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Short Written Assignments – 15% of grade

All written assignments will be graded on clarity of presentation, careful analysis and argument, and grammar and style. Written assignments will be evaluated on evidence of a comprehensive grasp of readings and an integration of class discussions.

Each short assignment should be 2-3 double-spaced pages in length. While not required, some references to relevant literature may be cited. A higher grade will be awarded when there is reference to readings, creative integration of related ideas, and/or use of relevant personal or professional experiences. Each short written assignment should be submitted to me in hard copy during class on the following dates:

•    Assignment 3 on Monday, February 22            – 5% of grade

Class Four:    Organizational Integrity & the Common Good
Monday, February 8, 2016

Objectives:
•    To identify key characteristics of organizational integrity
•    To outline key elements of the common good, and relate these to the ethical responsibilities of health care leaders
•    To describe the essential elements of an effective ethics program

Readings:
Weber, Chapter 7, (Organizational Ethics: A Code is Only the Beginning)

Paine, L.S. (1994, March –April). Managing for organizational integrity. Harvard Business Review, 72 (2): 106-117.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/). The common good.

Kammer, F. (2012, July – August). Health care and the common good. Health Progress, 93 (4):55-68.

Class Five:        The Goals of Medicine & Health Care Policy
Monday, February 22, 2016

Objectives:
•    To explain the ethical importance of defining the goals of medicine
•    To describe and critique Callahan’s notion of “sustainable medicine”
•    To understand positions on access to health care as a social good
•    To describe the ethical responsibility of health care leaders to engage in the public policy arena on behalf of health care justice

Readings:
Weber, Chapter 4 (Patient Rights in a Just Organization)

Annas, G. (1995, March 16). Reframing the debate on health care reform by replacing our metaphors. New England Journal of Medicine, 332:745-748.

Callahan, D. (2001). Health care for children: A community perspective. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 26:137-146.

Callahan, D. (1999). False hopes: Why America’s quest for perfect health care is a recipe for failure. New York: Simon and Shuster. (Preface and Introduction.)

Okie, S. (2006, December 12). Teaching hospitals how to listen. Washington Post.

Short Assignment 3:
You are the Chief Executive Officer of a large, not-for-profit health system serving diverse populations in seven states. Medicare and Medicaid payments account for 70% of your reimbursement. 25% of patients are commercially insured, and 5% are uninsured/self-pay/uncompensated care.

You have an opportunity of forming a for-profit subsidiary, financed in part by a private equity firm, for the purpose of acquiring struggling hospitals. Draft the argument you would make to your Board of Directors for either pursuing, or declining to pursue, this opportunity. In crafting your response, please make reference to the ACHE Code of Ethics and your learnings from class thus far.