Unit 401 - Understanding the principles and practices of internally assuring the quality of assessment Giving credibility to educational institutions programs relies on it having high profile internal quality procedures. By presenting embedded internal quality systems the institution can give confidence to its many partners, leaners, awarding bodies, the community it serves, funding agencies, employers, regulators and inspectorates. This profile demonstrates the institutions commitment to the quality of maintaining and continually improving standards. It provides for an internal standard benchmark for its own staff to share, agree and improve. Through this process it should provide automatic evidence for the rigor of external evaluation of the partners outlined above.
U N I T 7 1. Explain how and why person-centered values must influence all aspects of health and social-care work It is very important that we as care workers apply person-centered values in every aspect of the work we do. Some of the key values include: -Treating people as individuals. That is very important, because people we support they have their likes, dislikes, strength and personality. -Supporting people to exercise their rights-the rights of people are protected by law and in particular by the Human Rights Act 1998.Sixteen basic human rights have been incorporated into UK law.
* In 1989 the company redefined its business and positioned itself as a “big box” home improvement retailer. * Company made conscience decision in 2004 to gain market share domestically across the United States versus introducing itself internationally. * Has become the second largest U.S. home improvement retailer with approximately 9% of the market share. * From 1999 have increased their actual store locations approximately by 100 each year through the year 2004. B.
Harvard Business School 9-594-023 Rev. July 26, 1996 Mary Kay Cosmetics: Asian Market Entry In February 1993, Curran Dandurand, senior vice president of Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc.’s (MKC) global marketing group, was reflecting on the company’s international operations. MKC products had been sold outside the United States for over 15 years, but by 1992, international sales represented only 11% of the $1 billion total. In contrast, one of MKC’s U.S. competitors, Avon Products Inc., derived over 55% of its $3.6 billion sales (at wholesale prices) from international markets in 1992. Dandurand wondered how MKC could expand international operations and which elements of MKC’s culture, philosophy, product line, and marketing programs were transferable.
Respect, Trustworthiness, Citizenship, Caring, Fairness, and Responsibility are six ways to go far in life and do well in life. Character counts guides us with these morals, aiming for a better
It is very important for an individual to understand their own personal ethical prospective, as for me personally after the assessment I knew exactly where I stand ethically. In some of the areas of the assessment inventory of my ethical belief was accurate. I believe this is partly because of the way I was brought up and the society I live in. So what does the word ethical mean? To me, it is to take into account every aspect involved in any given situation, peoples' feelings, thoughts and well-being, both now and in the future, and act as best one can to achieve the most satisfactory outcome for all concerned.
In the book, he describes how he raised over $80 million of financial commitments from a ‘standing start’ to develop one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. The book was described by Publishers Weekly in a starred review as “an infectiously inspiring read.”[1] Translated into 20 languages, the book was selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top Ten Business Narratives of 2006 and voted by Hudson Booksellers as a Top Ten Nonfiction title of 2006. John's book was also featured during his appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007 and the resulting “Oprah’s Book Drive” with Room to Read raised over $1 million from viewers. Management
It takes the viewpoint that in living your life you should try to cultivate excellence in all that you do and all that others do.” (2009) Virtue ethics is driven by what is called absolute good. Absolute good is characterized
Ethnics, religions and economic backgrounds. Because of this integration of culture diversity and their dignity should be respected. All cultures have the right to appropriate human rights and protection even though some cultures may interpret this a little different than others. “Universal human rights reflect the dynamic. Coordinated efforts of the international community to achieve and advance a common standard and international system of law to protect the human dignity”.
Definitions: Code of Conduct: Ethics involve or encompass norms that are deemed to be universally beneficial to all. They tend to set a standard by which all action can be judged. At an individual level, ethics are value systems that enable individuals to apply a set of principles to their actions and to work out their obligations to others (Powell, 2006). A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the responsibilities of or proper practices for an individual or organization. Related concepts include ethical codes and honor codes.