4. Report problems. Legal and ethical

7. Ethical frameworks

At times it may be difficult to determine the ethical way to proceed in a situation that confronts you. Fortunately, as an AHA, you have a number of frameworks to assist you with ethical decision-making, as outlined below.

Ethical frameworks include: 

• legislation and regulations 
• codes of ethics/practice
  
• accreditation or service standards (national/state) 
• organisational policy and procedures 
• organisational codes of conduct, guidelines and practice manuals 
• job specification/position descriptions (role boundaries, levels of responsibility) 
• formal and informal feedback from co-workers and team leaders.