ABSTRACT
This applied chapter continues the discussion of community-related issues for governance ethics in healthcare organizations. Here, the ethics paradigm is applied to discuss board oversight of community health. First, the foundation component of the ethics paradigm deals with the identity of an organization, reflecting the leitmotif who we are. This component highlights board oversight of partnership engagement as a hallmark of governance ethics for community health. In turn, this hallmark denotes an associated moral imperative of board oversight of the mission and structure of community health partnerships. Second, the process component of the ethics paradigm addresses the accountability of the organization, reflecting the leitmotif how we function. This component highlights partnership consensus as a hallmark of governance ethics. In turn, this hallmark denotes an associated moral imperative regarding board oversight of collaboration within community health partnerships. Third, the practice component of the ethics paradigm engages quality in an organization, reflecting the leitmotif what we do. This component highlights partnership performance as a hallmark of governance ethics. In turn, this hallmark denotes an associated moral imperative regarding board oversight of performance improvement in community health partnerships.
