diversity as evident of America’s history on race‚ religion‚ and gender relations. As a result of this history‚ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted and prohibited employment discrimination based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces all of these laws (FMWM‚ 2008). Even with laws society still faces many different forms of discriminations including rate of pay‚ obesity and because of the time we live in
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Unit 2 Task 1 P2 Describe discriminatory practice in health and social care 1. Overt discrimination This is when discrimination is “clear and up front” despite equality legislation making it illegal. For example paying a male nurse more money than a female nurse for the same job because of his gender. It could also be refusing to treat a patient because they are of a different race or religion. 2. Covert Discrimination This is the opposite of Overt Discrimination. It is when the discrimination
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Reasons of corruption appearance Corruption is a complex socio-economic phenomenon which has no single canonical definition. The concept of corruption is ambiguous. Some evidence can be attributed to it without any hesitation while the others are controversial (bribery of public servants‚ buffet for the press or potential partner). In business there is no single estimate of bribes‚ there are different opinions: "Normal" payment services; "Dubious" from a moral point of view; Act that deserves
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Anti – oppressive practice is the process which is based on changing the patterns of social relations; it relates to the abuse of power within a relationship on personal‚ family‚ community‚ organizational and structural levels. Working towards a culture which is anti-oppressive‚ challenges the issues of power‚ oppression and powerlessness that impacts the lives of people who receive services in health and social care. When applying anti –oppressive practice in professional supervision the focus
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Diversity and Rights In this assignment I am going to design a booklet explaining of how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice. I am going to explain an assessment of the influences of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings. Then I am going to evaluate the success of a recent initiative in promoting anti-discriminatory practice. P4 I am going to write about 4 legislations‚ these are the Sex Discrimination Act
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between individuals and it is a negative action towards members of a certain group. The bases of discrimination include: culture‚ disability‚ age‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ health status‚ family status and cognitive ability. The discriminatory practise used in the case of Jeta is predjudice. This is judging someone and making an assumption without having any solid evidence to support the judgement‚ on the basis of their appearance or what group they belong to. Jeta is experiencing this
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we have talked about a lot of discriminatory behaviours and the affects they have in health and social care. We also talked about the staffs and people that used the services. If discrimination has been realised then it has to be dealt with quickly. There ar possible outcomes of how it could be reached: Joining government rules and guidelines at local level by managers and employers ‚ staff training and development‚ challenging world colleges who show discriminatory behaviour and challenging incorrect
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P2 Describe discriminatory practise in health and social care When working in a residential home with young adults who have it is very important that you are careful how you approach them and that you are always thinking about their feelings. You could easily discriminate someone without even knowing I am going to explain some of the ways you may discriminate against a social user without realising. Vulnerability A young person with complex needs is bound to be very vulnerable. It may be oblivious
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mental health‚ bruises‚ maybe from them self-harming to find a easy way to get away from the pain and unhappiness they are getting from individuals within community with discrimination towards them. Potential effects of Discriminatory Practices? Example of discriminatory practice is an old woman in a nursing home‚ in her notes she has been labeled as a ‘biter’. This makes care assistance reluctant and resistant to her How will this affect her physically‚ emotionally‚ mentally. Well I would think
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Debra Whiteside 197008 Factors that may influence equality of opportunity for individuals Social Factors Many social factors influence the equality of opportunity. These are just a couple of examples of social factors that may influence the equality of opportunity for individuals. Whatever your religious belief may be ever body socialises with their peers when they come together to worship and pray to their chosen god in. All members of the same religion whether they are Buddhist‚ Catholic
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