...9 chapter current controversies and issues Introduction The Clash of Values in Social Policies Welfare Euthanasia Government: How Much Support for the Needy? Target Populations: The Struggle for Support The AIDS Epidemic The Homeless Welfare Recipients Professionalism in the Human Services The Role of Human Services Workers Whom Do Human Services Workers Serve? A Basic Reading and Thinking Skill Ranking American Values References 324 Human Services in Contemporary America - © Cengage Learning c u r r e n t c o n t r ov e r s i e s a n d i s s u e s 325 INTRODUCTION You may have gathered by now that the human services field is quite complex. Complete agreement regarding philosophies, methods, goals, services, funding, or anything else just does not exist nor, from our point of view, should it. There are times when controversies and differences are stimulating, healthy, and valid and lead to creative solutions. At other times, they are repetitious, meaningless, and destructive. Too frequently they consume time, energy, and resources that might better be used providing needed services. To this end, we highly recommend that students become familiar with the books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, published by the Greenhaven Press, that deal with issues of concern to human services workers. The purpose of this chapter is to present a sampling of basic controversies and issues in the field of human services that have not yet been resolved and may never be resolved...
Words: 8154 - Pages: 33
...DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF PLANNING AND LAND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Social policy often deals with wicked problems. Social Policy is defined as actions that affect the well-being of members of a society through shaping the distribution of and access to goods and resources in that society It is sometimes referred as "public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor. The term 'social policy' can also refer to policies which govern human behavior. In the United States, the term 'social policy' may be used to refer to abortion and the regulation of its practice, euthanasia, homosexuality, the rules surrounding issues of marriage, divorce, adoption, the legal status of recreational drugs, and the legal status of prostitution. Social policy aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education, health, housing and social security. After Nkrumah’s era, successive governments, including military regimes tried to improve upon the social well-being of citizens in the nation. After 1996 the various governments instituted some social policies. The elaborations below highlight on the various social policies formulated by the various governments from 1969 to date. 1. Dr. K.A Busia (The Progress Party 1969-1972) The...
Words: 851 - Pages: 4
...THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Department of Social Work and Social Administration COURSE OUTLINE template Academic Year: 2014 /2015 1. Basic Course Information: Course Code: SOWK 1009 Course Title: Existing New Course: to be implemented in Semester 1 / 2 / S Reflective Practitioner 2. Course Instructor / Course Co-ordinator: Name Office Debbie Lam C0549 Kurtee Chu C0550 Grace Leung Chan Ki CO553 C0553 phone 3917-2082 3917-1153 3917-2090 3917-7145 email debbie@hku.hk kurteec@hku.hk gsmleung@hku.hk kichan@socwork.hku.hk 3. Required Pre-requisites (if any): __________NIL________________________ 4. Course Description (should be the same as the syllabus; so please just copy from the syllabus of your program that is available at the Department Website) Social work practice is carried out through interactions between social workers and individuals, families, organizations and society. Social workers are inevitably shaped by their own experiences, beliefs, upbringing and culture, which might affect their interactions with these systems. This course encourages the students to start the reflective journey in visiting issues of self in relation to the perceived identity, intimacy, loss, family, and society. Through reflective exercises, discussions, and assigned readings, the students will develop a deeper understanding of their values, philosophy of life and behaviors, and how these in turn impact social work practice. The course adopts an active-learning and experiential approach...
Words: 2484 - Pages: 10
...academic and social skills. Ms. Smith requests that students turn in their homework at the beginning of school on the right side of her desk. She also asks that students pick up their graded work from the basket on the left side of her desk in the morning. The students that don’t do either of them within the set amount of time, must ask Ms. Smith about an extension or for their graded assignment if possible. Ms. Smith will let students appeal their grades if they think there is a grading mistake. In order to make a formal appeal, they must write 1-2 sentences explaining why they think there is a mistake. They need to have support and the original answer stapled to the back. To find out the effectiveness of Ms. Smith’s homework policy for my 4th grade students, we need to consider whether her policy establishes and maintains three critical points in classroom management and learning. The three critical points are 1.) positive social interaction between students, teachers, and parents, 2.) motivation, and 3.) active engagement. I discovered that Ms. Smith’s policy could go in either point but it depends on how she communicates with the students and parents. If she is as strict as she sounds in her written policy and how long it is, some students and parents might grow with resentment to Ms. Smith. The ones with literacy problems will have the hardest time understanding her policy unless she verbally explains it to them several times throughout the year. However, if her policy is used...
