ACHE's Commitment to Ethics
Ethics are paramount to the healthcare management field, and the American College of Healthcare Executives has undertaken a number of initiatives to demonstrate the organization's commitment to ethics and support its members in making ethical decisions.
Underscoring ACHE's commitment to ethics are:
- ACHE's Code of Ethics serves as the standard of conduct for all members. It includes standards of ethical behavior for healthcare executives in their professional relationships. These include relationships with patients, colleagues or others served; members of the healthcare executive's organization and other organizations; the community; and society as a whole. All members agree to uphold the Code when they join ACHE.
ACHE's Ethical Policy Statements:
- "Considerations for Healthcare Executive-Supplier Relationships"
- "Creating an Ethical Culture Within the Healthcare Organization"
- "Decisions Near the End of Life"
- "Ethical Decision Making for Healthcare Executives"
- "Ethical Issues Related to a Reduction in Force"
- "Ethical Issues Related to Staff Shortages"
- "Health Information Confidentiality"
- "Impaired Healthcare Executives"
- "Promise-Making, Keeping and Rescinding"
- ACHE's Ethics Self-Assessment offers tips for getting the most out of an ethics self-audit and how to address potential red flags that you may identify in the process.
- ACHE's Ethics Toolkit provides guidance in understanding and applying ACHE's Code of Ethics, Ethics Self-Assessment and Ethical Policy Statements, delineates a concrete process through which to respond to organizational ethical challenges and suggests additional readings and guidelines.