Work environment of a non-profit organization with an emphasis around ethical practices concerning HIV/AIDS

Remedios AIDS Foundation : An Ethical Study of an NGO

Abstract

This focuses on the ethical dilemmas being faced by the Remedios AIDS Foundation , an NGO that works to prevent the transmission of HIV and to reduce the impact of AIDS in the country . Three major ethical dilemmas it has to face are 1 ) Confidentiality , b ) Research Ethics and c ) Objectivity . The Philippines still has a relatively low incidence of HIV /AIDS affliction despite the fact that it has a large number of overseas workers involved in the entertainment business , exposing more

and more Filipinos to the world of HIV /AIDS

Introduction

The Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia . As a developing country , it could hardly sustain the job needs of its populace . In effect , many Filipinos opt to work abroad . Most of these overseas workers are involved in the entertainment business . Despite this , however , the Philippines has one of the lowest rates of HIV infection in Asia . Based on statistics , this pervasiveness does not exceed one percent . Although there are many American NGOs that are dealing with HIV /AIDS and its victims , this chose to cull an NGO from this Southeast Asian country for the following reasons : 1 ) Compared to the United States , the prevalence of HIV /AIDS in this country is still minimal and thus , it will be interesting to note how NGOs deal with this problem 2 ) Being the only largely Catholic country in Asia it has certain moral codes and standards that may prove unfavorable to the solution of HIV /AIDS , and 3 ) It has a large number of overseas workers that are , in one way or another , involved in the entertainment business , where HIV affliction has been mostly noted

While it is true that the country 's Department of Health has programs designed to help HIV /AIDS victims , it is the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs ) that have been at the forefront of the Philippines response to the HIV /AIDS problem in the country . Their activities range from information dissemination , advocacy , education , and caring for HIV-infected patients , to behavioral and biomedical research . Many of these NGOs have benefited from the support of international donor agencies

One of these NGOs is the Remedios AIDS Foundation that manages its own AIDS Center 's programs and services . Established in 1991 , it is people by committed staff and volunteers whose expertises are focused in various fields . Their common goal is to prevent transmission of HIV and to reduce the impact of AIDS in the country

of the Workplace Environment

The Remedios AIDS Foundation has already implemented various programs to achieve its mission vision and goals . Its priority clients are composed mostly of women , the sex industry worker and their clients , and adolescents . It also accepts men who have sex with men (MSM , and people living with HIV /AIDS-their families and friends

Although the first full-blown case of AIDS in the country was discovered more than two decades ago , to the largely Catholic population the HIV-afflicted person is...