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How can your business direct it's focus to enabling ethical performance? Acting ethically in the workplace is about more than protecting your bottom line. Ethical performance protects your reputation and makes you an appealing choice for new hires. All too often, however, businesses find themselves splashed across the media for irresponsible and destructive behaviour.

Ethical Violations in the Healthcare Industry Ethical Violations in the Healthcare Industry Negligence and Malpractice Digitalizing Patient Data Patient Confidentiality 2 Ways to Prevent Ethical Healthcare Issues Do a System Redesign Respect the Multidisciplinary Team If you’ve ever watched a hospital drama, you’ll be familiar with the host of ethical dilemmas and grey areas that doctors navigate every day in the real world. Health care workers who fail to address these dilemmas accurately can find themselves in hot water fast, and hospitals and clinics become targets of media criticism, lawsuits, and investigations. Stay one step ahead. Here are three examples of ethical healthcare issues, and two ways you can stop them.

Good corporate governance protects employees through honest actions If you're building or running a business, you want to make sure you have good corporate governance policies in place to avoid ethical conundrums that can break your business. Corporate governance ensures that all stakeholders in the company follow the rules and that each decision is made with the organization’s wellbeing in mind.

Enhance your GRC and minimize risk. Every organization is responsible for putting the proper governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) measures in place to ensure the business can successfully manage compliance with regulations and internal policies. In order to address these needs, businesses require proper risk management, document management, audit management, reporting, and analytical measures that can guarantee effective GRC exists companywide.

Retaliation is a true fear for many who just want to speak-up about wrongdoing A business that welcomes open and honest feedback from employees who are able to speak-up about wrongdoing, can root out issues and fix them. This is a business that will thrive. All too often, people who point to suspicious behaviours, possibly illegal activity, or other issues that could devastate a company, are punished for their efforts. 

Every employee should feel like they belong and are accepted in the workplace As a business owner, it is your responsibility to build a foundation for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Learn what you are responsible for and why it’s so important in today’s business arena.