Social Issues Essays

1. Three-Fifths Compromise How do you feel about the Three-Fifths Compromise? Was it a wise decision by the framers of the constitution to keep the nation united, or was it an unacceptable compromise even at the cost of the nation breaking up over the issue of slavery (as happened later …

Marge Piercy who was born in Detroit, is known as a feminist writer. Her poem, ‘Breaking Out’ was first published in the Harbor Review in 1984. The poem portrays the double oppression faced by a girl, for being a girl child and a child, at the same time. The poem …

Workplace diversity is defined as “ways that people differ that may affect their workplace experiences in terms of performance, motivation, and communication” (Harvey, 2011, p. xiv). It is important to have an understanding of cultural, ethnic and gender differences by managers and professionals in order to have an effective working …

On June 6th of 2013 The Guardian reported on a classified U.S. surveillance network called PRISM. This information was given to them by former Booz Allen Hamilton employee Edward Snowden. Snowden obtained this information by secretly gathering files and documents regarding the program and others while working for the government …

1.1 – Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity There are many codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity, i will comment on some below: Equality Act 2010 – Anti-discrimination to make sure …

The debate about the use of violence has been on going for the last decade. Violence, the act of causing physical harm to another person willingly, has often been categorized as being an uncivilized, unjustified act. It is mostly known, and commonsensical knowledge that attacking or inflicting harm upon another …

What is meant by “duty of care”? We all want to have reasonable care related to individuals’ best interests; this includes protecting service users from any harm or abuse that can be occurred and avoiding any acts that could result in the injury. But, unfortunately, we don’t all understand the …

Prompt: Should animal experimentation be allowed to test drugs? Animal testing is the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes. Animal experimentation is very prevalent nowadays and it became a common and an accepted means of testing by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Animal testing, however, dates back …

Abstract Human trafficking should be prioritized above all other human rights violations. When the act of human trafficking is applied to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, more rights are violated in comparison to any other crime. Human trafficking is the exploitation and active measures taken to victimize those vulnerable …

What is the legalisation that underpins this policy: Schools are under a legal duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all students (s.175 Education Act 2002). “Safeguarding” encompasses issues such as child protection, “public health and safety and bullying” (DfES/0027/2004 Safeguarding Children in Education). Summarise the main points of …