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Ethical Scenario
ou are an OT working at a skilled nursing facility. You know that one of your co-workers
is lying about the number of minutes she is spending each day with clients in order to
make her productivity look higher than what is really is. At your skilled nursing facility,
you are given a financial bonus for having a higher percentage of productivity.
This situation exhibits a form of fraud which makes this an ethical dilemma. By
lying about the number of minutes, productivity is falsified and money is given on
false pretenses
Using the AOTA code of ethics, state which principles apply and why. Who are
the parties concerned?
What is the nature of their interest and why are they concerned?
If there are examples or some form of evidence to prove that fraud is being
committed, this would help when action is taken
How long has this been going on?
What are your choices? For each choice indicate possible consequences.
Report this to a supervisor to ensure that action is taken: The trust and
relationship with the co-worker would be damaged. There also may be
consequences for the facility and the amount of insurances that would approve
services at this location. Financial incentives would probably be done away with.
Leave the co-worker alone and do not report the fraud: The co-worker would
continue to commit fraud, financial incentives would be given when not deserved,
if the fraud is found and investigation is done I would have to report when I knew
about the situation