A question was asked in class.
Does your company have a code of ethics?
Yes it does. But when asked to name a few, I couldn't answer.
The next day at work, I went on line and found the Code of Ethics in the St Joseph's Hospital Employee Handbook. It stated that "all persons share the responsibility of observing the Code of Ethics".
The code of ethics outlined the objective and two key points: Integrity and Reverence for All.
Some of the ethics had to do with patient care but in some instances the word patient could be replaced with employee. Once I read though the code it struck me that even though I couldn't verbalize what St Joseph's Code of Ethics were on Monday night, I have been following them in the workplace the last 9 years. DB