Assignment: Effective Leadership in a Global Constituency
1. Read the World Health Organization publication, "Eleventh Futures Forum on the Ethical Governance of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness."
2. Research the position that the United States takes toward Pandemic Influenza Preparedness.
3. When you have completed these initial tasks, submit a paper to your instructor that addresses the following:
Q1 Describe the ethical approach of the United States and three additional countries to the distribution of vaccine and drugs in the event of a pandemic.
Q2 What ethical models does each country's thinking represent?
Q3 What ethical challenges do you foresee in the event the four countries find themselves in a position to need to work together to distribute resources?
Q4 Based on your studies in this course, what actions might you recommend leaders take to address these challenges?