ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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I feel that Lord and Lady Capulet are good parents for the period in which they lived, in the way that they made sure she was well looked after, was taught good manors and courtesy, and in general, had a good upbringing. However, when Juliet decides to rebel, or not do what her parents want, they don’t understand and refuse to listen to her views. They end up arguing and their only daughter dies, so they pay the price for not being good parents at this point, even though they think they are only doing what is best for her.
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To put it simple he has a meal where he is treated badly, with no respect even for the standards of how children were treated during he Victorian period. The perpetrator of this nasty behaviour was Uncle Pumplechook. He does a few things that might be seen as wrong and he is treated almost as a felon for the rest of the evening. Uncle Pumblechook treats him as a subhuman creature just because he is a child. He always says how the Children should be grateful for what they have and they are never grateful enough such as this “He should be grateful for what his parents have done for you ungrateful child”. Spoken by Uncle Pumblechook to Pip.
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Charles Dickens uses the exaggeration of description a lot in many books and it is used a lot in one particular scene f Great Expectations that is the Christmas Dinner scene when his mother’s friends and family begin to arrive. This is a description of Uncle Pumblechook “A large heavy breathing man, middle aged man, slow, with a mouth like a fish ” This is only part of the full quote so you only get a small portion of the point of exaggeration of description, but even this bit shows how he made the man sound cold ugly very unflattering. It describes him as slow and heavy breathing, which could mean he was an alcoholic but at least makes him sound like one.
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Also the name of the character you must take note of Pumblechook it brings to my mind a picture of a clown or someone who is not entirely competent at what ever he is doing. All theses ways are ways in which Charles Dickens has made you feel right from the start something odd about uncle Pumblechook even before you met him and heard what he had to say. This is how through exaggeration of description Charles Dickens shows distain for a character.
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In ‘Great Expectations’ when he is having a meal with the Pocket family, he bases almost the whole section of his book on the incompetence of a few adults and the unusual intelligence and diligence of a few children. The family is middle class and they live reasonably well especially in comparison to some others. The mother is the main fixture of incompetence in this book she has no idea how to look after children even though she has quite a few herself. The father wants to help but he does this by giving the children some money to go out and get out of their mothers hair or for their mother to get out of their hair.
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Mrs Pocket a women, that is very proud on herself who thought that she was looking after her children to the best of her ability and to a very high degree. This is a very interesting quote from a mealtime with the pocket family that show the distinct area in which the members of the family worked. The quote is based at the table and the mothers burst into a fury because of something that her daughter says to protect another from being hurt. ” Mama dear’ ” lisped the little girl ” baby ood have put hith eye out.” And his was just a general concern froma child to amother to make sure that her sibling was not hurt and the mother comes back with. “How dare you tell me so?” retorted Mrs Pocket “go and sit down in your chair his moment.” This shows how she would not accept any suggestions from anyone it doesn’t matter how sensible and needed they were, for the safety of her own child.
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These are the consequences of Muslim parents being to restrictive on their children, as their children can’t be open with their parents and discuss real important issues in society, in which can benefit them in the future. Therefore the school teachers believe “that the girls’ reticence and submissiveness was the consequence of lack of freedom”. Basit, T (1997). Some Muslim parents gave their children some sort of freedom; however it was controlled, because whenever they could go out, the girls had to take someone older with them, and still not stay out late.
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However this could just be an argument based on conflicting views between different ethnic groups. However J. S. Dosanjh, (1997) argues that “this tradition outlook on family unity, cohesion, stability and limitations has distinct advantages for the healthy development of young children”. Muslim parents trust their children; however they do not trust the society and people living in it. Therefore they enforce such restrictions onto their children to protect them from such disasters. This can be argued as right or wrong but it is mainly a viewpoint of a particular culture, which will not be the same as other cultures.
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However Muslim children understand the reasons behind their restrictions, because they have “seen the consequences of freedom”. Basit, T (1997). However Ghazi – Walid Falah, (2005), argues that “girls should get freedom, but a limited freedom, not so they can do whatever they want, but within what’s respectable”. Which therefore is reasonable, compared to no freedom at all. The above quote can be seen as very stereotypical, because it is implying that girls who have freedom are not respectable, which is not the case.
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Muslim families perceive the English culture as having more freedom to do as they please in life, as they “live in a nuclear family, rather then a collateral family”. J. S. Dosanjh, (1997). However Ghazi – Walid Falah, (2005), argues that “Embracing a notion of freedom with limits could also be considered as an oppositional stance toward the dominance and perceived freedom of the “West” where women are believed to have “total” freedom that has resulted in nefarious self – indulgence, the breakdown of the family, and a general loss of morals”.
