Purpose:

Requirements: Description of the Assignment

1. In this 3-5 page paper (not including the title or reference pages in the page count)……… sections of the paper.
2. Section One provides a definition and explanation of two ethical principles………. Scholarly support is provided for the definitions, explanations, and application areas.
3. Section Two presents information on how the selected ethical principles either prevents or solves two different leadership concerns within healthcare.
4. Section Three identifies how you will incorporate each of the selected ethical principles into your own leadership activities within healthcare.
5. Summary of this paper identifies key points……… with leadership through writing the paper.
   

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Criteria for Content:

• Introduction includes general comments on ethics and leadership (such defining ethics in general, how ethics can impact leadership), identify the two ethical principles selected for use within this assignment, and the sections of the paper…..
• Section one contains a definition and explanation of each of the selected ethical principles. Scholarly references (no dictionaries are allowed to be used) are required. Following the definition and explanation of each of the required ethical principles, each principle should be applied to leadership, in general, within any healthcare setting.
• Section two identifies how the selected ethical principles either prevents or solves two different leadership concerns within healthcare. For example, nonmalificence relates to the leadership concern of high rate of medication errors. Scholarly support is …
• Section three is a description of how the learner will incorporate each of the two selected ethical principles into their own leadership activities. This needs to be specific and can consider future leadership opportunities
• Summary is the conclusion of this assignment. It provides a review of key elements from your work. The summary also identifies the ideas and understandings you have gained regarding ethical principles and leadership from writing this paper.