Question

Is it possible to develop a “rule book” for resolving ethical practice dilemmas? Describe your views.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to develop a rulebook for resolving ethical practice dilemma.

Ethics are about the knowing and doing what is good or right at work. Ethics describes the standards of practice expected of the group of people to whom it refers. They should be specific, capable of implementation and verifiable, so that their application in practice can be seen, monitored, checked and evaluate

Needs

The aims that these general principles describe are idealistic and represent an ultimate goal beyond the standards usually found in day-to-day practice,

They provide guidance and help for everyone, helping them to become aware of the standards they should realistically be able to achieve, and acting as a quality assurance mechanism.

The fundamental purpose of setting up rules of Ethics, underlying is to encourage the highest standards of care for people, and the ultimate test of their effectiveness is whether they have an impact on practice

Problems

It is the need to ensure that language used for coding carefully to mean what people intend to say. Often there are no appropriate terms to reflect the concepts that need to be communicate and new terms or definitions have created.

Codes should be able to understand by the public and by young people who wish to study or make use of them. However, there are times when words have used in special ways to carry specific meanings, and it is unlikely that all jargon can be avoided.

The main problem in drawing up rules of Ethics, however, is probably the danger that standards may become fixed and may be accepted as being unchangeable. If that happens, the rules may serve to stifle thought and become rigid, rather than as a flexible tool adjusted to serve the changing patterns of services provided to meet the differing needs of

Before the text is finally agreed, it is important to check the text to see whether it is

• consistent with the United Nations Convention on the rights
• consistent with national laws and regulations and
• consistent with good professional practice and policies.

It is important to note that where there are inconsistencies between the rules of Ethics and some other document, it may be that the rule of Ethics represents best practice and that it is the other document that should be changed in order to achieve professional change. People will always find ways of improving the text where they want to provide the best services possible for people in their care..

Finally more knowledge is needed to evaluate the specific ethical decision making practices. Questions such as how, when, what, why, are to be used with particular clients need to be examine. In addition to these much attention needs to be given to aspects of simplicity ,linearity and guideline for application of these rules.