HSM230 – Complete Class

HSM 230 – Ethical Issues in Human Services OrganizationsComplete ClassWeek 1 – Assignment: Ethics and Law PresentationResources: http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072964464/student_view0/creating_powerpoints.htmlCreate a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation comparing and contrasting the roles that ethics and laws play within organizations. Include speaker notes that you would use when presenting the slide show in person. Your presentation must include an introduction and a conclusion. You must use at least two outside sources and use APA format to cite and reference your sources. Post as an attachment.Week 1 – Checkpoint 1: Ethical Decision MakingCompose 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:o What factors did you have to consider?o What values led you to make your decision?o Who was impacted by your decision?o What was the outcome?Week 1 – CheckPoint 2: Legal ConsiderationsPost your response in 200-300 words to the following questions: The Community Services Code of Ethics 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 item is necessary? What does it tell you about the relationship between law and ethics?Week 2 – Checkpoint: Code of Ethics AnalysisAppendix C: NASW Code of Ethics AnalysisAnalysis of whetehr or not the NASW Code of Ethics in Appendix C is adequate in guiding a social worker through chosen dilemma.Resources you would exploer to get bette uderstanding of issuesSpecific principles or standards from the code, using correct APA ciatationsExamples of how code guides or fails to guide conduct in this particular issueExplain wheter or not the code adequatley guides the service providerEvaluate if code is adequste for intended useMake recommendations to amend the NASW Code of Ethics to provide more giudance for this issueWeek 3 – Assignment: HSM Personal Leadership Plan· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· 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.o Discuss the moral responsibilities you would have as a leader in your field of focus.o Develop a moral vision or road map that would guide you as a human service leader.o Incorporate your personal values and the particular ethics of your chosen field into that moral vision.o 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 according to APA guidelines.· Post your completed paper as an attachment.Week 3 – CheckPoint: Leadership Styles Case StudyResource: Appendix BDue Date: Day 4 [Individual] forumRead 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.Week 4 – CheckPoint: Wisdom and Action Scenario• Resources: Questions and Applications on pp. 172-173 (Ch. 7) of Ethical Leadership in Human Services.• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum• Post your response in 200-300 words to questions 1-3 in Questions and Applications on pp. 172-173 of Ethical Leadership in Human Services. For Question 1, make sure you provide short answers for all the listed bullet points.Week 5 – Assignment: Law Profile Paper· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· 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:o What reliable resources are available to learn about the implications of this law?o What is the purpose or rationale of the law?o How will the law affect day-to-day operations within human service organizations?o What are the arguments for or against the law?o 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.· Post your completed paper as an attachment.Week 5 – CheckPoint: Mercy Hospital and HIPAA Case Study• Resources: Appendix C• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum• Read the Mercy Hospital and HIPAA Case Study in Appendix C.• Post your response in 200-300 words to the questions found at the end of the case study.Week 6 – CheckPoint: Freedom to Comment Reflection· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forumPost 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 groupExplain 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.Week 7 – Assignment: Building an Ethical Organization Part 1You 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.· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format containing the following elements:o Description of organization: What services does the organization provide? Who is the clientele? Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization?o Mission statement: What is organization’s mission statement? How will the mission statement support the ethical system? What message does the mission statementsend to the community?o 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?· Post your completed paper as an attachment.Week 7 – CheckPoint: Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study· Resource: Appendix D· Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum· Read the Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study in Appendix D.· Post your answers to the questions found at the end of the case study.Week 8 – Lobbying Congress ExerciseFor 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.· Due Date: Day 4 [Chat] and [Main] forums· Discuss your assigned side of the debate with your section in the Chat forum.· 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.Week 8 – CheckPoint: Ethics Audit QuestionsWrite one additional audit question for each of the categories (board, staff, donors and fund raisers, clients/customers, volunteers, society) listed in the sample audit in Appendix B of your text.Explain why each question you wrote is important to assessing an organization’s ethical performance.Week 9 – Assignment: Building an Ethical Organization Part 2The board of directors has accepted the draft mission and values statements of the human service organization you helped design. It is time to put your plan in action and complete the ethical framework for the organization.· Resource: Appendix A· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· Write a 2,100- to 2,800-word paper in APA format containing the following:o Introductiono Description of the organization: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.o Mission statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.o Values statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1.o 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?o Organizational culture: What type of culture do you plan to foster and how? How will the culture institutionalize the organization’s values?o 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?o 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?o Conclusion· Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources.· Post your completed project an attachment.All Discussion Questions