Students and parents in Alabama care.<\/strong><\/p>\nStudents complained that their test answers were changed and some reported being given answers during standardized testing.\u00a0 This led to discovery of widespread cheating by teachers and administration in their effort to fraudulently raise school test results.\u00a0 In April 2015, 11 of the teachers and administrators involved in this scandal were found guilty for their roles in changing students\u2019 test scores on standardized tests, with some facing up to 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n
The families of 9 people who died due to contaminated peanut products, and hundreds of other people, care.<\/strong><\/p>\nUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe tainted peanut products led to the deaths of nine people and sickened more than 700 others.\u00a0 These people were harmed when peanuts, known to be contaminated with salmonella, were still shipped out to be used in production of food products. The executive leader of the peanut company was just sentenced to 23 years in prison, effectively a life sentence for the man who knew of the contamination before the peanuts left his facilities.<\/p>\n
Anthony Gordon\u2019s family cares.<\/strong><\/p>\nAnthony, 27, committed suicide within a day of being admitted into a large mental health hospital.\u00a0 Anthony was known to have a serious mental health condition and a history of prior suicide attempts.\u00a0 He was on suicide watch and was to be visually checked every 10-15 minutes.\u00a0 That didn\u2019t happen.\u00a0 He died.\u00a0 Documentation of checks was found to be falsely completed; staff made a clear effort to cover up the fact that safety precautions had not been followed.\u00a0 Pre-identified environmental safety hazards had gone unaddressed.\u00a0 The lesson to hospital employees about the critical importance of performing their job roles and acting on concerns identified cost a young man his life.<\/p>\n
So, here we are at Grafton. How is all of this applicable to us?\u00a0 An employee might be tempted to:<\/p>\n
document service not actually provided;<\/p>\n
falsify dates\/times on a document;<\/p>\n
clock in for a colleague to cover running late;<\/p>\n
report working on site yet at home on personal errand;<\/p>\n
use Grafton gas card for personal vehicle;<\/p>\n
use Grafton credit card for personal purchase;<\/p>\n
observe an employee mistreating a client and not act.<\/p>\n
One of Grafton\u2019s Core Values, Integrity, directly ties to Ethics.\u00a0 It is an expectation of all of us.\u00a0 Ethics displayed by Grafton employees is fundamental to ensuring: accurate billing of services, compliance with federal\/state regulations, accurate payment of employees,\u2026\u2026ultimately at the top of the list – client safety.\u00a0 We are entrusted with the treatment and the very lives of the people we support.\u00a0 That\u2019s not a melodramatic statement; it\u2019s reality.\u00a0 From a client\u2019s perspective, employees\u2019 ethical actions assure I am fed, in a clean and safe environment, get the medications I need, get the treatment help that I need, give me hope\u2026..<\/p>\n
So how do you<\/em><\/strong> answer the questions, \u201cWho cares?\u00a0 You?\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Martin](\"https:\/\/www.grafton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Ethics-300x214.jpg\")
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\u201cBut it\u2019s cheaper to do it this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one will ever know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really hurt anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s easier this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes less time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat difference does it make?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho Cares?\u201d<\/p>\n
There are times in all of our lives when we are faced with a situation in which we can do the right thing, or we can do that which is easier\/faster\/cheaper. So what do you do? And who really cares?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31,32],"tags":[199],"class_list":["post-3744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behavioral","category-behavioral-healthcare","category-evidence-based-best-practices","tag-ethics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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