The Role Of Diversity In Health Service Organizations

Precept – a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought, a rule that says how people should behave. Better still, a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action (Merriam Webster, n.d). The unprecedented convergence of people, culture, race language – and by no means the least – religion is something unheard of in the history of humanity. This is so especially in the united states. We can define this as diversity in our society. “Historically, the major sources of complexity in managing health services organizations (HSOs) have come from the regulatory, fiscal, and political forces in the external environment. To be effective, however, managers must have a basic understanding of the implications of cultural, …show more content…
The population of our patients and health care providers are diverse in nature and otherwise. In the same token, the population of HSOs are diverse as well. There are health service organizations instituted by the government, there are ones established purely for profit by individual citizens, and there are others established by religious organizations either for profits or humanitarian services. The fact is, each of these HSOs have a fundamental value, belief and principles that guide their operations and when any of these values, belief and principles do not violet individual’s constitutional right, then the law of diversity should also apply. I cannot think of any precept by these religious HSOs that violets the fundamental human rights or constitutional rights of its employees. Their precepts, in the case of ascension health which is affiliated to catholic religion are rooted in the moral belief of that religion. Of course, the changing scene of this world and the advancement in technology make it difficult to determine what is wrong or right in certain situations. Notwithstanding, we all have options, we may choose not to work for ascension health and not confront being compelled to abide by their precept. Then we ask, Personal values, belief versus professional values which supersedes? While thinking about this question, it is important to understand that HSO’s precepts including religious HSOs are hardly antithetical to the nursing professional core values. For Religious health service organizations and their patients, religion, as foundation and motivation, dictates how ethics is lived out. A true diversity calls for a review of the place of religion in nursing