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Sustaining alliances for integrity.
1Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, USA. phw2m@virginia.edu
The Journal of the American College of Dentists
|August 15, 2000
Summary
Value-grounded organizations achieve better business outcomes and can self-regulate. This study proposes five core values for an Ethics Alliance in Oral Health Organizations, leveraging healthcare market insights and systems theory.
Area of Science:
- Business Ethics
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Theory
Background:
- Business ethics research indicates value-driven organizations achieve superior performance.
- Industries possess the capacity for successful self-regulation.
- The healthcare market presents unique challenges and opportunities for ethical frameworks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify core values for sustaining an Ethics Alliance of Oral Health Organizations.
- To apply systems theory and stakeholder analysis to ethical framework development.
- To explore the intersection of business ethics and oral healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Utilized insights from healthcare market dynamics.
- Applied systems theory principles.
- Employed stakeholder analysis.
Main Results:
- Generated a set of five potential core values.
- These values are designed to sustain an Ethics Alliance in Oral Health.
- The proposed values integrate business ethics principles with oral healthcare needs.
Conclusions:
- A value-grounded approach can enhance organizational performance in oral health.
- Self-regulation is feasible within the oral healthcare industry.
- The identified core values provide a foundation for an ethical alliance in oral health.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional Ethics