Reporting issues or breaches of ethical or legal practice to relevant people
A breach is a failure to do what is required by a law, an agreement or a duty. It is a failure to act in a required or desired way. This means that breaches occur when legislative requirements are not complied with. © TAFE WSI - OTEN
Examples of breaches of legislation and standard procedures in the workplace may include the following:
1. accessing and reading unnecessary patients medical history and records
2. accessing information that is not required and needed to their job
3. accessing information on family, friends stored in electronic or hard copy files
4. using unauthorised shared passwords
5. signing for another person's signature
6. lost keys
7. first
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It may also state how the matter should be rectified.
It is an offence not to comply with a PIN, however the person or PCBU can request the regulator to appoint an inspector to review the notice. The inspector can confirm, amend or cancel the PIN
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Reporting of breaches
Any breaches of legislation to standard procedures must be reported to relevant personnel or immediate supervisor/manager in the first instance as breaches can have effect clients, work health and safety of the workforce or can have effect on organisational reputation in anyway.
Other than breaches, any unsafe work practices must be reported to health and safety representatives. When you recognise another worker’s unethical act, your first option is to confront the worker yourself and discuss the issue. If that is not successful you may need to report the unethical conduct to someone in higher authority. You will certainly need to report the conduct if the rights of others, as outlined in the code of ethics, are not being respected. When reporting unethical conduct, you need to be clear:
• who was involved
• when the incident(s) occurred and who else was present
• the grounds on which you believe the conduct to be unethical, and
• what other actions you have taken eg spoken to the person.
When considering reporting unethical conduct, you need to access your agency’s policy and procedures to know who to direct the report to.
Managers are required to encourage
1. The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry.
In this paper I am going to identify some the legal and ethical issues in My Sister’s Keeper. Some of those issues include emancipation of a minor, genetic engineering, and limited termination of parental rights. I will be giving my opinion on these matters also.
All employees have a duty of care to report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers (whistleblowing), or abuse by another service user, staff or their family and friends.
Finally I’m going to write about the ‘Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992’ act. These regulations are concerned with the working environment. They
Failure to comply with these requirements can have serious consequences – for both organisations and individuals. Sanctions include fines, imprisonment and disqualification.
The actions to take constitute the employee’s responsibilities in responding to allegations or suspicions of abuse. Always follow policies and procedures and report to the appropriate person(s), record the facts on appropriate paperwork, listen do not judge, stay calm and collected, and do not tamper with evidence.
3.3 Evaluate ways in which concerns about poor practice can be reported whilst ensuring that whistleblowers and those whose practice or behaviour is being questioned are protected.
way then you may need to contact outside organizations that may need to be involved
4.) Employee Compliance to the Code: The entire staff is expected to be compliant to the rules and regulations set forth by Company X. Reported accounts of non-compliance will lead to an internal investigation of both the accuser as well as the accused; disciplinary action will necessarily follow if company rules and regulations have not been adhered to or improperly dismissed. Granted that there are many different situations that could arise in which one would believe unethical behavior or misconduct transpired; therefore, it is suggested that first the issue in question is evaluated before presenting to one’s direct
5.3 Describe the action to take if suspected abuse or unsafe practices have been reported but nothing
The organisation has established and maintains incident reporting procedures and monitors and investigates all reported instances of actual or potential breaches of confidentiality and security.
Different organizations are driven by specific sets of code of ethics, which are used to protect many different aspect of the organizations, specifically the client, counselor, and organization. Concerning the standards of a counselor, their ethics are not only provided by the laws of the state or their practice, but also outside sources who present basic values and regulations of ethical standards in their code of ethics. This paper will look at two specific associations: the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association
necessity for whistleblowing presents itself a decision is required. However, do not rush into a
S150 Professional Behaviour 150.1 Members comply with relevant laws & regulations and avoid any action or omission that they know or should know may discredit the profession. (APESB, 2013)
do not comply with the Code of Ethics, they will be subject to discipline and could even be