Virtual Offices in Health Care Business Administration: Benefits, Concerns and Ethical Considerations

Abstract

Before implementing remote initiatives in health care business sectors, leaders must weigh benefits and disadvantages related to the employee and organization, as well as, ethical implications associated with teleworking. While research that directly links virtual offices to health care business sectors is limited, factors such as personality traits, roles and culture can be used to surmise the usefulness of these virtual offices in health care settings. Administrators must examine ethical issues, such as unequal distribution of privilege and invasion of personal privacy, and determine if benefits produce the most good, and at the same time, the least amount of harm.