ABSTRACT

This ground-breaking book uses organizational ethics and stakeholder theory to explore the ethical accountability of leadership in healthcare organizations to their distinct vulnerable stakeholder communities.

The book begins with a discussion of the moral agency of healthcare organizations and introduces stakeholder theory. It then looks at key ethical challenges in relation to the confidentiality and privacy of healthcare data, before turning to child health and interventions around issues such as obesity, maltreatment, and parenting. The book ends by focusing on ethics of care in relation to older people and people with disabilities.

An insightful contribution to thinking about ethics for contemporary healthcare management and leadership, this interdisciplinary book is of interest to readers with a background in healthcare, business and management, law, bioethics, and theology.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

What Matters Most

chapter 2|23 pages

Organizational Moral Agency

chapter 4|53 pages

Community Stakeholders in Healthcare

Pediatric Populations

chapter 5|45 pages

Community Stakeholders in Healthcare

Older Adults and Persons With Disabilities

chapter 6|4 pages

Conclusion

The Essence of Care