Rights, Risks and Responsibilities

Rights, Risks and Responsibilities
Author: Georgina Koubel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2012-03-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0230369073

Taking an interprofessional focus to reflect modern practice, this book introduces the complexity of balancing rights and risks. It helps readers to understand and evaluate their own values, knowledge and power in order to provide safer, more effective care for those they work with, including vulnerable adults and children.

Sex and the 3Rs

Sex and the 3Rs
Author: Michelle McCarthy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781911028406

Sex and the 3 Rs: Rights, Risks and Responsibilities is a sex education resource that provides a framework for staff to undertake sex education work which acknowledges the realities of sexual relationships for many people with learning disabilities. An extensive range of issues relating to sexuality are discussed with suggestions for assessment, service responses to, and work around the issue. The pack directly tackles difficult subjects, including pornography, sexual abuse of children, consent in relationships and safer sex. This fourth edition is fully revised and updated with additional material covering recent policy and legislative changes. Like its predecessor, this training resource is aimed primarily at those working with adults with learning disabilities, however parts of it can be adapted for use with younger people. Sex and the 3 Rs has been updated as a result of industry changes that are currently impacting upon the sexual lives of people with learning disabilities and the increasing amount of time many people spend online which subsequently, then affects their personal, social and sexual lives. This new fourth edition gives some ideas on how to support people with learning disabilities to safely access online pornography and engage in 'sexting'. Fully revised fourth edition; includes photocopiable line drawings and comprehensive guide to teaching sex education to people with learning disabilities.

Handbook of Risk Theory

Handbook of Risk Theory
Author: Rafaela Hillerbrand
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1209
Release: 2012-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400714335

Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. But the topic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decision theory contribute to the analysis of risk? What does the human perception of risk mean for society? How should we judge whether a risk is morally acceptable or not? Over the last couple of decades questions like these have attracted interest from philosophers and other scholars into risk theory. This handbook provides for an overview into key topics in a major new field of research. It addresses a wide range of topics, ranging from decision theory, risk perception to ethics and social implications of risk, and it also addresses specific case studies. It aims to promote communication and information among all those who are interested in theoetical issues concerning risk and uncertainty. This handbook brings together internationally leading philosophers and scholars from other disciplines who work on risk theory. The contributions are accessibly written and highly relevant to issues that are studied by risk scholars. We hope that the Handbook of Risk Theory will be a helpful starting point for all risk scholars who are interested in broadening and deepening their current perspectives.

Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age

Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age
Author: Jonathan Andrew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509938842

This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age. Digital technologies have a huge impact – for better and worse – on human lives; while they can clearly enhance some human rights, they also facilitate a wide range of violations. States are expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation and exploitation of users' personal data. While civil society has a crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the case that individuals harm other individuals online. All three stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the disintegration of human rights. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to academics, research students and professionals concerned by this issue.

Parental Rights and Responsibilities

Parental Rights and Responsibilities
Author: Stephen Gilmore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351555049

This volume represents key scholarship on the issue of parental rights and responsibilities, selected from a dense forest of literature. The collection offers an overview of the subject and covers topics such as: underlying rationales of who or what is a parent; legal concepts ofparent and their linkage; the legal parent - accommodating complexity; the nature and scope of parental rights; shared parental responsibility; and parental rights and the state.

Human Rights and the Moral Responsibilities of Corporate and Public Sector Organisations

Human Rights and the Moral Responsibilities of Corporate and Public Sector Organisations
Author: Tom Campbell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2006-02-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1402023618

All students and advocates of human rights will be interested in this concerted exploration of the human rights moral obligations that fall, not directly on states, but on private and public organisations. Such an approach to human rights opens up the possibility of holding corporations and bureaucracies to account for human rights violations even when they have acted in accordance with the law. This interdisciplinary and international project brings together eminent philosophers, lawyers, social scientists and practitioners to articulate theoretically and develop in practical contexts the moral implications of human rights for non-state actors. What emerges from the book as a whole is a distinctive contemporary vision of the emerging moral impact of human rights and its significance for organisational behaviour and performance.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century
Author: Gordon Brown
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016-04-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1783742216

The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result – this volume – offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a global community? Since 1948, the Declaration has stood as a beacon and a standard for a better world. Yet the work of making its ideals real is far from over. Hideous and systemic human rights abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate around the world. Too many people, particularly those in power, are hostile to human rights or indifferent to their claims. Meanwhile, our global interdependence deepens. Bringing together world leaders and thinkers in the fields of politics, ethics, and philosophy, the Commission set out to develop a common understanding of the meaning of global citizenship – one that arises from basic human rights and empowers every individual in the world. This landmark report affirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to renew the 1948 enterprise, and the very ideal of the human family, for our day and generation.

Advancing International Human Rights Law Responsibilities of Development NGOs

Advancing International Human Rights Law Responsibilities of Development NGOs
Author: Noam Schimmel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2020-10-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030502708

This book explores the potential responsibilities to respect, protect and fulfill international human rights law (IHRL) of a particular class of non-state actors: non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It calls for NGOs pursuing development to respect and fulfill the human right of genocide survivors to reparative justice in Rwanda. It argues that NGOs have social and moral responsibilities to respect and fulfill IHRL, and for greater accountability for them to do so. The book focuses on those NGOs advancing development in a post genocide transitional justice context acting simultaneously in partnership with state governments, as proxies and agents for these governments, and providing essential public goods and social services as part of their development remit. It defines development as a process of expanding realization of social, economic, and cultural rights addressing food security, economic empowerment/poverty reduction, healthcare, housing, education, and other fundamental human needs while integrating these alongside the expansion of freedoms and protections afforded by civil and political rights. It uses post genocide Rwanda as a case study to illustrate how respect and fulfillment of the IHRL pertaining to reparative justice are hindered by failing to hold NGOs responsible for IHRL. Consequently, this results in discrimination against, marginalization, and the disadvantaging of survivors of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi and violations of their human rights.

Alternative Energy and Shale Gas Encyclopedia

Alternative Energy and Shale Gas Encyclopedia
Author: Jay H. Lehr
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 906
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470894415

A comprehensive depository of all information relating to the scientific and technological aspects of Shale Gas and Alternative Energy Conveniently arranged by energy type including Shale Gas, Wind, Geothermal, Solar, and Hydropower Perfect first-stop reference for any scientist, engineer, or student looking for practical and applied energy information Emphasizes practical applications of existing technologies, from design and maintenance, to operating and troubleshooting of energy systems and equipment Features concise yet complete entries, making it easy for users to find the required information quickly, without the need to search through long articles

Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core (for Wales)

Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core (for Wales)
Author: Anne-Marie Furse
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2021-10-08
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1398333662

Support your teaching of the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core (Qualifications Wales) with this brand-new textbook developed in partnership with City & Guilds and WJEC. Be guided by our experts Anne-Marie Furse, Maria Ferreiro Peteiro and Vicky Tibbott to ensure your students have a solid foundation of knowledge and skills necessary to be successful. This accessible and course-specific textbook will cover the qualification's seven core units and will also prepare students for the externally marked MCQ exam and the internally marked scenario-based assessments. - Begin each unit with an explanation of Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria linked to the specification to guarantee the required course content is delivered - Introduce each topic in an accessible way with the short activities and topics for discussion - Invite students to reflect on their own experiences and to do further research to develop their understanding and skills - Contextualise their learning with case studies that explore real-life scenarios they may face, an utilise the subsequent questions to promote independent thinking - Check their understanding with short questions at the end of topics and encourage further reading a research with links to useful websites