...What is the relationship between social policy and economic policy? (Your answer must refer to Keynesian and Monetarist economic ideas in relation to welfare Trying to explain the relationship between social and economic policy can be seen as quite a complex task. But, if you look at the wider picture it can be said to become quite easy to see if the two go well together and how they intertwine with eachother to benefit the welfare state. In order to go further and try to explain the relationship between social and economic policy, it is best to make sense of what exactly is meant by economic policy and to take a look at the different types of economic policy which helps to shape the welfare state. It is a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues. Alcock et all. (2012) explains ecenomic policy as government activites in the economic field focused on certain activites and topics. Some of these topics consist of securing economic growth, meaning the production of more services in the economy and the promotion of the manufacturing industry with tax benefits and grants. Managing the rates of employment through employment agencies also fits into one of the topics as well as using taxation policies to redistrubute income, property and wealth between different social groups. Taking these topics and interventions into consideration, the relationship between social and econoimic policy can be difficult to explain as in this certain case they...
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...Use of Social Media in the Workplace Executive Summary With the growing number of social media-related lawsuits happened in Canada, many employers have to find how to create efficient and effective social media policies for their companies. I am a student in a course called Advanced Written Communication, which is one of my third year courses in Bachelor of Business Administration program. As a business student, I am also interested in this problem. From the research, I find some social media-related cases and some privacy legislations in Canada. They warn both employers and employees that it is necessary to have enough legal and security knowledge. Employers should create media policies based on Canada’s laws, and employees also should carefully use social media in the workplace according to company’s policies. In addition, I find a fact that numerous companies in Canada and United States ban social media at work. However, this will alienate new employees who like social media, and make old employees feel unhappy. Thus, to create efficient and effective social media policies, a list of useful points are provided at the end. 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose We will analyze cases of using social media in the workplace, consider the effect of Canada’s related laws, and finally find out how to create efficient and effective social media policies for the company. 1.2 Problems When Creating Social Media Policies In recent years, social media has become an important...
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...2013/14 Survey Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0 Proskauer Rose LLP | Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome | Attorney Advertising About Our Survey We are proud to present Proskauer’s third annual global survey about social media use in the workplace. As in previous years, in addition to our survey results, in collaboration with select law firms across the world, we have included a brief summary of the law from around the world, including significant recent developments. Please note that the information provided in this survey is not intended to be, and shall not be construed to be, the provision of legal advice or an offer to provide legal services, nor does it necessarily reflect the opinions of the firm, our lawyers or our clients. No client-lawyer relationship between you and the firm is or may be created by your access to or use of this survey or any information contained in it. Proskauer Rose LLP (Proskauer) is not obligated to provide updates on the information presented herein. © Proskauer Rose LLP. All Rights Reserved. Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0 When we published our first survey in 2011, there was a sense of novelty and even mystery about social media usage in the workplace. There was a strong perception that social media and business did not mix. The art of harnessing social media for business lacked the sophistication and prominence that it now has. Today, business use of social media is mainstream. This shift from...
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...Case Study Week 2: Social Media Polices: Are They Legal? Keisha Rivera DeVry University MGMT 410 Professor Miller Case Study Week 2: Social Media Policies: Are They Legal? The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is part of the United States government. It is an independent agency that is in charge of holding elections to represent the labor union, and also investigates and remedies the unfair labor practices (National Labors Relations Board, n.d.). Many companies have policies set into play regarding the restriction of social media usage while on company property. Many organizations are afraid that if an employee is utilizing social media accounts while at work that they may be posting negative comments about the organization. This will give the company a bad name. NLRB Facebook Firing An employee fro a Connecticut company had posted certain negative comments about a supervisor on their personal Facebook account. The employee was fired after posting about her supervisor, calling him a “scumbag”. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employees are allowed to criticize the company as well as the leaders on social media. “Employers that set social media policies that prohibit or attempt to prohibit such activity can be in violation” (Northway, 2011, para. 6). Decision I agree with the decision of the NLRB to pursue this case. The company was clearly in the wrong by firing the employee for the remarks she made on her personal Facebook account. She...