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Therefore this shows that people with too much freedom can get corrupted, yet people with slightly less freedom, can enjoy life as well as be on the right path in society. However some children are used to staying at home and enjoying their time either by “cooking, reading or playing games”. Basit, T (1997). This is however jus an assumption that has been made that many people may disagree with depending on there traditions and culture. In conclusion it shows that traditions, culture and upbringing play a major role in today’s society.
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People’s perception of things differs mainly because of these factors. From the essay it can be concluded that the way in which Muslim families bring up their children, differs a fair bit from English cultures. This is because the traditions in the Muslim culture can be seen as strict therefore they will reinforce these traditions to their children. To a certain extent it is understandable how Muslim parents are restrictive of their children. However this may not be very obvious or understandable for some people, especially people who have been bought up in completely different environments.
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According to Martin (2007), “when homelessness is defined using the federal definition there are on average 650,000 individuals who experience homelessness on any given night in the United States” but “when homelessness is defined in a more inclusive manner, homeless estimates jump to about 3. 5 million individuals nationally” (The Nature of Homelessness, para. ). These numbers will continually to change significantly on any given day. Because of this confusion and miscalculations less money is available meaning fewer services provided to the homeless, because government grant money is often directly linked to census numbers, Most individuals who will or have experienced homelessness have done nothing so on an irregular basis where homelessness occurs in an ongoing cycle of temporary or questionable housing leading to ultimate homelessness because of uncertainty.
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Determining why an individual becomes homeless in the first place is difficult and most times puzzling. A person can become homeless due to losing job, substance abuse, mental illness, trauma, physical abuse, and many more. These reasons are essential in helping a homeless person get back on his or her feet but how can people help the homeless in a society that is so biased and severely judgmental? This type of bias and judgment influences state support, federal policy makers, and public voting on assistance programs for the homeless.
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Martin (2007), states “in general, most people’s attitudes toward the poor and the homeless are negative, and the stigma that has always been associated with poverty seems to increase when the poor become homeless. The reasons for this negative bias are likely related to the public nature of homelessness, where those without permanent homes are forced to live out in the open, such as on the streets, alleyways, parks, or in automobiles where good hygiene is virtually impossible and begging for money and food is often the only means of survival” (The Causes of Homelessness, para. ). This does not include other negative issues associated with being poor; mental illness and substance abuse. It seems that society believes that all homeless people are dirty, crazy, beggars who abuse drugs and alcohol. These people are very dangerous and are unworthy of receiving any kind of help. Society blames the poor for succumbing to poverty having no clue that there could be reasons beyond control, including increase in educational requirements, long-standing institutionalized oppression, discrimination, and a general increase in the complexity of life.
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This type of perception on the homeless can be better understood once society understands the homelessness history. History of the Homelessness Population Being poor and homeless has always been; since the beginning of time. It is the type people and the reason they become homeless that has changed and will continue to change. From the 14th to the 17th centuries it was the church who card for the “deserving” poor and homeless; they believed God gave them this responsibility. The middle Ages consisted of the wondering poor; men who moved from one job to the next.
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During this time the English Poor Laws were adopted, these laws encompassed of harsh methods for dealing with the poor and contributed to the negative attitude people have toward the poor today. Under these laws numerous poor and homeless people were sent to work at alms houses for long hours and little to no pay. According to Martin (2007), “this practice continued to play into the overall stigma of poverty and homelessness by stripping the poor and destitute of their self-determination, their family, and their freedom.
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Even the “deserving poor” who received public assistance were often forced to wear badges or some marking signifying that they were receiving public assistance” (The History of Homelessness, para. 3). The 19th and 20th century’s homeless population still consisted of men, and ,it was not until the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, that a new era of homelessness, including woman, children, adolescents, entire families, the elderly, substance abusers, war veterans, and the chronically and mentally ill.
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Finally there was a sense of compassion for the homeless since the homeless were just about everyone. People finally realized that a person cannot control becoming homeless (most of the time). At least until the economy got better than people’s attitudes toward the homeless population went right back to the way they were. During the 70s and 80s the homeless became more visible sleeping and living in public places and the homeless family increased resulting in numerous government policies designed to meet the needs of the homeless population (McNamara, 2006).
