Social Responsibility‚ some may say it is and organization’s duty to behave in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. Well‚ there is more to it than just that. There are four key theories or guidelines that must be followed to maintain a status of good social responsibility. A company has one a duty to its shareholders‚ two the duty to maximize profit and avoid harm‚ three a responsibility to its employees and others who may be dependent on that specific company‚ and last but
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SOCU 301 Social Research Design Exercise 6.2 Name : Social Research Ethics For each case‚ (a) identify what you believe to be the one or two ethical issues that are most apparent in the situation‚ drawing from the ethical issues discussed on Babbie‚ pp. 63-81‚ and (b) explain why you think this case represents a minor‚ moderate‚ or severe ethical violation. 1. A political science instructor asks students in an introductory class to complete questionnaires that the instructor
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On Social Theory In Social Work We know where we have been‚ where we are now and where we need to go - but how do we get there? A map. Theory is a map. It notes any number of known landmarks (previously achieved or applied solutions) and obstacles (issues or problems) and gives us direction so that we are able to navigate intelligently and arrive safely (minimal discomfort to all) at our destination (desired outcome/s). Theory is an attempt to explain the unexplained‚ to give title to the untitled
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Name Institution Course Tutor Date Action on social determinants of health Introduction For a long period‚ health practitioners have developed different strategies to improve the health of people and the whole communities. The health practitioners have devoted on focusing on social determinants of health‚ and deal with them in order to improve health of their clients‚ as well as that of the whole community. According to World Health organization‚ social determinants of health are the conditions
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Available online at http:// www.ijmhsjournal.com ISSN 2322-424©2013 Victorquest Publications Investigating Related Factors to Teenagers’ Delinquency of Shiraz According to Social Control and Differential Association Theories *Bijan Khajehnoori1 ‚ Habib Ahmadi2‚ and Saeed Keshavarzi3 1- Assistant Professor‚ Department of Social Science‚ Shiraz University 2- Professor of Sociology in Shiraz University‚ Department of Sociology‚ Shiraz University 3- MA student in Sociology‚ Department of Sociology‚ Shiraz
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Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a social policy created to promote the welfare of minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are all created equal and should not be judged by race or gender. Therefore‚ in situations like job and university applications‚ we should consider minorities to be as feasible a choice for hire as a white male candidate‚ taking into consideration their background. In short‚ it tries to give minorities that have been at a disadvantage their whole life‚ an
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Social action theories are known as micro theories which take a bottom-up approach to studying society; they look at how individuals within society interact with each other. There are many forms of social action theories‚ the main ones being symbolic interactionism‚ phenomenology and ethnomethodology. They are all based on the work of Max Weber‚ a sociologist‚ who acknowledged that structural factors can shape our behaviour but individuals do have reasons for their actions. He used this to explain
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Theories and Models in Social Marketing Reference: Lefebvre‚ RC (2000). In PN Bloom & GT Gundlach (Eds.)‚ Handbook of Marketing and Society‚ Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage Publications. Theories and models for social marketing abound‚ with little formal consensus on which types of models for what types of social problems in what kinds of situations are most appropriate. In defining what social marketing is‚ many authors include the notion of exchange theory to link it to its marketing roots (e.g.‚ Kotler
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Angie Z. Tutorial Section: D115 December 6‚ 2010 Compare and contrast the ‘social contract theories’ of Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls. Which theory is more persuasive? Be sure to explain what Rawls means by ‘the original position‚’ and the ‘veil of ignorance‚’ and why those concepts do not figure in Hobbes’ theory. Social Contract Theory holds that the only consideration that makes actions right is that action is in accordance with an agreement made by the rational people for governing their
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Social Constructivism is a theory of knowledge and the acquisition process involved (Serving History‚ 2010). The social constructivist theory was developed mainly to describe the way in which people come to describe and explain the world in which they live‚ including themselves (Gergen‚ 1985).The formation of the social constructivist theory is most often attributed to Jean Piaget. Piaget derived this theory by investigating the evolution of knowledge‚ though mainly scientific knowledge‚ by observing
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