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...SETA survey of representatives in Tribunal cases 2008 t Research Paper Workplaces and Social Networking The Implications for Employment Relations ns Ref: 11/11 2000 1 0 Andrea Broughton, Tom Higgins, Ben Hicks and Annette Cox (The Institute for Employment Studies) For any further information on this study, or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme, please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org.uk Acas research publications can be found at www.acas.org.uk/researchpapers ISBN 978-1-908370-07-5 Workplaces and Social Networking The Implications for Employment Relations Andrea Broughton Tom Higgins Ben Hicks Annette Cox Prepared for Acas by: Institute for Employment Studies Sovereign House Church Street Brighton BN1 1UJ UK T: 01273 763400 F: 01273 763401 www.employment-studies.co.uk Copyright © 2009 Acas The Institute for Employment Studies The Institute for Employment Studies is an independent, apolitical, international centre of research and consultancy in public employment policy and organisational human resource issues. It works closely with employers in the manufacturing, service and public sectors, government departments, agencies, and professional and employee bodies. For 40 years the Institute has been a focus of knowledge and practical experience in employment and training policy, the operation of labour markets, and human resource planning and development. IES is a not-for-profit organisation which has over...
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...HLT 205 Policies With in Social Work Practicing policies through within the fields of social work has always been demonstrated throughout history. It has made a difference in the lives of many people who live in America today. There are many roles within social work that exercise the practice of policies that exist in social work. The practice of policy is present within in levels of local, state, and even national entities. To practice policy within this field, social workers are able to enhance themselves in their profession, enhance goal achievement and promote justice in the social economy. Most social worker’s careers begin with helping families. They exercise the policy of ethics by engaging clients when they need help, they assess the level of help needed, and they find a way to intervene on the issue without causing further complications. Once intervention takes place it is up to the social worker to monitor and help in the best way possible for the betterment of the individuals in need. Sometimes intervention may involve connecting people and families to resources within the community to meet particular needs, despite the fact that most social workers end up working with specific individuals in need. Usually, when a social worker monitors progress in a family it stems from the result of a necessary planned out intervention. Other times in the field of social work, progress may take longer because it may not be reached so easily. There may at times be situations...
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...Working Paper 46 November 2008 138 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 www.queensu.ca/sps Peter Hicksi Social Policy in Canada – Looking Back, Looking Ahead This paper discusses recent policy trends, the changing role of the various actors in the system, international comparisons and a range of other social policy topics. The immediate purpose of the paper is to examine the reasons why social policy analysts need to look into the future, and to explore ways of managing the inevitably large risks associated with such future-looking exercises. The underlying purpose, however, is simply to introduce a range of important Canadian social policy topic to students and others who are interested in social policy, but without much previous background in the areaii. The first part of the paper was taken directly from a 1994 presentationi that was intended to provide outside social policy experts (from Latin America in this case) with an overview of the Canadian social policy landscape, particularly of recent trends and possible future directions, mainly from a federal government perspective. At that time, major reform of social security policies was being discussed and I tried to give our visitors some flavour of the background to that reform, with particular emphasis on the i Peter Hicks was with the department of Human Resources Development Canada at the time of the 1994 paper which forms the basis of Part I of the present paper. The following year he left the Government...
