In the health and community services industry, situations where work practices may need to be adjusted to ensure that an organisation meets its legal and ethical responsibilities, best practice standards, and operates effectively include: An existing process is ineffective, unachievable or promotes poor quality,An existing policy and procedure, in being inflexible, does not support the organisation's ability to meet ethical and legal demands,The approach taken to a task (with legal and ethical implications) is inconsistent or not outlined within policies and procedures, An existing work practice or policy and procedure directly or indirectly discriminates against clients or employees Consider the information provided at the above link, what we covered in the lesson material regarding informed consent and the nature of Archie's role and the situation with his client Luan and then answer the following question. 

In failing to gain Luan's informed consent (regarding signing up to the cooking class at 10:00 am on Thursdays), did Archie breach his ethical responsibilities, his legal responsibilities or both?

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Based on the information provided it appears that Archie may have breached his ethical responsibilities by failing to gain Luans informed consent rega... View the full answer