Developing Ethical Competence in Healthcare Management

Autor/inn/en	Falkenström, Erica; Ohlsson, Jon; Höglund, Anna T
Titel	Developing Ethical Competence in Healthcare Management
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 28 (2016) 1, S.17-32 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-04-2015-0033
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Competence; Health Services; Administrators; Conflict of Interest; Learning Processes; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Workplace Learning; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Kompetenz; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Interessenkonflikt; Learning process; Lernprozess; Qualitative Forschung; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to explore what kind of ethical competence healthcare managers need in handling conflicts of interest (COI). The aim is also to highlight essential learning processes to develop healthcare managers' ethical competence. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study was performed. Semi-structured interviews with ten Swedish healthcare managers from different care providers were carried out twice and analysed through step-wise categorisation. Findings: Four categories of COI were revealed and two ways (passive and active) in which COI were handled. Ethical guidelines did not help the healthcare managers to handle the COI, and none of the managers made use of any sort of systematic ethical analysis. However, certain ethical competence was of great importance to identify and handle COI, consisting of contextual understanding, rational emotions, some theoretical knowledge and a suitable language. Organising work so that ethical analysis can be carried out is of great importance, and top management needs to clearly express the importance of ethical competence and allocate resources to allow adequate learning processes. Originality/value -- This paper highlights the management level and focuses on how work-integrated learning-processes can enable ethical competence. Ethical competence at the management level is essential both to comply with the constitution and legal requirements regarding healthcare, and so that managers are able to analyse COI and justify their decisions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01