CQI is a management paradigm adopted by many health care organizations
. This paradigm can be helpful as health care organizations respond to
the ethical demands created by the workplace, particularly respect fo
r empowerment of the worker, shared levels of power, subsidiarity, col
legiality, and the production of goods and services that meet the need
s of the community served. An analysis of the workplace reveals other
ethical questions that require the attention of managers, owners, and
trustees. Some of these are not addressed by the CQI paradigm.