HSM/230

ETHICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS

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HSM 230 Week 1 Ethical Decision Reflection

Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Describe an ethical decision that you had to make in your personal or professional life.

Include answers to the following questions in your response:

• What factors did you have to consider?
• What values led you to make your decision?
• Who was impacted by your decision?
• What was the outcome?

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HSM 230 Week 1 Legal Considerations

Resource: Appendix A: The Community Services Code of Ethics, in Ethical Leadership in Human Services

Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the following: The Community Services Code of Ethics in Appendix A of Ethical Leadership in Human Services states, “Whatever your personal feelings about the justice and appropriateness of particular laws, all board members, staff, and volunteers are to obey all laws in the performance of their work on behalf of Community Services.” Why do you think this instruction is necessary? What does it tell you about the relationship between law and ethics?

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HSM 230 Week 1 Ethics and Law Presentation

Resources: How to Create PowerPoint® Presentations

Review the Microsoft Office website to get help with PowerPoint®. Go to Training for 2013 application’s Locate PowerPoint®. and review the tutorial to learn more about PowerPoint®.

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation comparing and contrasting the roles that ethics and laws play within organizations.

Include speaker notes for presenting the slideshow in person.

Include an introduction and a conclusion.

Use at least two outside sources.

Cite your sources following APA formatting guidelines. (See the Writing Style Handbook for more information.)

Post your presentation as an attachment.

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HSM 230 Week 3 Leadership Styles Case Study

Read the Leadership Styles Case Study in Appendix B.

Post a 200- to 300-word response to the questions found at the end of the case study.

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HSM 230 Week 3 HSM Personal Leadership Plan

Select an area of human services in which you currently work, or would like to work.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper addressing why ethics and ethical leadership is important in that field.

• Discuss the moral responsibilities you would have as a leader in your field of focus.
• Develop a moral vision or road map that would guide you as a human service leader.
• Incorporate your personal values and the particular ethics of your chosen field into that moral vision.
• Think about your guiding principles, plans for the future, and what you hope to achieve as a leader when creating your moral vision.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Post your completed paper as an attachment.

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HSM 230 Week 4 Wisdom and Action Scenario

Resource: Questions and Applications on pp. 172-173 in Ch. 7 of the Ethical Leadership in Human Services text

Post a 200- to 300-word response to questions 1-3 of the Questions and Applications section on pp. 172-173 in Ch. 7 of the Ethical Leadership in Human Services text. For question 1, be sure to support your decision by addressing at least 5 of the bulleted questions listed on p. 173.

HSM 230 Week 5 JSBMHA and HIPAA Case Study

Resource: Appendix C

Read the JSBMHA and HIPAA Case Study in Appendix C.

Post a 200- to 300-word response to the questions found at the end of the case study.

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HSM 230 Week 5 HSM Law Profile Paper

Select a current or proposed law that impacts the delivery of human services.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format that answers the following questions:

• What reliable resources are available to learn about the implications of this law?
• What is the purpose or rationale of the law?
• How will the law affect day-to-day operations within human service organizations?
• What are the arguments for or against the law?
• What are the potential ramifications to clients and the organization if the law is not followed?

Use logical inquiry and problem solving to arrive at a recommendation or an evaluative decision.

Include at least two outside sources to support your recommendation.

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HSM 230 Week 6 Freedom to Comment Reflection

Post a 200- to 300-word response describing a situation in which you, as a member of a group, strongly disagreed with the actions of the group based on ethical grounds. Did you feel free to voice your opinion, or did you feel pressure to conform to the group?

Explain whether or not you expressed your thoughts to the group, and what happened afterwards. How did the group’s culture impact your decision whether or not to speak out? How did the group’s culture impact the group’s response? If you do not have a personal example, you may describe the experience of someone you know, or a situation you witnessed.

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HSM 230 Week 7 Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study

Resource: Appendix D

Read the Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study in Appendix D.

Post your 100- to 200-word answers to each of the questions found at the end of the case study.

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HSM 230 Week 7 Building an Ethical Organization Part 1

You have just been appointed the director of a new human service organization (a behavioral health clinic, for example). As the director, one of your first tasks is to draft a mission statement and a values statement for your organization. As your organization grows, your stakeholders will provide their input and help shape these statements

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format containing the following elements:

• Description of organization: What services does the organization provide? Who is the clientele? Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization?
• Mission statement: What is organization’s mission statement? How will the mission statement support the ethical system? What message does the mission statement send to the community?
• Values statement: What is the organization’s values statement? How will these values inspire action and influence behavior? How do these values relate to the organization’s mission?

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HSM 230 Week 8 Ethics Audit Questions

Resource: Appendix B: Part 3. The Audit with Questions Only in the Ethical Leadership in Human Services text

Write one additional audit question for each of the categories (board, staff, donors and fund raisers, clients/customers, volunteers, and society) listed in the sample audit in Appendix B of your text.

Explain in 100 words why each question you wrote is important to assessing an organization’s ethical performance.

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HSM 230 Week 8 Lobbying Congress

For this exercise, the instructor will divide the class into two clusters for a debate about regulatory issues in human services. The Pro Lobbyists will argue that, through standards and accountability, a highly regulated environment benefits the delivery of human service to clients. The Con-Lobbyists will argue that a highly regulated environment makes human service delivery too complex and bureaucratic, reducing the quality of care to clients.

Discuss your assigned side of the debate with your section.

Construct a 350-word statement that presents your group’s argument, as assigned by the instructor.

Write the statement as if you were presenting your argument to your state’s representative to the U.S. Congress.

Select a chief advocate to post your section’s statement.

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HSM 230 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint

Respond to the capstone CheckPoint.

• Post a 200- to 300-word response describing an emerging issue or controversy in the field of human services. Possible topics include Medicare, Medicaid, pregnancy and family planning agencies, patient privacy, and privatization. What ethical dilemmas does this issue pose? As a leader in a human service organization, how would you respond to this issue?

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HSM 230 Week 9 Building an Ethical Organization Part 2

Resources: Appendix A

Write a 2,100- to 2,800-word paper in APA format containing the following:

• Introduction
• Description of the organization: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.
• Mission statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.
• Values statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.
• Code of ethics: List your organization’s code of ethics, with a minimum of 10 items. How does the code inspire a tangible outcome from employees? How is it related to the mission and values of the organization?
• Organizational culture: What type of culture do you plan to foster and how? How will the culture institutionalize the organization’s values?
• Leadership: What approach to leadership will you take? How will you develop and maintain organizational culture as a leader? What is your moral responsibility as a leader?
• Oversight: How will you measure your organization’s performance in maintaining an ethical standard? What structures or systems will you put in place for oversight?
• Conclusion

Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources.

Post your completed project an attachment.

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