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Martin (2007), states “the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 is probably one of the most important pieces of legislation passed for those suffering from homelessness or who are at-risk for homelessness, and prior to the passage of this act, the majority of homeless services were facilitated at the grassroots level. This act guaranteed government assistance for the homeless and homeless services. Funding included $180 million in 1987 and increased to 1. 8 billion by 1994” (Current Policies and Legislation, para. 1).
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Other legislation including the TANF and The McKinney-Vento Education for the Homeless Children and Youth Program has had an impact on the homeless population even if they were not targeted to prevent homelessness. The homelessness population has come a long way but still society needs to do more! Too many family’s (single-parent) are homeless, too many elderly individuals are homeless, too many men are homeless, and too many individual are suffering from chronic or mental illness are homeless. The Demographics and Common Clinical Issues and Intervention Strategies
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Single-Parent Families According to Martin (2007), “a study conducted in 1999 found that of all homeless families, about 80 percent were headed by a single parent, and of these approximately 95 percent were female. Regardless of how these statistics are broken down, it is important to note that estimates now put single mothers with children at anywhere between one-third to three-fourths of the entire U. S. homeless population”, (The Contemporary Picture of Homelessness: The Rise of Single-Parent Families, para. 1). Most homeless single mothers are 25.
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Citizens of the United States, speaks English, never been married, bad childhood, have zero work experience (which makes it hard-to-find and keep a job), and have several children between the ages of two and five. Many of these parents’ have astounding determination of directly facing there problems, so that they can keep their child and safe from any harm. The human service professionals who work with these single-parent homeless will need to recognize the strengths these individuals possess and work with the individual to improve and build on these strengths. Homeless Children
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Martin (2007), states “Children are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, which creates new challenges for shelters and other social welfare responses, particularly when these children are school-aged. Developing effective programs designed to keep homeless children in school and succeeding academically is essential, otherwise all these homeless children will be at risk for continuing the cycle of homelessness in the next generation, having never experienced physical or emotional security in their own childhoods”, (Homeless Children: School Attendance and Academic Performance, para. ). With homeless families moving around so much (from shelter to shelter) it becomes on the child moving from one school to the next. They have no time to settle in and start retaining any information taught to them. These children feel as if they are outcast and rejected by their peers; this leads to the child becoming emotionally disturbed, being consistently absent, and having very low grades. Single Men, the Mentally Ill, Substance Abuse, and the Elderly
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According to Martin (2007), “50 percent of the homeless population consists of men, many of whom are single, some of whom are mentally ill, some of whom have substance abuse issues, and some of whom are veterans”, (Single Men, the Mentally Ill, and Substance Abuse, para. 1). Reasons for these individuals becoming homeless vary; loss of a job, little to no family support, having little to no education, released from prison, having a chronic or mental illness, become addicted to drugs or alcohol, or have post dramatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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The human service professional working with these individuals need to have specialized training (especially in PTSD recovery) to help these individuals. Although the elderly homeless rates are low compared to younger adults the numbers are expected to increase in the next couple years. The elderly become homeless for many reasons, including loss of a job, physical and mental health problems, and having no family to move in with. We have funding for elderly services, but the individual must be at least 65. Which does not help individuals who between 50 and 64.
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Martin (2007), states “experts suggest responding to the elderly homeless population by developing aid-assisted low-cost housing with social services to assist the elders with financial, physical, and psychological support to deal with the trauma of becoming homeless, (The Elderly Homeless, para. 6). Common Clinical Issues, Practice settings, and discussion of Future Interventions Working with the homeless population varies greatly and is can be challenging no matter what sub-group a human service professional client may belong to.
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The human service professional will provide service, including counseling, support groups, supervise shelters, provide case management, and empower their clients. One of the most important jobs of the human service professional working with the homeless is advocating. Martin (2007) states, ‘both on a personal case-by-case basis as well as on a community level by influencing policy and the development of legislation designed to aid the homeless population”, (The Role of the Human Service Professional: Working with the Homeless Population: Common Clinical Issues, para. ) There are three levels of service offered to the homeless population; emergency shelters, and daytime drop-in centers, transitional housing programs, and the provision of low-cost or public housing projects provided by the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The first being a short-term solution (30 days or less shelters) that is highly criticized for being unsafe and having more money put in this type of shelters than in long-term solutions. The second offers the homeless temporary (six months to one year housing) solution.