Words: 1938 - Pages: 8
...Business Mistakes and Failures Tynesha Walker December 19, 2012 Business Mistakes and Failures “Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up” stated Alacia Bessette (2010) .How do entrepreneurs and small business owners learn from their mistakes and failure? There are many ways they learn from their mistakes and failure. Everyone makes mistake but, mistakes are made to be learned from to better you in the future. There are mistakes like scheming over your business plan, putting too much money into it, and ignoring strong criticism. There are also many steps to rebound from your failure such as rebounding from failure and learning from setbacks, so let me explain. “The failure of an entrepreneur means the social death of the individual—not to speak of the consequences for his/her creditors, contractual partners, workers, employees, and his/her family”. (Roethe, T. 2012).When failure comes along it is heartache, but it is also one mistake you will learn from. After making a mistake business owners will get the idea of the things he or she need to do to become more successful and not make the same mistake again. Business owners must learn to accept their failures, understand why the mistake happened, and learn how to keep it from happening again. Many small business owners may be tempted to drain themselves dry when it comes to financing their business and much more. Failure of any kind can be a setback for entrepreneurs, but it doesn't have to spell disaster (Bartmann...
Words: 603 - Pages: 3
...Social media as a KM tool for supporting innovation and sharing Social media has rapidly evolved and plays an important role in today’s business world. Organizations recognized the power of social media and tried to find ways to use social media to help grow their business. Social media can be incorporated in business practices in areas such as recruiting, advertising, and branding within an organization. According to the Social Media Risks and Rewards report (2013) that contain surveys of more than 100 senior-executives, 38 percent of executives said their organizations used social media for brand awareness, 27 percent use for recruiting purposes, and 14 percent use for customer profiling (Bramwell, 2013). In this section of the paper, effective usage of social media as well as the controversial issues of social media will be explored. According to Razmerita, Phillips-Wren, and Jain (2016), “Social media opens innovative avenues to manage knowledge processes by facilitating new ways to externalize, share, create knowledge and innovation through co-creation processes, crowdsourcing or synergistic articulation of personal into collective knowledge” (p. 4). The successful adoption of social media requires social media strategy to be aligned with the organization’s goals. In this strategic alignment, organizations are able to improve knowledge-sharing, transform business processes, and increase overall performance. Effective Usage of Social Media Being able to successfully...
Words: 1203 - Pages: 5
...I. The case for change 1. Adult social care is a construct of the law. Its intrinsic elements, including the responsibilities of those who commission and provide care and support, the range of support available and the rights of people who use care and support, are defined by the law that underpins it. Well-crafted legislation makes a fundamental difference to the ease of implementation on the ground and the clarity provided for professionals and the public. 2. Unfortunately, the current legal framework is anything but well-crafted and has been roundly criticised as opaque, complex and anachronistic. Over 60 years, a patchwork of legislation has grown and evolved. There are well over a dozen existing Acts of Parliament and there is much overlap and duplication between the various statutes. In addition to the primary legislation, there is a vast array of regulations, directions, circulars and guidance. The net result is complexity and confusion for those who have to navigate through the law – including social workers, care users and carers. 3. The Law Commission acknowledged this problem and conducted a three-year review into social care legislation. In May 2011, it published its report with 76 recommendations for reform to Government. 3 As part of its review, the Law Commission completed an Impact Assessment and this document draws heavily on their analysis. 4 The Government has published its formal response to the Law Commission alongside the Care and...
