Cultural Leadership

Write a one-paged paper including references.

Consider a HCO (HealthCare Organization) known to you. In your experience, and incorporating/referencing material attached, how have leaders in that HCO contributed to, or detracted from, the establishment of an ethical culture?

If you have insufficient exposure to an HCO to answer, then how have leaders in other settings with which you have some familiarity contributed to, or detracted from the establishment of an ethical culture?
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leadership in healthcare organizations A GUIDE TO JOINT COMMISSION LEADERSHIP STANDARDS a governance institute white paper • winter 2009 ® The Governance Institute The essential resource for governance knowledge and solutions ® 6333 Greenwich Drive • Suite 200 • San Diego, CA 92122 Toll Free (877) 712-8778 • Fax (858) 909-0813 governanceinstitute.comAbout the Author Paul M. Schyve, M.D. is the senior vice president of The Joint Dr. Schyve is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Commission. From 1989 until 1993, Dr. Schyve was Vice President for Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the Research and Standards, and from 1986 until 1989, he was the Director American Psychiatric Association. He is a member of the board of of Standards at The Joint Commission. Prior to joining The Joint directors of the National Alliance for Health Information Technology, Commission, Dr. Schyve was the clinical director of the State of Illinois a founding advisor of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, the chair Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. of the Ethical Force Oversight Body of the Institute of Ethics at the Dr. Schyve received his undergraduate degree from the University American Medical Association, and a former trustee of the United of Rochester, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He completed States Pharmacopeial Convention. He has served on numerous advi- his medical education and residency in psychiatry at the University sory panels for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the of Rochester, and has subsequently held a variety of professional and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Institute of academic appointments in the areas of mental health and hospital Medicine. Dr. Schyve has published in the areas of psychiatric treat- administration, including as director of the Illinois State Psychiatric ment and research, psychopharmacology, quality assurance, contin- Institute…