4A: Describe ethical and legal issues related to shared information within an organisation, and the related procedures and conventions for privacy and permission. There are several issues related to sharing information within an organisation which may be answered by the Privacy Act 1993, e.g. o Who owns the information? o Where is the information stored? o Can you really delete the information? o Who sees the information? These issues although many do not realise, actually affect us in our everyday life. I would be surprised if they hadn’t, think back to the past week, how many photos have you posted on Facebook and Instagram, what have you tweeted on twitter and have you uploaded any data to the cloud this week. Do you know what these companies can do with …show more content…
Definitions • Ethical Issues: Issues which conflict with or involve Ethics • Legal Issues: Issues involving laws • Privacy: “the state of being free from public attention” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=defintion%20privacy) • Procedures: “an established or official way of doing something” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+procedures • Conventions: “a way in which something is usually done” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+conventions) • Information: “facts provided or learned about something or someone”
4.3 Describe situations where information normally considered to be confidential might need to be passed on.
Task 5: explain how the processes used by own work setting or service comply with legislation that covers data protection, information handling and sharing.
Another piece of legislation that can affect the management of confidential information is the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Anyone is allowed to request information that has been recorded by any public-sector organisation, for example:
A 35-year-old man named Paul, who has a supportive wife and two adventurous kids, has been diagnosed with a very severe case of bone cancer for 1 year now. Since this type of cancer is so severe, chemotherapy is starting to not work as well. Paul’s oncologist unfortunately had to suggest a final option for Paul to try which was a clinical research trial. Clinical research trials are experimental studies that deem whether or not a medical drug, treatment, surgery, or device is safe and beneficial for humans to use ("National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute"). As explained in Marcia Angell’s Article, “The Ethics of Clinical Research in the Third World”, the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a guideline
This case study should have addressed provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and what Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) must describe.
1.2 Undertake and evaluate at least one communication activity in Health and Social Care Organization,considering Confidentiality and Data Protection Act 1998.
Below you will see descriptions of two essential items of UK legislation relating to the recording, storage and accessibility of HR data:
There are many ethical issues in the healthcare field. These issues range from insurance coverage, senior care, childhood immunizations, beneficence, abortion, medicinal marijuana, honesty and medical research (Fritzsche, D., 2004). Today we will discuss the ethical concerns in only one aspect of heath care and that topic is research (Benatar, S., 2000). Medical research is necessary in order to make strides in health care, introduce new medications, to discover new symptoms and disorders and to test new treatment options for current medical problems. Students of medicine, universities and pharmaceutical companies conduct this research primarily. Much of this research is time consuming and costly, therefore obtaining funding is not
1.5 Explain how processes used by work setting or service comply with legislation that covers data protection, information handling and sharing.
If one was to ask the question, “What do ethics mean to you?” These responses would be likely to follow. “Ethics is what my feelings tell me is right or wrong.” “Ethics have to do with my religious beliefs.” “Being ethical means following the laws.” Those replies would be expected. Many do relate ethics with their feelings, but it is not a matter of following feelings. In fact, we will often times stray from living ethically if we were guided by our feelings. Although religions urge high ethical standards, if ethics were limited to religion, ethics would only apply to religious people. Following the law is not the same as being ethical. Ethical standards may be incorporated in the law, but laws, won’t always conform to
If someone were to ask a group of individuals what their favorite kind of movie was, there would be many different opinions. Some might say that horror and blood are what they look for in a movie description. Others might believe that a good movie is filled with romance and love. Yet others would agree that unpredictable movies are the best kinds. The film, Do You Believe, is packed with surprise and suspense.
There are five major areas which trigger privacy matters in the area of public sector employment: background
Many people are not comfortable in regards to the notion of a new idea; they tend to be called an “outsider” or even a “rebel” with a negative connotation. Although change may seem like a negative concept to some people, it is probably the reason why the world is as we know it today regarding religion, government/politics, society, and much more. For example, there are many different types of religions; in particular, there are many different branches of Christianity that were first introduced into this world as a form of change. One person standing up to the Catholic Church and introducing new ideas and beliefs is what caused a new religion, namely Christianity, thus different branches were also introduced due to different views. The
In America, we are constantly surrounded by abundance. Food is a prevalent waste item in the United States. Most people do not think about the resources it took to produce, transport, and prepare the food they throw away. Our food waste is not actually just trash; it is the key to human survival. Ordinary consumers can change the future with one small action: to stop wasting food. Actions at the individual level can decrease food waste and feed those in need. Twenty five percent of purchased food is thrown away. (TED) Often this is because food has spoiled, but it can be for other reasons such as oversupply, misread labels, or individual consumer shopping and eating habits. http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/i3347e.pdf