Outcomes of Moral distress in Organizations

Moral distress is a significant concern in todayʹs workplace and it has negative outcomes in workplace. Moral distress consists of negative stress symptoms that occur in situations that involve ethical dimensions. Sources of moral distress may be personal, interpersonal, and/or environmental. Moral distress is defined as painful feelings and/or psychological disequilibrium that results from recognizing an ethically appropriate action, yet not taking it because of such barriers as lack of time, supervisory reluctance, an inhibiting medical power structure, institutional policy, or legal considerations. Groups of people who work together in situations that cause distress may experience poor communication, lack of trust, high turnover rates, defensiveness, lack of collaboration across disciplines, and personal conflict. It recommended other scholars to identify the other factors of organizational conflict, such as identifying a list of factors causing personal conflict. So, the following are recommended: Managers should develop diverse but appropriate strategies to resolve and manage moral distress; efforts should be made by the management to organize seminars/workshops on morality from time to time for the employees.