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The third provides a lasting solution to the homeless problem is very difficult to provide and does not have good outcomes (Martin, 2007). Too many people are homeless so we must be doing something wrong or missing something. According to Martin (2007), we are missing “programs offering a wide array of social services focusing on the personal root causes of homelessness while at the same time addressing structural causes such as declining incomes and escalating housing costs will have the greatest likelihood of successfully addressing the homeless problem with long-term solutions in mind” (Concluding Thoughts on Homelessness, para. ) and I agree. I also believe that making society more aware of homelessness; doing so will with any luck change their attitudes toward homeless people. I think that this will also help with the hidden homeless, the homeless that are ashamed and hide that they actually are homeless. This will lead to better head counts and more funding from the government for services for the homeless. Each state should come up with a blueprint for reducing the homelessness in there state. It is frustrating, to think of what could be done about this issue and think about what is not being done.
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Mrs. Khairallah is a 32-year old pregnant woman who arrives at the delivery suite with contractions. While the nurse are getting Mrs. Khairallah to her bed, her husband calls the nurse and tells her that he demands that no man be allowed to enter his wife’s room. He insists that all nurses, doctors, and other staff be female. He also does not want any male person to enter the room during the night because his wife will have her veil remove while she is sleeping.
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She stated that her son has had a high fever for 4 days. Her mother-in-law used traditional herbal medicine, but it was ineffective. The advanced practice nurse diagnosed a pulmonary infection and prescribed antibiotics. 1) Discuss whether or not the traditional herbal treatment could be safely continued while antibiotics are being given. I feel it could be continue, if you find out what herbal medicine they are using and not contradicted to the antibiotics that is being prescribed. Also being part of their culture, it may be continue without your knowledge anyway. ) Discuss strategies you might use to teach this mom how to correctly administer one teaspoon of Amoxicillin three times per day. Mrs. Cheng has a limited command of English. I would draw a clock and mark in red the times she would give the medication, then I would draw up in a syringe the amount to give at the times in red and ask her to demonstrated back understanding. 3) Describe from the perspective of the traditional Chinese adult the ideal American health care provider. Purnell (2013) noted, “The Chinese may distrust Western health-care providers because of the pain and invasiveness of their treatments” (p. 194).
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A social work practitioner must aim to alleviate and prevent poverty and suffering in society, it is also their job to try and cure, control or maintain problematic or deviant behaviour. They have obligations to clients, their employers, to one another and to society. Therefore there is a need for a code of ethics which sets out the values and principles of what is expected from the practitioner, their employer and the client. These values and principles form the value base of social work.
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Furthermore, it will explain the benefits of a shared common value base within care settings. It will give examples of ethical dilemmas that can arise in social work, identifying the conflicting values and principles and analysing courses of action that could be undertaken to resolve them. Discussion will also be undertaken with regards to the process of promoting and implementing service values and principles in child protection. Social work practitioners must promote the human dignity and worth of others, believing that every person has the right to well-being, fulfilment and control over their lives.
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A practitioner in this area is responsible, on behalf of their employers, to protect children from significant harm as stated in the Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004. Additionally they must aim to achieve the five national outcomes stated in the green paper “Every Child Matters” (2003). A parent may believe it’s their right to systematically abuse their child; a practitioner may find it arduous to respect those particular beliefs, let alone to promote their autonomy, regardless of the parent’s culture, goals or needs.
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However, the practitioner is also responsible for identify areas of structural oppression and discrimination. They must aim to seek change in society and act as an advocate for those in need. Therefore they must identify areas of oppression and discrimination to those in power. Practitioners are responsible for services to humanity; they must help clients meet their personal and social needs; thus enabling them to develop their potential. In order to do this however it requires the client to acknowledge that they are in need, it would also require them to want to develop their potential.
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Not everyone engages with Social Services of their own accord, particularly in child protection matters. In these circumstances the practitioner may come across resistance and deceit, this would make it extremely difficult for them to identify personal and social needs. Practitioners must have integrity, as their relationship with the client is built upon trust. They must therefore be honest, reliable and impartial. They must also respect confidentiality to the client, although this also extends to the practitioners’ employers; the client should be made aware of this.
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Maintaining confidentiality and integrity may be difficult when working in child protection, as parents may be aggressive and at times physically abusive, to not only the child, but the practitioner too. However, it is thought that by adhering to the values and principles of social work practitioners will be able to create a sense of shared identity and values amongst other care settings. It should also allow the clients to gain knowledge and understanding on what to expect and how their involvement within care settings will be handled.
