Ethics at Covenant Health
Our Commitment to Ethical Integrity
Our Commitment to Ethical Integrity is the Covenant Health code of conduct. It has been developed in tandem with a policy established by the Covenant Health Board of Directors to support a statement on organizational conduct that applies to the entire Covenant Health team—Board members, staff, physicians and volunteers.
Our code of conduct reinforces that, as members of the Covenant Health team, we are responsible for demonstrating integrity in all our behaviours, attitudes and decisions. In the document, you will find key statements under each of our six values, to help guide you as you consider questions about making decisions and setting standards of behaviour.
Our Commitment to Ethical Integrity.pdf
Our Ethical Framework
The Ethics at Covenant Health brochure outlines principles that are meant to guide our conduct and foster a culture where we continuously seek to deepen our ethical reflection and awareness. The brochure provides:
- An overview of ethics in the context of Catholic health care, including fundamental values that affect decision-making
- An outline for ethical decision-making (p. 8-9)
- A list of several important definitions and moral principles
- Information on accessing ethics consultations
If you have any questions about Ethics, please contact Mission, Ethics and Spirituality at mes@covenanthealth.ca
Ethics Made Real
Gordon Self, Vice President, Mission, Ethics and Spirituality, writes a regular column on ethics in the Western Catholic Reporter. Click on the links below to read the articles.
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