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...the development of high technologies, social media has been widely used by companies and individuals. Many users, especially the younger ones, are active users of many kinds of social network media, like Twitter, Facebook, MySpac, blogs and YouTube. However, while there are many benefits of using social media for companies, they still face with many problems of the effects of using social network media by their workers, since many workers like to post their comments on social media freely, which may related to the company’s secret information, hence, although many organizations do not have clear guidelines for prohibiting employees from using social media, they still take measures to monitor their employees’ behaviors on social media. In addition, many organizations do not have social media policy, even they have, and the enforcement of the policy is not effective. In this situation, the case study aims to find out resolutions for how the social media policy could be implemented effectively in organizations with Singapore Airlines as an example. Two issues, including enforcement challenges, and de-motivating staff due to monitoring them, will be discussed, and respective resolutions will be presented to each issue for better designing or implementing the social media policies. Enforcement challenges Many companies face with challenges when enforcing social media policy. For example, companies that have implemented social media policy say that the enforcement is not an easy...
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...TalentTalk A SilkRoad TalentTalk Report SOCIAL MEDIA & WORKPLACE COLLABORATION 2012 Latest Practices, Key Findings, Hottest Topics TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 Executive Summary Methodology and Respondent Profile Corporate Approaches to Social Media Access Why Do Employees Use Social Media at Work? “Socializing” with Customers Twitter and Facebook Prevail: Corporate Social Networks Lag Mobile Devices: Personal Use of Social Media at Work Social Media Policy in the Workplace Do Employers Ask Workers for Personal Social Passwords? Email: The Most Popular Way to Share Information The Expanding Job Description and Capturing Employee Expertise In Conclusion 3 // SOCIAL MEDIA AND WORKPLACE COLLABORATION “Companies can no longer ignore social tools, nor the ways that their employees use them to share and access information. These new technologies can be used to create business value, share information, engage employees—and even create dialogue with customers and prospects.” - W. Edward Vesely, Chief Marketing Officer, SilkRoad EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Organizations are engaged in a complex balancing act concerning social media, as they weigh the competitive advantages while juggling issues of law, policy, and employee access. The impact of social media on business agility, the proliferation of innovative social applications for industry, and the bright spotlight on worker productivity and social technology are just a few of the vital considerations for...
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...DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY guidance on the application of community development approaches to different aspects of anti-poverty and social inclusion work €10 Siobhán Lynam Bridgewater Centre, Conyngham Road, Islandbridge, Dublin 8 Tel: 01 670 6746 Fax: 01 670 6760 Email: info@combatpoverty.ie Website: www.combatpoverty.ie COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY Siobhán Lynam Community Development and Public Policy 1 © 2006 ISBN: 1-905485-11-5 While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate, no legal responsibility is accepted by the author or Combat Poverty for any errors or omissions. The views expressed in this publication are the author’s own and not necessarily those of Combat Poverty Agency. 2 Community Development and Public Policy CONTENTS Acknowledgements Preface 4 5 Introduction Background to the publication Structure of the publication 6 6 Section 1: Defining public policy 1.1 What is public policy? 1.2 How is policy made? 1.3 The public policy cycle 1.4 Example of a community organisation’s impact on policy 7 7 8 13 16 Section 2: A community-development approach to policy making 2.1 Giving voice to excluded groups 2.2 Characteristics of a community-development approach 2.3 Value of adopting a community-development approach 18 18 19 21 Section 3: Influencing public policy making 3.1 Develop a policy agenda 3.2 Make it an integral...
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...company does not employ a social media policy. This proposal will address two equally important parts of the new policy, the customer base and the employees. This policy will make sure that Stone Goose is ensuring the future of the company by using all avenues possible to reach the customers. The first section of this proposal will address the customers. It will discuss marketing, customer support, and customer conduct. The second section will address the employees. It will discuss use of social media during working hours, expected employee conduct, and disciplinary action when the policy is violated. For the purpose of this proposal, social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).” Customers Before writing this proposal, Stone Goose Company surveyed the online customers, a database of approximately 1,000, and received 700 responses. The survey asked how many used social media, and the prevalent websites they used. Then the survey asked how many customers would like Stone Goose Company to develop social media for contact and customer support. The results are demonstrated in these three charts: As evidenced in the chart above, an overwhelming majority of the customers, 87.3%, use some sort of social media. The following chart illustrates the social media...
