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

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What you will 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

Skills you will gain

analysis
Ethics
Decision-Making
Ethics in Healthcare
Critical Thinking

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Beginner Level

Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

Enterprise Vice-Chair of Education and Professor of Neurosurgery

The Mayo School of Medicine and Science

110 Learners

2 Courses

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Northeastern University

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery. The university is a leader in experiential learning, powered by the world’s most far-reaching cooperative education program. The spirit of collaboration guides a use-inspired research enterprise focused on solving global challenges in health, security, and sustainability.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Module 1 — The Foundation of Ethics

3 hours to complete

22 videos (Total 70 min), 10 readings, 4 quizzes

22 videos

Meet Your Faculty: Dr. Teo Forcht-Dagi1m

Introduction to Ethics3m

How is "good" used in Healthcare?2m

Traditions in Ethics3m

Phases of Healthcare Ethics7m

Recapitulation: What Ethics Tries to Do1m

Defining "Good"3m

How to Think About Ethics4m

Ethical Norms2m

Other Basic Ideas4m

Ethical Principles3m

The Georgetown Mantra4m

Justice2m

The Principle of Justice as an Ethical Test2m

How Principles can be Positioned2m

Other Ways to Justify Principles1m

Conflict of Principles4m

Probing the Limits of Autonomy5m

Autonomy and Patient-Centricity1m

Reflections on Georgetown1m

Applying Principles2m

Recapitulation and Critique3m

10 readings

Welcome to Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace1m

Syllabus- Intro to Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace10m

Academic Integrity2m

The Foundations of Ethics Overview2m

Ethics, Morality, and the Law1m

Traditional Approaches in Ethics2m

Moral Minute, Moral Exemplar1m

Required Resources: Example of How Norms Change8m

Module Summary2m

Explore to Learn More about the Foundation of Ethics30m

4 practice exercises

Check Your Knowledge3m

Knowledge Check3m

The Foundations of Ethics Quiz20m

Foundations of Ethics Honors Quiz6m

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Module 2 — The Triad of Vision, Mission, and Strategy

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 14 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Module 3 — Conflicting Interests

4 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 18 min), 7 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

What is a Conflict of Interest?2m

Subversion of Primary Interest3m

The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest2m

Conflict of Interest Policies3m

Dealing with Conflict of Interest3m

When good Things Come of Conflicted Situations3m

7 readings

Conflicting Interests Overview2m

Required Resources - What is a Conflict of Interest?1h

Required Resources - The Conflict in a Conflict of Interest18m

Required Resources - Conflict of Interest Policies10m

Required Resources - Conflict of Interest1h

Module Summary1m

Explore to Learn More on Conflict of Interest30m

2 practice exercises

Conflicting Interests20m

Honors Assessment5m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Module 4 — Ethics and Patient Safety

4 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 28 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes

10 videos

Patient Safety in the Hospital Environment3m

Types of Errors1m

The Ethics of Using the Word Error1m

The Delivery of Safe Patient Care3m

Errors and Admission of Errors3m

Ethical Aspects of Errors4m

Whistleblowing2m

Clinical Training and Patient Safety3m

Cost of Patient Safety3m

Conflicting Interests in Patient Safety2m

8 readings

Ethics and Patient Safety Overview2m

Required Resources - Patient Safety in the Hospital Environment10m

Explore to Learn More10m

Required Resources - What is Preventable Harm?5m

Required Resources - Patient Safety30m

Explore to Learn More10m

Module Summary3m

Congratulations2m

1 practice exercise

Ethics, Patient Safety20m

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