Workplace Ethics

When you go to the doctor and fill out forms regarding who can and cannot be called about your test results, you are exercising your right to

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

HIPAA is concerned with patient

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

You notice your favorite colleague putting some gloves and surgical masks into their jacket pocket as they prepare to leave the clinic at the end of the workday. They realize you have seen this. They say "C'mon, don't look at me that way. We're friends!" They are trying to rely on ______ to avoid getting in trouble.

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

You work in a busy medical laboratory as a phlebotomist. A nice elderly couple come in to get their blood drawn monthly. They bring some nice pastries for you and the staff and ask if you can take them back right away. This is potentially an example of

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

You have been applying for a day-shift on your nursing unit each time the manager asks for scheduling requests. Even though the manager says she chooses randomly, the day shifts always go to the nurses the manager spends the most time socializing with. This is an example of

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

At a previous job, you worked on a project to streamline the check-in/check-out procedures at the dialysis clinic. Your new employer knows this and asks you to replicate that system at their clinic. Depending on how much information they want you to share, this could be an example of

• confidentiality

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

Your cardiologist recommends a vitamin supplement to you at your annual check-up and says that it has revolutionized heart health. You notice a big display and poster in the waiting room with slogans like "reverse aging!" This is a violation of

• truth in advertising

• influence

• kickbacks

• partiality

• proprietary information

Favoritism for a family member is known as

• nepotism

• kickback

• partiality

• confidentiality