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Organizational Ethics in Health Settings

Abstract

The article aims to reinforce the importance of organizational ethics for health organizations. As a first step, organizational ethics is differentiated from other areas of applied ethics, which are mobilized by health-related ethical issues. Then, the objects of study and intervention that characterize it are presented. Finally, the article focuses on some core elements of a particularly rich and relevant organizational ethical approach.

Key words
Organizational Ethics; Health Organizations; Health; Self-regulation; Heteroregulation

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