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Guidelines for Workplaces

How can business owners remain in business while ensuring the safety of their employees and customers?

We present here ethical concerns in the workplace that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and ethical principles that apply to the concerns.

We also share examples of practices that have been implemented and recommendations that have been issued.

Select a common ethical issue to see recommendations for ethical action:

 



What is Pandemic Ethics?

A pandemic is pervasive in scope and touches virtually every human-made system. In this guidance, we focus on ethics in a government’s or an employer’s actions in a pandemic.

Public health ethics addresses the relationship between those governing or administrating and the population or employees they serve. They are best summarized by the Public Health Code of Ethics of the American Public Health Association.

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