Words: 2311 - Pages: 10
...Discipline and Discharge Esteban Estrada American Military University Virginia Abstract Discipline, in the context of a work place, can be defined as the act of implementing acceptable behavior in wayward employees to create a comfortable working environment. Discharge of an employee means to dismiss him or her from their job. The discipline and discharge of employees tends to be a thorny issue at any work place. No person really wants to be told they are wrong or that they are lagging behind in their work that they do not show team spirit or are rude to colleagues and disrespectful to those in charge. Just as there are guidelines on how to handle other issues that may arise at work, there are also guidelines on how to discipline and discharge employees. Though they are generally tenacious duties to carry out, with the right approach, it can be done without leaving one feeling like the offender. Keywords: Discipline, Discharge, Ethics Discipline and Discharge There are two approaches that can be taken toward employee discipline, that of being lax on the rules without clearly outlining what they are to create a freer atmosphere or that of letting employees knows all the rules and the penalties for violating them. Though management can argue that outlining all the dos and don’ts will make their employees feel as though they are children who cannot tell between right and wrong, it has been shown that taking the lax approach is detrimental...
Words: 2614 - Pages: 11
...In a classroom you would define guidance as teaching children to learn from their mistake that was made rather than punishing them for a mistake. As a teacher your also their to teach them to solve problems that was solved wrong and also you have to accept all children in a classroom as members and learners that they are. Guidance helps pull teacher, parent, and child together to interact with one another so they can understand each other. Classroom management describes the processes you would use to help keep a classroom well-organized, lessons that are taught smoothly, and students that are occupied in the lesson. One of the purposes of discipline being in an early childhood program is when an adult as of a teacher is teaching more proper behavior, giving cues for new behavior, giving choices, and helping support children with their new behavior. Discipline policies can help early childhood programs construct an infrastructure that promotes social and academic achievement. This implements the essentials features for developing high qualities, and school-wide discipline policies. The purpose of discipline is to help children become self-discipline by which controlling their own behavior. The goal of having guidance in an early childhood program is helping children shape strong relationship with each other. Learning on how to use these guidelines makes it possible for you as a teacher to meet the needs of individual children. INFLUENCES ON YOUR PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY...
Words: 295 - Pages: 2
...The overwhelming unpopularity of the Vietnam War led to the heightened social, political, and economic tensions in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Though itwas motivated by largely the same policies from the Cold War era (domino theory,containment, etc.), it was felt that those policies were outdated and US intentions in thewar quickly became unclear and misguided. The ambiguity of the war led to social unrestin America, yielding many protests which drew attention to the economic squandering of the government, the large inequalities among different social groups, and theinconsistencies within government policy. Many Americans adopted the belief thatthough it had been a mistake to get involved in Vietnam in the first place, we needed...
Words: 1242 - Pages: 5
...to the patients in the facility. Moreover, the personnel that were required to remain at the hospital from the day shift were likely not performing at their peak after already working their own shift; which could result in errors in patient care. The nurse managers should have been proactive and had a plan in place in the event of severe weather such as forming a team of healthcare personnel who were willing to come to work at the beginning of the storm and stay until they could be relieved. This team should consist of a variety of personnel in sufficient numbers to allow for some personnel to rest while others work. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the hospital to ensure proper personnel coverage regardless of the circumstances. Policies and procedures for handling this type of crisis must be in place and utilized as needed. The second legal consideration in this case is vicarious liability (respondeat superior). In this case a patient died as a result of be administered the wrong medication and several patients were injured from falling out of bed. The hospital could be held vicariously liable for the act or failure to act on the part of its employee. It is clear that the incorrect medication was administered which resulted in the patient’s death...