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Six year old Lauren Wright (2000) was one such child; she was systematically beaten, mentally abused and slowly starved. In these types of cases culpability is often placed upon Social Services for not removing the child from the family unit, sometimes justifiably too. However, practitioners must seek to promote parental responsibility and aim to keep the child within the family unit. Whilst they may hold suspicions of abuse, without actual proof there is very little that they can do, except remain vigilant. These types of conflicts can lead to ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas occur when a social worker sees herself as facing a choice between two equally unwelcome alternatives” (Banks, S. 2006). Not all ethical dilemmas arise through suspicions of child abuse however, and what may be an ethical dilemma for some practitioners, may not be for others. An example of such an ethical dilemma as explained by Bennett (2008) is as follows: An 11 year old boy lives with his mother and father. Social Services have become involved as there is a history of volatile relations between the father and boy.
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During a meeting between the mother and practitioner, the mother confesses that she believes her son suspects that his father is in fact not his real father, and that this may be the reason why their relationship has deteriorated. This information creates an ethical dilemma for the practitioner. He is faced with a number of choices, should he: tell the boy the truth, persuade the mother to tell the boy, advise the mother to tell the boy or do nothing, The conflicts in this case are human dignity and worth and confidentiality to the mother and human dignity and worth to the boy.
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The conflict also saw the inclusion of the practitioner’s own values; he believed that “it would be in the boy’s interests to know who his father was or was not”, that “it was his right to know”, believing that “the truth is a very important commodity in all situations” (Bennett, A. 2008). The best possible course of action in this case would be a combination of gentle persuasion and advice from the practitioner to the mother, weighing up the pros and cons and the importance of the boy knowing the truth and its benefits.
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By doing this the practitioner would be promoting human dignity and worth to both parties, whilst maintaining confidence to the mother. Furthermore they would be displaying their own professional integrity. It would be unethical for the practitioner to tell boy as this break in confidentiality to the mother would without doubt damage working relations between them, it would also remove her power of choice. To walk away would leave the matter unresolved and this in turn could lead to the problem escalating in the future.
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Another ethical dilemma was explained by Banks (2006): A practitioner who was engaged with a travelling family struggling to get nursery places for their children. The family had been told by the local nursery that they could not accommodate their children for fear that it may lead to other users of the service withdrawing their children. During a visit to the family the practitioner became anxious as she noticed the young children playing with an electrical fire. This presented an ethical dilemma; the practitioner is obligated by law to protect children from harm and abuse, yet she was also aware that the family were structurally oppressed.
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Therefore, the practitioner had to decide whether she should raise the potential dangers of the issue with the parents, or whether she should ignore what had been seen and deal with matter of finding suitable nursery places. The practitioner was also mindful of the possible risks of isolating the family further if parenting skills were challenged. The solution may seem obvious to some; the parents must understand the dangers of allowing young children to play with electrical fires. However, the family are clearly suffering from social injustice. Subsequently they have sought the help of Social Services.
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Therefore is it appropriate to risk isolating the family further by challenging parenting skills? In this case: yes, but the practitioner would need to address the issue with the greatest of sensitivity. By doing this the practitioner will promote the human dignity and worth of the parents and the safeguarding of the children. In addition the practitioner will be able to demonstrate service to humanity; moreover, demonstrating integrity and competence and fulfilling their responsibilities to the client, profession and workplace. It is clear that social work is complex, particularly in child protection.
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This is not surprising when it is considered that practitioners must not only internalise and adhere to the values and principles of the profession, but legislation too. However, if all practitioners promote responsibility to the client, profession and workplace then there are indeed great benefits to be gained from a shared common value base. Whilst certain elements of the value base may seem unworkable at times they are integral to good social work practice. Without it, the very mechanisms of social work would descend into chaos, leaving those in need with little support and little faith in the system.
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Founded in 1948, in Toys R Us is one of the most well-known and recognized brands in the United States. For decades, it has been one of the most premiere places to shop for gifts, birthday presents, and even serve as a recreational place for children and kids. It was known as its industry’s powerhouse and most elite brand. At age 25, Charles Lazarus, started a baby furniture retail store catering to the post war baby boomer epidemic. At this time ‘Toys R US ‘was simply ‘Children’s Bargain Town’s.
