Concept information
Preferred term
moral distress
Definition
- Moral distress is the anguish and suffering caused when an individual's personal ethics conflicts with and, at times, is compromised by job requirements, administrative directives, managerial decisions, workplace policies, and so on. It is an issue that many face in today's workforce. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Moral Distress]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/moral_distress
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