DOCTOR AS A COMPANY’ EMPLOYEE - THE ISSUE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS VERSUS BUSINESS

Abstract

In the present day, the aim of business is usually the highest profit. Sometimes, there are some employees of the company that are also professional personnel that have to follow the code of professional ethics. The issue of dilemma can be expected.  The good example is the physician who is an employee of a company. The cruise doctor is a good case study. In the recent report, noted that “from then on independently contracted ship's doctors may be considered de facto employees of the cruise line. The author discusses the employment status of physicians working on cruise ships and reviews argumentts for and against the Appellate Court's decision [1].†Here, the author presents some case study and discusses on the dilemma issue.