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It was this visionary thinking, of knowing that families would want to reproduces after World two that motivated him to sell children’s cribs and baby furniture. It was then at this moment when he began to turn his dream of creating a child oriented business into reality. Toys R Us originally begin in Washington, D.C. Charles was actually born on October 4th in Washington DC, and was the son of an entrepreneur who operated and owned his very own bicycle shop.
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From growing up, and being raised by his father who was a business man, these subconsciously rubbed off on him as he got older in age. As time went on, and Charles got older, he began shadowing and assisted his father with his bicycle shop in whatever way that was needed. He developed a hustler’s mentality and a true business acumen by looking for opportunities in the market and coming up with ideas to potentially make his father’s business more profitable.
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With a few years of experience under his belt and a solid knowledge of the industry, Charles began to notice trends in the furniture industry. Generally, furniture tends to last a long time being very durable and malfunctioning hardly. In addition, most customers do not replace furniture very often as it is more of a long-term investment with one’s money. From these analysis, and the facts that there were inquiries from several customers to bring upon an assortment of toys to collaborate with the furniture, he began to add toys to his business. He realized that toys were quite the opposite in comparison with furniture. This meant that toy industry was very cyclical and consumer purchases was based on many different factors. Some of these include the obvious, if the toys break or not. Other things included trends with children, being if the toys were popular and cool to have. Charles knew the potential of the emerging market and capitalized on it. Demand grew, and so did the variety of offering that’s were placed inside the store. It wasn’t until June of 1957 when the first, official Toys R US was founded and operating in business. He used the blueprint of other successful supermarket stores to build the foundation of how the store would be ran. Creative and a visionary to say the least, the original Toys R Us logo had a backwards are to give the impression that a child had wrote it. The brand also adopted the signature
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, which was named “Geoffrey” which was originally Dr. G raffle. This was a huge success for the company and its brand. The giraffe became a huge association with Toys R Us and was viewed as a public figure. Children, adults, and families admired Geoffrey so much, that he would serve as the mascot showing up to events and eventually having its own array of products. Crossing new endeavors, Geoffrey the giraffe was also used in promotional tactics through advertising and commercials. In later stages, Geoffrey also had a family with kids and a wife all each unique role to add on to its iconic image to the public. As the business continued to grow, Toys R Us eventually went public in 1978 after their parent company, Interstate Stores went bankrupt. It began to positioned itself in the market as a public conglomerate with high emphasis placed on valuing the everyday consumer. Things like parents searching for birthday gifts, or children spending its allowance money were characteristics of the everyday shopper. Toys R Us began to find its unique niche and value proposition as specialty stores and off price retailers were not concepts that existed in the market in the late 1970’s. This was used in Toys R Us’s favor as they began to build a solid foundation through the community and a loyal customer base. As years began to go by Toys R Us constantly looked for ways to increase and diversify its brand. IN doing such, they began to branch out into children’s clothing to add more incentives to attract new resources. Nonetheless, Toys R us began its initiative to expand beyond the United States, going International with Its first store in Canada.
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The Toys and Games industry is one of the most adaptable and originative endeavor concerns that outlined a broad range of merchandises for younger kids every bit good as somewhat older kids. An increasing market of kids playthings and games have grown over the last several old ages to bring forthing challenging merchandises that satisfies parents both on monetary values and engineering. The plaything and gambling industry has grown to bring forth extraordinary amusement merchandises every bit good as trade name individuality to solidify the company’s trade name equity ( Kelly.
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For case the Mattel and Hasbro company brands contributes to the tremendous consumer involvements to dally and bet oning system in the United States. China. and U. K. that created ferocious competition with matching international company trade names. The selling schemes implemented by the houses runing in different geographic locations present an interesting position for specifying the merchandise particulars ( Armstrong and Kotler. 2007:98 ) . Some of the boundaries identified in the plaything and game industry that resulted in the market being affected by falling birth rate.
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This in bend created a lower answerability in kids population is worsening in the past decennary from 1996-2001 ( Key Note. 2007:44 ) . Therefore. the boundary creates the demand for endeavors to redesign merchandises for the older kids market and supply appropriate selling facets harmonizing ( Emeraldinsight. com. 2008 ) . The selling schemes used by the houses the major company trade names are centered on the nucleus proficient promotion to solidify the mark cleavage ( Shermerhorn. 2008:38 ) .
