...separate pieces of legislation into one act to protect the rights of individuals and to advance a fair and more equal opportunity for all. In health and social care sector this means everyone using or working within it should have equal opportunities, this can range from job opportunities to getting medical treatment options and that all individuals must receive same high-quality service. Diversity is the term used to describe the differences between individuals. It is important that individual and group diversities are recognised to ensure that everybody’s needs and requirements are understood and responded within employment practice. In health social care, diversity is becoming increasingly more important aspect as the society that we live in is becoming increasingly diverse. It is important for health and social care organisations to implement practice of equality and diversity to ensure that staff, colleagues and service users are valued, respected and treated fairly. Everyone is entitled...
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...On May 15, 2015, a coalition of 64 Asian American organizations filed a complaint against Harvard University for discriminatory admission practices that set a higher bar for admissions for Asian American students than for any other race group (WSJ). Discrimination in college admissions is just one of the many ways that racism still affects Asian Americans today. This contradicts the belief shared by most White Americans that the civil rights movement eradicated racism in America and created equality between Whites and people of color (Sue 2007). Asian Americans are especially believed to experience little to no racism. This is due to the popular belief in the model minority myth: the belief that Asian Americans have succeeded in American society,...
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... All persons are equal and, regardless of their sex, should be entitled to equal and full privileges, services, facilities, advantages, and accommodations in all business establishments. Therefore, it is discriminatory to offer half-price drinks for women and no similar offers for men. Gender-based pricing violates the Human Rights Act by denying men the right to equal and full enjoyment of the services and privileges offered in the establishment. Although economic interests could have motivated the differential price on ladies’ night, the anti-discriminatory law does not require discriminatory intent, but evidence of discrimination and hence such promotion is illegal under these provisions. The discriminative practice causes stigma, and thus the male customers are stigmatized based on their gender. By charging men more, the business indirectly expresses that men are less welcome than women and portrays the former as inferior by treating them as second-class citizens. On the other hand, the argument that differential pricing encourages men and women to socialize is insufficient to warrant an exception to such severe discriminatory practices. Newton (2011) contends that allowing the exception of gender-based price discrimination from other discriminatory practices would demonstrate the country’s willingness to accommodate minor exceptions of sexual discrimination laws ignoring the serious harms resulting from such...
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...Equality, diversity and human rights in relation to health and social care. - - - - “ Recognising how vital and valuable these are within a health and social care setting is mandatory for you professionals. ” So, what is equality, diversity and human rights? - - - - The true meaning of ‘equality’ is that all people are of the same value. Equality is a huge subject within the caring sector, every person has the right to be treated equally regardless to their gender, race, beliefs, religions, wealth and age. All health and social work practices are required to place a policy that ensures equal opportunities for their staff. The policies are aimed at making sure that all people in the workplace are treated equally for example, access to work, Pay and conditions of work are all equal.Although it is very important, we must not forget that not everyone must not be treated in the same way due to diversity. Diversity? Diversity explains although we all have many things in common with one another, we are all also different and unique in thousands of different ways. Diversity is all about valuing and understanding each other's differences and by embracing that we create a productive environment where everyone can feel valued and have the right to be who they are. Rights? The term rights are essential to know about in a healthcare setting. Knowing the individual's rights is mandatory. Rights also describes the responsibilities of being...
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...Unit 2: Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care Assessment Criteria: Explain the Concept of Equality, Diversity and Rights in Relation to Health and Social Care. Describe Discriminatory Practise in Health and Social Care. Describe the Potential Effects of Discriminatory Practice on Those Who Use Health or Social Care Services. Assess the Effects on Those Using the Service of Three Discriminatory Practices in Health and Social Care Settings. Equality: - The term equality according to Dictionary.com (2015) “Is the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank and or ability” however I believe that this definition can establish misconception on the view of an individual, and so the more realistic concept behind ‘Equality’ in regards to the health and social industry; is for all individuals to be provided with equal opportunities to access of the concerning services, and for these users to be treated fairly (not equally) accordingly to the approaches used to meet their individual needs. Diversity: - Is a termed used to describe the promotion and celebrating of differences which an individual may have on the aspects of your own identity as well as others. Rights: - "They are the legal entitlements which we are all privileged to own, with the aim of allowing equal opportunities for all citizens in certain aspects of an individuals' life. There are a number of rights entitled under the enforcement of The Human Rights Act. 2000...
