{"id":2278,"date":"2025-05-19T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethik-gesundheit-anwerbung.de\/the-project-social-ethics-of-international-recruitment-of-health-professionals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:49:34","slug":"the-project-social-ethics-of-international-recruitment-of-health-professionals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ethik-gesundheit-anwerbung.de\/en\/the-project-social-ethics-of-international-recruitment-of-health-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Project – Social Ethics of International Recruitment of Health Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Social ethics of global health recruitment<\/h1>\n

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Social ethics of global health recruitment<\/h1>\n

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Social ethics of global health recruitment<\/h1>\n

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A DFG-funded research project of Christian Social Ethics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(2025\u20132028)<\/h4>\n

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The project develops an overall picture of the socioethical challenges of international recruitment practices for healthcare professionals by distinguishing between three levels of actors:<\/p>\n

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The shortage of nursing and healthcare professionals in Germany and other industrialized countries is increasingly leading to international recruitment\u2014often from countries in the Global South. This practice raises complex ethical questions: What responsibility do host countries and institutions have toward the recruited individuals and their countries of origin? What impact does this have on the health systems of the countries of origin and the right to health there? How can individual migration interests be reconciled with global justice and sustainability? <\/p>\n

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The research project \u201cSocial Ethics of International Recruitment of Health Professionals\u201d examines these challenges from a Christian social ethics perspective. The aim is to develop a comprehensive ethical assessment concept that integrates global, national, and institutional responsibilities. <\/p>\n

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Subproject 1<\/h3>\n

(Principal Investigator: Christof Mandry, Researcher: Moritz Broghammer, Goethe University Frankfurt\/Main)<\/h6>\n

Subproject 1 examines the level of international regulation. It deals with existing agreements such as the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and analyzes the roles and positions of the WHO, ILO, and private international recruitment organizations. <\/p>\n

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Subproject 2<\/h3>\n

(Principal Investigator: Bernhard Emunds, Researcher:Lisa Neubauer, Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Sankt Georgen)<\/h6>\n

Subproject 2 analyzes the recruitment of skilled personnel by actors in the German healthcare system. It investigates the ethical profile of the practices of recruitment and integration of church and other non-state actors, as well as their political regulation. <\/p>\n

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Subproject 3<\/h3>\n

(Principal Investigator: Jonas Hagedorn, Researcher: Leonie Uliczka, Faculty of Theology, Paderborn)<\/h6>\n

Subproject 3 contributes the perspective of a country of origin of healthcare professionals by examining the interaction between state and private actors in the recruitment of healthcare professionals from Mexico and its effects on\u2013 among other things\u2013 the Mexican healthcare system.<\/p>\n

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All three subprojects work closely together and follow a joint methodological approach that leads from descriptive to evaluative and finally to normative-prescriptive steps and reflections. The descriptive clarification of the central framework conditions is followed by an empirical assessment of the issues and the state of the debate. For this purpose, a discourse analysis is carried out in subproject 1; in subprojects 2 & 3, the analysis is based on expert interviews. <\/p>\n

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In the subsequent ethical evaluation, these are assessed within the framework of social science discussions and systematized with reference to social ethical theory formation. The final normative-prescriptive step involves the development of an integrative social-ethical concept, critically examining the systematized results of the previous steps. Finally, criteria for evaluating political options for action at all three levels of actors are developed and recommendations for concrete political measures are derived. <\/p>\n

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The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) over a period of three years and is divided into three subprojects:<\/p>\n

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  • Global level (Goethe University Frankfurt): Ethical analysis of international regulations, in particular the WHO Code.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  • Country of origin perspective (Faculty of Theology, Paderborn): Investigation of recruitment practices in Mexico and their impact on, among other things, the Mexican healthcare system.\n<\/li>\n
  • Host country perspective (Nell-Breuning Institute, Sankt Georgen University, Frankfurt): Evaluation of non-governmental recruitment practices in Germany, including those of church-based organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    On this basis, practical socio-ethical recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders in the healthcare system are to be developed.<\/p>\n

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