The MT Code of Ethics and Panunumpa ng Propesyonal Flashcards
Define as principles of conduct governing an individual or a group
Professional Ethics
Part of Ethics that deals with the basic principles which are the morality of human acts
General Ethics
Parts of Ethics that tackles the basic principles affecting man as a member of society
Social Ethics
It is a branch of moral science concerned with the obligations which a member of a profession owes to the public, to his profession & to his clients
Professional Ethics
Main Objective of the Professional Code of Ethics
- To define professional privileges
- To promote professional quality
- To defend private professions
- To preserve the dignity
- To defend clients
- To fix certain standards
It is related to DEONTOLOGY and keeping the promises to follow obligations
- Accept the responsibilities inherent to being a professional
Ethical Theories & Explanation:
A person who follows this theory will produce very consistent decisions
- Accept the responsibilities inherent to being a professional
It is about the Legalism and Voluntarism: The ultimate standard of right and wrong is the law
- Uphold the law and shall not participate in illegal works.
Principle of justice: giving to one his own and his right, Virtue Ethical Theory
and Brotherliness
- Act in the spirit of fairness to all and in the spirit of brotherhood toward other members of the profession
This is a subject of legal liability; It is a conflict of interest that breeches his duty of loyalty
- Accept the employment from more than one employer only when there is no conflict of interest.
THEORIES:
Principle of Beneficence and Non-maleficence
- Perform my task with full confidence, absolute reliability and accuracy
Associated with the principle of utilitarianism and indirectly it involves the so called “Duty of care”
- Perform my task with full confidence, absolute reliability and accuracy
Ethical Theory: Sharing is giving
Ethical Behavior – Demands that the pursuit of new knowledge remains in high priority
- Share my knowledge and expertise with my colleagues
Concerned with the welfare of
professional organization
- Contribute to the advancement to the professional organization and other allied health organizations
PASMETH Means
Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health (PASMETH).
Number 8
- Restrict my praises, criticisms, views, and opinions within constructive limits
Confidentiality: Application of the principle of secrecy
- Treat any information I acquired in the course of my work as strictly confidential.
Number 10
- Uphold the dignity and respect of my profession and conduct myself a reputation of reliability, honesty and
integrity
Principled Values (such as):
Dignity
Respect
Right Conduct
Reliability
Honesty
Integrity
Number 11
- Be dedicated to the use of clinical laboratory science to promote life and benefit of mankind
Number 12
Report any Violation of the above principles of the professional conduct to authorize any agency and to
the ethics committee of the organization
Written in 5th century BC, attributed to Hippocrates and was the basis of Medical Ethics
HIPPOCRATIC OATH
The God of Medicine and Knowledge
Apollo
Nazi clinicians carried out a range of experiments on human subjects before and during WWII
THE NAZIS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
It was formulated as a first attempt to
address this issue and has 10 main requirements
THE NUREMBERG CODE
The Oath within the Declaration of Geneva reinforces the framework for modern Medical Ethics
PHYSICIAN’S OATH
Declaration by the General Assembly of the World Medical Association (1964)
THE DECLARATION OF HELSINKI
It extended Declaration of Geneva to cover research as well as diagnosis and therapy
THE DECLARATION OF HELSINKI
FRAMEWORK FOR REVIEW OF MEDICAL PRACTICE:
SCIENTIFIC:
Evidence-Based/ Peer Reviewed
True or False:
LEGAL – Employer must consider legality
TRUE
True or False:
ETHICAL – Independent committee or Professional Body
TRUE
True or False:
Just because something is legal doesn’t make it ethical
TRUE
The best way then in Law to disclose the data
State the fact that it
exists and that is available for perusal
Recognizing the knowledge and skills of certain trained individual, it states that they are able to make judgements/choices/decisions that the public cannot make
Professional Ethics
Refers to the professionally accepted standards of personal and business behavior, values, and
guiding principles.
Professional Ethics
As a vocation requiring advanced education and training
PROFESSION
He defined profession as a
group pursuing a learned art as a common calling in the
spirit of public service.
Roscoe Pound
Banks (2003) explains that “a code of ethics is usually a written document produced by a professional association,
occupational regulatory body, or other professional body
DEFINITION OF PROFESSINAL ETHICS
Refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive,
virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and
straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating
or theft.
HONESTY
“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.” According to _____.
William Shakespeare
Is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods,
measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes.
INTEGRITY
“Integrity w/o knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge w/o
integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” According to_______.
Samuel Johnson
Is a general quality
TRANSPARENCY
“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of
insecurity.” According to ________.
Dalai Lama
Is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability, blameworthiness, liability
ACCOUNTABILITY
“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should
remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” According to_____.
Louis Nizer
Is an ethical principle of discretion associated with the professions, such as medicine, law, psychotherapy.
CONFIDENTIALITY
“In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.” According to _________.
Gijs de Vries
Is a principle of journalistic professionalism
OBJECTIVITY
“The belief in objectivity is a faith in ‘facts’, a distrust in ‘values’,
and a commitment to their segregation.” According to ________.
Michael Schudson
Respect gives a positive feeling of esteem for a person and
conduct representative of that esteem
RESPECTFULNESS
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage
man or the president of the university.” According to ______.
Albert Einstein
The set of enforced rules under which a society is governed, is one of the most basic social institutions and one of the
most necessary.
LAW
“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach
is more so.” According to ________.
Mahatma Gandhi