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...Journal of Social Development in Africa (1996), 11.1.33-42 Social Work Education for Social Development * M GRAY, F MAZIBUKO & F O'BRIEN ** ABSTRACT Social work as a profession has an obligation to respond to and, if necessary create, societal agendas. Social development is clearly on the current societal agenda. This paper examines the different emphases and levels of social development and advocates a broad perspective of the concept. The relationship between social development and social work is then explored. Shared values and goals augur well for a constructive relationship. Finally the paper addresses the importance of education for social workers to participate in social development initiatives. Teaching and practice curricula are discussed as well as different levels of training. The paper concludes with recommendations for future networking, both between educators and disciplines, and research and literature. Introduction According to Ira Goldenberg, professions are shaped by the social and political realities of their time and by the societies of which they are a part (Franklin, 1990). This is clearly evident...
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...SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS: WELFARE TO WORK Research is key to the continued development of the theory and knowledge base of social work practice. The AASW supports the undertaking of research as a key activity to build and maintain the mission of the social work profession. Research is an essential area of social work practice and is included in the AASW Practice Standards for Social Workers, (section 4.3), highlighting its importance to social work practice. Social workers are expected to “understand the role of research and evaluation in obtaining and generating new knowledge for practice.” (AASW 2013) Social work research informs professional practice. Through social work research, the profession can: * Assess the needs and resources of people in their environments * Evaluate the effectiveness of social work services in meeting people needs * Demonstrate relative costs and benefits of social work services * Advance professional education in light of changing contexts for practice * Understand the impact of legislation and social policy on the clients and communities we serve Australia’s population is ageing. At the same time, spending on income support payments as a whole (and not just age pensions) is anticipated to increase. Without on-going high rates of economic growth, the nation will struggle to support its ageing population and those who rely on government income support (ABS, 2006). Australian governments have long recognized the...
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...Implementing New Policies in the Workplace with regards to Social Media Introduction There are many benefits that social media has brought and continues to bring to the corporate world but there are also many drawbacks that organizations face due to the risks from its use. I believe that it can be proactively managed for organizations to protect its reputation while providing its employees with the proper tools to manage their own personal and business manners with regards to social media. The intent of this report is to demonstrate the challenges to implementing new policies in the workplace with regards to social media. Policies Policies are principles, rules, regulations, guidelines, and/or laws that are adopted by organizations to assist them in reaching their long-term goals. They are designed to influence and determine all major decisions and actions that are expected in the workplace. They state what is to be done, who is to do it, how it is to be done and for whom it is to be done. Company policies are important because they define the company’s responsibilities and duties, to both its staff and its clients. These policies are also in place to define the company’s expectations and standards. Many policies are used to illustrate the company’s compliance with certain laws and regulations. Most companies have polices and procedures already in place, they mainly choose only necessary policies that ensure a safe, organized and nondiscriminatory work place. Well-written...
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...Internet, Social Media and E-mail systems effectively and responsibly and in accordance with approved operational and security standards while in the course of their work. Employees equally have a responsibility to ensure that their private use of internet, social Media and e-mail out with the workplace does not impact adversely on the council and its business, compromise their contractual relationship with the council or breach council policy. This policy sets out the expected standards of internet, social media and email use and provides for those standards to be monitored and enforced. The content should be read in conjunction with the relevant employment policies referred to in this document together with other policies and guidance issued by the council’s IT Service, in particular the Data Protection and Information Security Policies. The key aims of the policy are to: * Regulate and control access to the council’s internet, social media and e-mail system networks; * Promote efficient and effective use of internet, social media and e-mail facilities while allowing reasonable and limited personal use in an employee’s own time; * Set standards for the proper secure and lawful use of internet, social media and e-mail in order to minimise and manage the potential risks to the council from inappropriate and illegal use; * Provide employees with guidance on their responsibilities when accessing the internet via the council networks and when using social media and...
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