How Diversity Makes Us Smarter Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative‚ more diligent and harder-working. Sep 16‚ 2014 |By Katherine W. Phillips 0 The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the U.S.‚ where the dialogue of inclusion is relatively advanced‚ even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict. Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues of diversity and the means for achieving it. Corporations
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Explain models of practice that underpin equality‚ diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility It is important as a manager that I acknowledge and respect the needs of both staff and clients. By adapting to their needs and altering my style to suit. Being aware of inequality will involve me in understanding that clients and staff have the right to involved and participate in the running of the home without feeling discriminated on the grounds of their disabilities‚ gender and race etc
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Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. We as people have many different roles within our life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. We also we find we belong to different groups in which we play our different roles‚ this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have a negative or a positive effect on ourselves. We can be part of the “in group” or the “out group” depending on somebody’s experience of the membership of that group‚ sometimes
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Young people are often told‚ "teenage years are the best years of your life - treasure it". In town‚ happy groups of secondary and college students roam the streets‚ appearing energetic and radiant. However‚ this is only part of the picture. In Singapore‚ many problems arise among teenagers. Yearly‚ figures of depression rates among teenagers escalate and we cannot help but wonder what is becoming of this new generation of young people. Life for many youths of this new day and age involves a painful
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The issue I have selected to examine from both positions of both the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association is Diversity and also Human and Civil Rights within the classroom. At the National Education Association‚ they understand “that education advocacy and social justice advocacy go hand in hand.” Because there is a great increase in incredibly diverse classrooms‚ they are working towards equal opportunity and social justice for all students and staff. They even
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Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion in work with children and young people Question 1 Case Study 1 1 Who is being discriminated against? The whole family is being discriminated against. 2 What kind of discrimination is taking place? Racial discrimination. 3 How might the child experiencing the discrimination feel? Dominic might be feeling excluded‚ lonely‚ confused and have low self esteem as he could feel that the children he sees attending the school have a higher status in society as
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citizens make up a majority of the world’s population. While growing old‚ it has it’s benefits like learning from mistakes and becoming wiser. It also has it’s disadvantages like health risks. As people grow older‚ they come closer to death but also experience a lot throughout their life spans. While some people look forward with confidence to growing old‚ other fears the aging process. Everyone who lives will eventually die. With life‚ comes death. A big question asked in today’s society is‚ “Where
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UNIT 306 Promote equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1.1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. When working in a school it is important that staff is aware of the ever changing legislation‚ especially the aspects related to promoting equality and valuing diversity. We need to be able to identify their relevance in school and that we are aware of them when carrying out our
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(embracing the marketing concept‚ utilizing the concepts of segmentation-targeting-positioning and marketing mix.) 3. Explain the interrelation between customer value‚ satisfaction‚ trust and retention. Also explain why customer retention is essential? 4. Explain the difference between traditional marketing and value oriented marketing. (table 1.1 page 14) 5. Explain the consumer decision making model in detail. 6. What is the difference between primary and secondary research? Under
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The Harm Principle requires less from us because it does not ask us to question the value we put on different aspects of life like the Best Interest Standard. There are eight conditions that have to be meet in order for the harm principle to justify state intervention‚ these are typically objective. The Best Interest Standard makes it difficult to define what’s in the “best interest of the child‚ it also questions whether greater value should be based on the servile rate of the child or the side
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