Assignment:
You will demonstrate your achievement in the following professional competencies:
• Ethical decision making
• Professionalism
• Legal principles development, application, and assessment
• Information seeking
• Written communication
• Impact and influence of management and leadership
• Change leadership
• Innovative thinking
Directions
Using online resources, identify and analyze a case of your choice (no older than 8 years) that you believe presents a conflict between public health, healthcare ethics, and current legal statutes (i.e., required vaccinations, no smoking policies, food/restaurant labeling requirements, school nutrition policies, etc.).
Then, take the perspective of a healthcare executive or professional solving a public health or ethical dilemma that your organization, community, and/or the healthcare profession at large are facing.
Based on your research and analysis of the case, write an 8-10-page proposal to other healthcare executives soliciting their support for legal reform with the state legislature. Include the following items in your proposal:
• Describe how healthcare professionals and leaders can bring about changes in healthcare, legal, or ethical issues.
• Explain the current conflict between public health, healthcare ethics, and the current legal statute you have selected. Use cases and outside resources to explain your position.
• Present a new piece of legislature that will address the ethical conflict. While there are no wrong or right answers, make sure to link your new law to previous cases and/or healthcare ethical principles. Use existing laws but also be creative in writing a law.
• Identify the barriers to implementing the law, the stakeholders, and ways in which the barriers can be overcome.
Your proposal should be approximately 8-10 pages in length. Organize your proposal in the following manner:
• Title page
• Introduction
o Summary of selected case
o Reason for the selection and how it meets the criteria
o The ethical dilemma
• Background research
• Proposal
• Description of proposal
• Conflict
• Proposed legislation
• Barriers
• Reference page that follows APA citation guidelines