Personal/Professional Code of Ethics Paper
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
In your own words, write a three-to-five-page paper identifying your own personal code of ethics. Review and summarize the professional code of ethics for your chosen area of healthcare. Compare and contrast your personal code to the chosen professional code. Detail how the two codes will aid you in making difficult decisions in your health care practice.
Paper Requirements:
APA formatting - Please use the template provided for you and make sure you change every aspect to make it personalized to you. Below are other references for APA formatting.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)
http://libguides.lccc.wy.edu/APA (Links to an external site.)
3-5 typed pages (excluding cover and reference pages)
A reference page with a minimum of 3 references is needed (one of these should be the professional organization with the code of ethics, and one can be a resource on writing a personal code of ethics. I would encourage you to find articles within your profession where you have examples of ethical dilemmas and how the code of ethics helped to make decisions.)
For the personal code of ethics portion
https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/personal-code-of-ethics-faq.htm (Links to an external site.) (also see examples in the lecture for this module)
Include a preamble (explanation of why you should have a code of ethics)
Your core values with definitions/explanations
Your ethical standards (decision making components)
For the professional code of ethics portion
Introduce the profession you are pursuing or are in and find their specific code of ethics.
Provide a summary of the code of ethics including core values and ethical standards.
Compare and contrast your personal/professional codes. How are they similar? How are they different? How will this impact your decision-making process when faced with ethical decisions? Provide examples.
Format, structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation will count in addition to content.
Paper Requirements:
APA formatting - Please use the template provided for you and make sure you change every aspect to make it personalized to you. Below are other references for APA formatting.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)
http://libguides.lccc.wy.edu/APA (Links to an external site.)
3-5 typed pages (excluding cover and reference pages)
A reference page with a minimum of 3 references is needed (one of these should be the professional organization with the code of ethics, and one can be a resource on writing a personal code of ethics. I would encourage you to find articles within your profession where you have examples of ethical dilemmas and how the code of ethics helped to make decisions.)
For the personal code of ethics portion
https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/personal-code-of-ethics-faq.htm (Links to an external site.) (also see examples in the lecture for this module)
Include a preamble (explanation of why you should have a code of ethics)
Your core values with definitions/explanations
Your ethical standards (decision making components)
For the professional code of ethics portion
Introduce the profession you are pursuing or are in and find their specific code of ethics.
Provide a summary of the code of ethics including core values and ethical standards.
Compare and contrast your personal/professional codes. How are they similar? How are they different? How will this impact your decision-making process when faced with ethical decisions? Provide examples.
Format, structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation will count in addition to content.