2.  What is the definition of morality?
 What is the definition for ethics?
 What are the differences among the relationship
of personal, group and societal moralities?
 How does the health professional integrate the
differences into their own moral life?
 Compare the basic function of law and ethics in
professional practice.

3.  List three ways ethics is useful in the
professionals everyday work practice.
 In professional practice compare the basic
functions of law and ethics.
 List several laws and policies that protect
personal moral convictions while upholding
ethical standards.

4.  Morality- being in accord with standards of
right or good conduct. This is instilled from
early childhood by parents Morality is also
relational. Relationships with others are an
important factor as are how we build and
cultivate relationships with others to create a
safe environment that will produce peace and
harmony. The goal of morality is to protect a
high quality of life for an individual and
community as a whole.

5.  What is needed in Morality?
 It is not only about the individual but the
community.
 To protect high quality of life and care.
 It is about things that should be done or not
done according to how they affect people.
 Moral judgment as an advocate.

6.  Definition-morals, and social values of a person,
group or society. These are things that uphold
our ideas of what is needed for moral conduct
and to live full lives and enable them to basic
interests.
 Traits of character as well help to define morality
such as compassion, which in tern deems
him/her praiseworthy.
 Moral expectations can differ by culture as well
so it is important to remember to research other
cultures as well as communicate or seek
someone to help as a professional with
interpretation.

7.  Moral duty is the action of response.
 Moral character is defined as mental and
moral qualities. Moral Character
WordIQ.com.http://www.wordiq.com/definiti
on/Moral_character

8.  Personal morality- values, duties, action, and
character traits. It is “who you are” as a
unique individual. This is acquired through
self-understanding or self-awareness which
will allow you as a health professional or any
professional to take on responsibilities and
the role of being a professional. Self-
understanding will allow the health care
professional to step-out and understand the
patient, colleagues and the community.

9.  Integrity is embedded within the values that
make up personal morality. As a professional
when you act in accordance with values you
preserve your integrity. The term integrity
comes from the Latin word integretas,
meaning sound, whole, undivided,
unimpaired condition.
 Maintain a unified purpose, direction and
course of action
 Ethical integrity is the awareness of doing the
right thing morally.

10.  Societal morals contain values and ideas of
duty that are religious, philosophic, and
anthropologic in beliefs.
 These may be coded in laws customs and
policies.
 Two debates now taking place in society are
abortion and assisted suicide.

11.  Embraces- moral duties, values and character
traits that do not apply to all others in
society.
 Professional Code of Ethics- example NASW-
handout
 Hippocractic Oath- Pg. 12
 HIPPA- handout

12.  Mr. Smith was admitted due to a hip replacement
and has just been given his pain medication. Mr.
Smith’s family has come in to visit him from
Mexico and does not speak fluent English, the
family insists that Mr. Smith is in pain. The family
is requesting that Mr. Smith be given more pain
medication. Mr. Smith is only allowed his
medication every four hours.
 Please discuss in groups of three what can be
done to resolve this matter. What are the moral
implications and what can be done to help the
patient? You will have fifteen minutes to discuss
this moral dilemma and then we will discuss
questions and answers.

13.  Purtillo, R.B., Doherty, R. F. (2011). Ethical
dimensions in the health professions (5th ed.)
Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 978-1-4377-0896-7
 NASW. Code of Ethics. (2014).
http//www.socialworkers.org/pub/code/code.as
p.
 CMS.gov. The HIPPA Law and Related
Information. (2014).
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-
Guidance/HIPAA-Administrative-
Simplification/HIPAAGenInfo/Downloads/HIPAAL
aw.pdf
 WordIQ.com.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Moral_charact
er