Contents -- 1. The Background for Organization Ethics -- 2. A Philosophical Basis for Organization Ethics -- 3. Clinical Ethics and Organization Ethics -- 4. Business Ethics and Organization Ethics -- 5. Professional Ethics in Healthcare Organizations -- 6. The Relationship of Social Climate to the Historical Development of the Healthcare Organization and its Ethical Climate -- 7. The Ethical Climate in Today's Healthcare Organization -- 8. Developing a Positive Ethical Climate in the Healthcare Organization -- 9. Instituting an Organization Ethics Program -- 10. Compliance, Risk-Management, and Quality-Improvement Programs -- 11. Organization Ethics Activities and Their Evaluation -- 12. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Virginia Bioethics Network Recommendations for Guidelines on Procedures and Processes to Address Organization Ethics in Health Care Organizations -- Appendix 2. Towards a Pragmatic Method for Assessing Moral Problems -- Appendix 3. A Decision Process: A Framework for Moral Reasoning -- Appendix 4. Codes of Ethics -- Appendix 5. The Rise, Fall, and Reemergence of the Nursing Home: Important Lessons to be Learned -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.