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...discrimination operates in the workplace. As traditional social norms permitting overt racism and segregation give way to a modern norm of egalitarianism, and as well-defined, hierarchical, bureaucratic structures delineating clear paths for advancement within institutions give way to a globalized workplace of flexible governance and movement between institutions, discrimination often operates in the workplace today less as a blanket policy or discrete, identifiable decision to exclude than as a perpetual tug on opportunity and advancement. It often takes form in a fluid process of social interaction, perception, evaluation, and disbursement of opportunity. It creeps into everyday impressions of worth and assignment of merit on the job, lurking constantly behind even the most honest belief in equality, perpetuating the very injustice that we decry. A number of legal scholars have documented this shift in the nature of discrimination and have identified its significance to the project of achieving equity in the workplace. This research would help to provide a conceptualization and to lay the groundwork for a legal theory that accounts for discrimination in the modern workplace. It suggests that regulation of some of the more complex, subtle forms of discrimination common in today’s workplace requires a focus on the operation of discriminatory bias as influenced, enabled, and even encouraged by the structures, practices, and dynamics of the organizations and groups within which individuals...
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...This means that the contemporary racism comes in the general forms of laws and policies, housing practices, and prison. These practices directly attack minorities and attempt to lower their status by keeping them distant from ever receiving the resources and privilege to elevate their social status. A specific example of a racist practice and system of domination that maintains the power of whites and undermines blacks is the Prison-Industrial Complex. This refers to the corrupt prison system of the U.S. that arrests and imprisons a great deal of minorities and hires them out to do work for companies, making them a valuable asset to the U.S. government while keeping them at a position of “slave” (prisoner) in society. A comparison of how the contemporary U.S prison system of today can compare to slavery can be found in in Slavery, Civil Rights, and Abolitionist Perspectives Towards Prison by Andrea Davis . It reads, “Both institutions reduced their subjects...
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...In this assignment I will be explaining the concept of an unequal society and how social inequalities can have effects on vulnerable groups in society such as; ethnic minorities using sociological terms. An unequal society is formed when there is a prevalent boundary in society which stops a group of individuals from obtaining an equal status despite their contributions to that society. Society is very unequal, this is shown in the way certain groups are treated and even looked down on. An inequality is when two elements are not equal; one may be more favoured than the other which means they get more advantages than the other. There are seven main causes of inequality, these are; age, gender, ethnicity, disabilities, sexuality, social class and culture. These groups are all vulnerable to inequalities and are often subject to prejudice. There are obvious boundaries throughout society which prevent groups of individuals from becoming equal or having an equal status. An example of this which has been in the news a lot is women who are in the army not being allowed to fight on the front line, this is because they are still seen to be ‘weaker’ than men and will make our front lines less effective. This is unequal as women are seen to have less physical and mental strength to do a job which is thought to be meant for a man. Another example of an unequal society is certain places only being meant for certain cultural groups, this is not always unequal if the area is only populated...
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...With a majority of practicing fashion designers being women, and openly gay male designers at the spotlight receiving more design awards than their heterosexual peers (Stokes, 2013), you would expect the fashion industry to have exemplary diversity hiring practices. However, the fashion industry’s obsession with “fitting in” leads to managers offering jobs to candidates whose physical appearance and lifestyle embody the brand. Of course if your brand sells a certain look and lifestyle, you want your employees representing that lifestyle to eat, sleep, and dress like the brand. However, the practice of hiring for cultural fit can lead to lack of diversity and creativity and overconfidence amongst staff from groupthink. Reverse Discrimination Stokes (2013) reports that out of the 81 men included in Voguepedia’s canon, 51 are openly gay and women outnumber the fashion design labor market with 70% women to 30% men in Canada and 51.6% women in the US. Though the fashion industry disproportionately represents and even idealizes these minorities, diversity still remains an issue in many companies. The tendency to hire and advance employees who represent the company culture can be an unintentional result of similarity/attraction of managers or the practice of overt discrimination. In both cases, the lack of diverse perspectives can have a negative effect on the creativity and performance of a company. Look the Part Employees at many companies mention the importance of having a look that resonates...
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...Introduction It is significant that health care practitioners set an effective role in understanding diversity between people in society. A good health care practitioner should be able to accommodate and provide equality, diversity and rights these terms will deliver anti-discrimination in place. This will allow everyone to communicate effectively. In this assignment I will briefly talk about how equality, diversity and rights are essential for the effective distribution of health and social care services. I will also be identifying the inefficiency of discriminatory practice upon society and how it could be overcome by promoting anti-discriminatory practice. Equality The term equality is about making sure that people get equal opportunities and not being discriminated against their race, ethnicity, gender, sex, religion, social, class, age, disability or anything else. It is important that this is promoted in a health and social care setting as it allows a good service which people will be happy to fulfil their potential. For example if a GP doctor who is British was being racist to one particular patient which had a different race to them, the patient may feel that they are discriminated against and find that they are not treated medically the right. It could be that their neighbour has the same doctor and they might be happily treated because of their ethnicity. Therefore it is particularly important that equality is focused on equal access to everyone. There are types...