Words: 2042 - Pages: 9
...A study of Social Compliance policy activity and its impact “AARONG” “The fusion of Tradition and Innovation” 1 Submitted To Mr. Sumaon Paul Chowdhury Senior Lecturer, BRAC Business School BRAC University, Dhaka Submitted By Abu Fardous Md. Abdullaah Choudhury Id# 05304057 BRAC University, Dhaka May 18th , 2010 2 Letter of Transmittal May 18th 2010 Mr. Suman Paul Chowdhury Senior lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University 66, Mohakhali C\A, Dhaka-1212 Dear Sir, This is the report is on study of Aarong’s social compliance policies activities and its impact, which I have been assigned to work on. I found my work experience quite interesting, beneficial & insightful. I have tried my level best to prepare an effective & creditable report. I honestly hope that my analysis will help you to give an idea of my work experience and knowledge. Sincerely Yours, Abu Fardous Md. Abdullah Choudhury……………….. 3 Acknowledgements I got the chance to work on Aarong and it is a very good learning experience for me. It was a lifetime opportunity for me to get real life experience in the field of social compliance through such a big company. We would like to take this opportunity to express sincere thanks to the following people for their contributions and assistance. Without their help and support my internship would have more obstacles. First of all, I would like to thank and express my gratitude to Naushaba chowdhury, senior manager social compliance and producer relations, Aarong...
Words: 8449 - Pages: 34
...consumers throughout the situation. The company needed to gain the acceptance of consumers by forming a better relationship with celebrities and the frequent users. The specific objectives to reach this goal were: • To keep and decrease the awareness of Rihanna’s comment and the advertisement on social media. • To remove the advertisement and Snap Inc.’s association with the advertiser in order to increase a positive reputation. • To gain the acceptance of the use of Snapchat by Rihanna by attempting to change her negative attitude toward the company. • To quickly resolve the situation and report its actions in order to increase awareness of the company’s willing to...
Words: 1073 - Pages: 5
...Running head: SOCIAL JUSTICE This is a sample paper for Dr. Matthew Robinson’s class … CJ 5150, “American Justice System and Social Justice” at Appalachian State University The paper is not be used for any purpose other than illustration for students in the class!!! Social Justice versus Criminal Justice Appalachian State University Social Justice versus Criminal Justice In this paper I will discuss how different aspects, policies, and procedures of the United States criminal justice system are inconsistent with the principles of social justice posited by John Rawls and David Miller. The criminal justice system does not promote socially just outcomes or practices. First of all, the criminal justice system is not really a system at all; it is a network. Second, criminal justice places greater emphasis on crime control, rather than due process rights. Our system encourages punishment rather than rehabilitation. Finally, criminal justice policies such as the death penalty and the war on drugs reflect prejudices within the system, resulting in unequal treatment. Before beginning to explain these flaws within criminal justice, I will first define social justice and explain the essential social justice principles suggested in Rawls and Miller’s theories. Social Justice Justice is based on two supposedly equal conceptions. First, guilty offenders are held accountable for their actions and second, that criminal justice...
Words: 5791 - Pages: 24
...MNGT-370 The NETT Day session Google in the social space was very interesting. Amy Korin and Ashley Lepczyk explained the importance and advances made in using social media. Before the session I heard of google +, but was not familiar with all the features it had to offer. Ashley and Amy went into some detail by explaining how google + has put in place circles that allow the user to separate different groups within each circle. This is useful because it allows for more control of how the user can share information. Furthermore, during the session Amy explained that by correctly utilizing social media companies can increase their target markets and overall sales. Google is by the far the most used search engine, and allows its user to find information on practically any subject or issue. However during the session there were some questions regarding Google’s policy of determining what should be allowed on the site and what shouldn’t. Google has a well-known policy of don’t be evil, and to not share the user’s information without his or her consent. The video of Islamic prophet Muhammad created a lot of controversy because some people believed it was a hateful attack and undermined their religion, while others wanted the video to remain because they believed if it didn’t there rights of free speech were being violated. Ultimately Google kept the video up. According to Amy Google provides the desired information, but it is up to the user to use the information in a responsible...
Words: 291 - Pages: 2