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The plaything and games industry sectors are classs in nine units that are as follows ( Key Note. 200711 ) : ? Infant/pre-school plaything and games merchandises for under 5year olds? Activity toys? Outdoors/sport toys and games? Games/puzzles? Dolls? Action toys? Vehicles? Plush toys? Other Products The plaything and game industry class sectors are earning the selling attack to be designated by mark demographic and locations to render the most trade name equity to a profitableness standing ( Chitty. Barker. and Shrimp. 2005:22 ) .
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The concern endeavor has to renders a longer consumer committedness to a peculiar trade name in order prolonging operations when the mark demographic alterations. instance in point the last yesteryear decennary declined in child births ( Cameron. 2004 ) . Furthermore. the pricing schemes offer another component to help in the derived functions between the big company brands that creates a cardinal facets to sketch the constructs for competitory monetary values in order to go the leader in the plaything and game industry. The impact of authorities policies and Torahs on the Toys and Games Industry
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The identified authorities policies impacting the Toys and Games industry relates to several concerns that safety to weights and step ordinances. These two countries out of the many specified ordinances depending on the location around the universe where plaything and games are sold. the safety country and weight measurings are dominately the primary concern. The safety statute law enforces the Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC that stricts the plaything company to adhere to stuffs non destructive to the environment or longtime negative exsposure to kids.
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Furthermore. the safety legislative assembly covers the agencies for guaranting the plaything merchandises and games are aligned pass oning the right assessement towards age. choking jeopardies pieces. EN71-2:2006 Flammability. and other extra information to supply the parent the right appraisal. The weights and step ordinances 1994 No # 1851 relates to the demand for an indicant of existent deliberation of the plaything and game. Case in point. the younger kids demographic are at different sizes every bit good as the container/furniture to keep or stand up the merchandise ( Cardinal Note. 2007:55 ) .
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Therefore. this peculiar ordinance provides the parent needed information to better measure what is acceptable for the kids and/or houselhold. The weight and step ordinances allows for the company’s trade names to concentrate on the appropriate constituents necessary to turn to two creases of selling and R & A ; D concerns ; pricing and targeted demographic penchants for longtime involvements in the plaything or game. These implemented authorities policies are geared towards conveying the jurisprudence within the plaything and game industry to ease the turning company trade name in the international market every bit good as domestically.
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In making so. the terminal user that is largely younger kids are able to bask the plaything and game merchandise to its full potency without the immediate concern of a possible harmful result. Analysis on the Economic Forces which Affect Demand for the Toys and Games Industry The economic environment is invariably altering that produces a challenging construct for plaything and game companys to being originative in selling and administering their merchandises. The U. K. gross domestic merchandise continues to demo the consistent degree of growing from 2004 to presently.
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In making so. the GDP has provides a really positive background for the corporate disbursement in R & A ; D for merchandise development. The country of rising prices does arises. particularly the last twosome of old ages peculiarly in U. K. . in which the rate have lagged behind for the addition of family disposable income ( Carol. co. United Kingdom. . 2008:2 ) . As economic experts have outlined. the monetary values that rises in an economic system as a whole hoave been lower than income rises creates chances for playthings and games company enterprises to accommodate to the market conditions ( Baye. 2009:102 ) The GDP in the U. K.
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norms to a 5 % additions between 2007-2010 that encourages playthings and games endeavors for farther investing in traditional demographic markets. The senior direction squad within the plaything and game industry companies provided the needful support to foster explore more originative ways to tap into the available expendable/spendable income of families. Respectively. the international focal point of marketing to these targeted families are more effectual in foregrounding new merchandises and characteristics that can interpret to “crazes” that encouragement volume gross revenues for specific merchandises.
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The growing rate continues to better as more and more playthings and game companies trained their selling squad to place tendencies and adapt rapidly to the altering penchants in the demographic ( Pelsmacker. 2006:122 ) . Case in point. the latest study on younger kids are more inclined to prefer playthings and games that are older in content that is understanding due to the rise in pre-school instruction. The younger kids population tend to be more attracted to dally and games that are at least1 class higher that produces an accent on making merchandises that are disputing to keep children’s involvement.
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The economic environment additionaly creates a construction for companys to supply upgraded options in order counteract with limited merchandise shelf life within the peculiar age groups. This is critical for major trade names to set consequently due to current tendencies of younger kids penchants that are different than forty old ages ago. The cooperation of major company’s trade name with retail merchants and research on tendencies offers a fastness to R & A ; D to marketing efficaciously in a ambitious economic environment. The Impact of Demographic Change. Society’s beliefs. Valuess and Attitudes
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The identified impact of demographic alterations are in the specifications penchants from the younger kids population. In recent old ages. the younger kids population prefers more ambitious activities from playthings and games that requires for better R & A ; D to market efficaciously in the industry. In add-on. the impact of the primary demographic creates an opporutunity for major companys to spread out the focal point of merchandise development for ages 7-9 and 10-18 that focuses on educational development every bit good as amusement.
