SUBJECT
BUSINESS ETHICS

PROFESSOR
CYRUS GONDA

TOPIC
UNETHICAL PRACTISE IN FOLLOWING SECTORS:
HOSPITAL
GROSSERY
HOTEL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOURNALISM
GYMNASIUM
INTERIOR
INSURANCE

UNETHICAL PRACTISE IN DIFFERENT SECTORS
Hospital
No profession is more fundamentally rooted in an ethic than medicine. In the 21st century, almost every young American physician graduates from medical school by reciting some version of an oath of ethical behavior first sworn to by doctors in the fifth century B.C. To be sure, the original formulation by the Greek physician Hippocrates is a bit outdated--starting with its invocation of obscure Greek gods and, among many anachronisms, equating treatment with "dietetic measures" and relegating surgery to barbers.
Many medical schools have adopted updated versions of the oath, in which not only the language and concepts are modernized but also considerations such as avoiding overtreatment and factoring the patient's economic well-being into the therapeutic relationship are explicitly included in the pledge. Ethical guidelines are central to medical practice because of what one respondent to ACPE's recent poll of physician leaders summarized as the "inherent conflict of interest" between the physician's role as trusted healer and the physician's role as breadwinner--earning a living from the medical knowledge and ministrations applied
Case studies: the legal implications for health care's bad business practices
Bad, or unethical, business practices have always been a concern for physicians and health care organizations. But recent high-profile business catastrophes refocused our attention on the responsibilities physicians must keep in mind when functioning as officers or board members.
Following federal legislation arising from the corporate scandals at Enron and WorldCom--and in light of the recent litigation against