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...Slavery was abolished in America 150 years ago, however, the color line it created is still very much alive. From the overtly racist Jim Crow laws to the discriminatory covert practices within the housing industry of today, there is a clear division of white versus black, superior versus inferior, that divides the nation. In her article “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for why African Americans should be paid back for all of the injustices they had to, and continue to, endure. Granting reparations would be more than just handing out money to blacks to make up for the astronomical wealth gap certain discriminatory actions and policies have created, though. Coates said that making “reparations to those on whose labor...
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...ever been accused of sexism or racism. Remember what you said or did and try to look at it from the other persons side Slide 4 DEFINITIONS read slide Slide 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF DISCRIMINATION Overt – “Male only club” “Female only club” (curves) Hidden – Banks or other financial institutions which “red-line” certain areas for personnel or business loans. Direct – Sexual harassment Indirect – Placing a specific, unnecessary, requirement on a job or position would tend to eliminate groups who historically have had less educational opportunities than majority groups. Intentional – Racial slurs Unintentional –( how many people here are left handed?) Designing weapons to be fired operated from the right side. Slide 6 INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINIATION Slide 7 TWO TYPES OF RACISM 1. Generally minorities, who lack power and institutional support, cannot practice racism. They can, however, act out racist behaviors. 2. Institutional discrimination is also based on gender in some institutions. i.e; females in the infantry field. So if a group has power and institutional support then by definition they can practice racism Slide 8 WARNING VERY VERY OFFENSIVE Slide 9 SEXISM Like racism, it is difficult for women, who lack institutional support and power, to practice sexism. They can demonstrate sexist or pro-sexist behaviors. Can you give me examples of sexism (keep it pg please) Slide 10 PREJUDICE 1. Major component of personal racism or sexism which is...
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...P1 Equality Equality is making sure that individuals or groups are being treated justly so no one is treated favourably, this therefore removes people being discriminated. The equality acts protect characteristics such as * Age * Disability * Gender reassignment * Marriage and civil partnership * Pregnancy and maternity * Race * Religion and belief * Sex * Sexual orientation This means everyone is equal and should be treated equal regardless. It’s very important in health and social care because according to equal opportunities it states that everyone should have the same good service experience that they deserve and their characteristics should not affect how they are treated. Equality is important because it will create good relations with staff and service users. Diversity Diversity means understanding that everyone is different and unique it’s also about recognising people’s differences and respecting it. This can be anything like race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, and religious beliefs. A person’s differences should not affect how they should be treated therefore Health carers need to understand different types of people so they do not discriminate covertly or overtly. Diversity is very important because we are now in a more diverse society in our lives and at work. Understanding people and diversity ensures that everyone is valued and treated fairly in a health care...
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...Introduction Gender-based violence is violence against women based on women’s subordinate status in society. It includes any act or threat by men or male dominated institutions that inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm on a woman or girl because of their gender. In most cultures, traditional beliefs, norms and social institutions legitimize and therefore perpetuate violence against women. Gender-based violence includes physical, sexual and psychological violence such as domestic violence; sexual abuse, including rape and sexual abuse of children by family members; forced pregnancy; sexual slavery; traditional practices harmful to women, such as honor killings, burning or acid throwing, female genital mutilation, dowry-related violence; violence in armed conflict, such as murder and rape; and emotional abuse, such as coercion and abusive language. Trafficking of women and girls for prostitution, forced marriage, sexual harassment and intimidation at work are additional examples of violence against women. Gender violence occurs in both the ‘public’ and ‘private’ spheres. Such violence not only occurs in the family and in the general community, but is sometimes also perpetuated by the state through policies or the actions of agents of the state such as the police, military or immigration authorities. Gender-based violence happens in all societies, across all social classes, with women particularly at risk from men they know. (United Nations declaration...
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...years, thousands of court cases, some reaching as far as the Supreme Court, have brought about change for employee’s equal rights. One precedential Supreme Court case in particular, Griggs v Duke Power Company, has created major changes in corporate hiring and promoting policies. Willie Griggs applied for a position as a coal handler with Duke Power. Griggs was denied the position because he did not have a high school diploma or an equivalent, which is a requirement. Griggs argued that the requirement was discriminatory because it did not relate to job success and because the standard had an adverse impact on a protected class. The Supreme Court ruling in favor of Griggs established two important principles affecting equal employment opportunity. The first ruled that employer discrimination need not be overt or intentional to be present, but employment practices can be illegal even when applied equally to all employees. The second principle established that employment practices must be job related. In other words, when employees use education, physical, or intelligence standards, even with good intent, as a basis for hiring or promotion, these requirements must be necessary for job success. Duke Power could not prove that a high school diploma or equivalent was necessary for Griggs to be successful in the position, and therefore lost the case and had to make changes to their hiring and promoting policies. Another equal...
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