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These demographic alterations has pros and cons depending on the specificity of the plaything and game company to accommodate consequently in order to remain relevant and leader in the industry ( Bryman. 2007:45 ) . The society’s beliefs. values. and attitudes on certain playthings and games provide for societal responsible company to adhere to that will non restrict the marketability of the merchandise. That is why most plaything and game companies concentrate most of their investings in the international markets to expose the merchandise line.
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The different civilizations provides for a more specified selling scheme that acknowledge the kids society belief and values that will promote a positive attitude towards the company trade name. Case in point. the Mattel Corporation figure one doll Barbie is marketed internationally and in each civilization there are different subject Barbie. for case the UK theoretical account will be different for the China theoretical account or even the U. S. A. theoretical account. This attack allows for a more competitory plaything and game company to integrate needed properties in merchandises that has a permanent feelings on younger and older kids.
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The flexibleness of the younger kids penchants allows for the creative activity of upgraded tailored playthings and games that older kids are more attracted to buy consequently. Therefore. the trade name of Sony and Playstation developed different demographic age groups to market that will equilibrate out the disparity of clip periods of low birth rate to a higher older kids population. The demand for a different gambling experience by the older demographics sets the saloon for houses both in the U. K. and the United States that creates a platform for act uponing the selling and design scheme ( Burnes. 2004:102 ) .
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The plaything and games companies are using the feedback from consumers and incorporating a newer engineering attack that infuses the society beliefs of acceptable merchandises ( Wild. Wild. and Han. 2006:94 ) . The challenge is the changeless ability to aim market the appropriate resources to procure the designated kids population ( Fleming and Koppelman. 2006:25 ) . The attack taken by each of the plaything and game companies is to let go of merchandises and game rubrics that catered to the targeted demographic penchants with attention to parents and kids values of appropriate characteristics. I.
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e. the Brats Dolls likely will non be acceptable in China compared to the U. K. or the U. S. A. Therefore. the promotions during certain times for maximal impact in planing the merchandise and accoutrements are critical to show a willingness to remaining as a leader in the industry ( Williams. 2008 ) . The plaything and game industry provides the consecutive forward construct to effectual R & A ; D that produces an interesting concern position to efficaciously cognizing the market in different geographic locations to run into is strategic ends in demographic appraisal.
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Assess the Impact of Technological Development in Relation to Toy and Game Industry. The dramatic impact of technological development in relation to the plaything and game industry is the major characteristics for the Sony PlayStation contrasting attack from the other merchandises. As reference prior. the major chance for plaything and game companies to market the trade name towards different demographic age groups when the fluctuations in birth rate creates an audience interested in complicated playthings and games ( Cooper. Grey. Raymond. Walker. and 2005:28 ) .
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These fluctuations in time-tables of let go ofing rubrics and on-line enterprises in China compared to the USA. The scheme for the time-tables is to use force per unit area in the gambling markets on the other trade names to follow suit after Sony sets the tendency. The result projected for on-line capablenesss increased gross and returned investing due to the Sony PlayStation robust multimedia capablenesss ( USA Today. 2005:1 ) . Conversely. the cardinal selling scheme for Sony PlayStation is to let U. K.
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to concentrate on the handiness mentality for the enlargement into international markets by the handiness of rubrics to increase involvement in the merchandise. In making so. the Sony PlayStation continues to remain competitory compared to Xbox and Nintendo Wii in both international markets. The Xbox predominately trade name positioning with the industry trade-name Microsoft offers a competitory border in the U. K. and the United States to maintain the trade name competitory to Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Wii. ( See Figure A ) .
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The identified recent market scheme to better the consoles theoretical account of PSP and PS2 that features a Blu-ray influenced the overall gross revenues returns for the company. The Blu-ray provided the Sony PlayStation to efficaciously use the younger demographic age scope from 12 to 18 old ages old. This attack for the Sony PlayStation differs from some of the other merchandises by concentrating and keeping the facet of a ocular experience as the primary focal point. In making so. the targeted market section offers Sony PlayStation to construct on its already set uping consumer base to beef up its trade name individuality ( Sony. 2008:1 ) .