Essays on Community Development

The ethical dilemmas associated with the advocacy campaign are both micro and macro in term of the scope of coverage. The micro level of the ethical issues involves the individual level, while the macro represents the societal level. Therefore, the essay will entail an analysis of the ethical dilemmas in the first section, paying adequate attention to the same based on the wide information base. Firstly, the ethical dilemma arises in determining when to embark in the execution of the advocacy campaign. In particular, it is necessary that the campaign takes place at a time when all the necessary ...

In-depth Audience Analysis

A chamber of commerce refers to a business connection, for instance, a local institution containing business, whose goals and aims are to establish continuous economic and community development focusing on establishing a community with a strong foundation. (Shapira & Youtie, 2008). The chamber addresses factors hindering the economic competitiveness, infrastructure, living standards, and the climate surrounding the business. The business stakeholders and other audience join and elect an executive, create policies, hire a chief executive officer and plan how to run the institution. This paper gives an analysis of the Greater Columbus chamber of commerce, which is located in Georgia. ...

Philosophy

The “Protect Familia” is a social service organization that intends to reduce and eradicate the practice of domestic violence in the global society gradually. As an organization, we believe that the domestic violence has several root causes, which need to address individually. Out systematic framework is based on three essential theories of social work namely empowerment theory, feminist theory, and Object Relations Theory. Inspiring with the philosophy of the “Domestic Violence Prevention Center”, we also believe that a domestic violence is an outcome of structural inequality, destructive upbringing of a child, feminine discrimination, and lack of constructive interaction between ...

The article opens with definitions. “Community Economic Development” is presented as “a strategy that includes a wide range of economic activities and programs for developing low-income communities such as affordable housing and small business development.” A focus on job creation whether working with neighborhood businesses or industrial parks is central to the programs. Economic development was a response to perceived problems of poverty. Associated with poverty is poor housing, lack of access to health care, a lack of jobs and a generally poor quality of life. Efforts to address these problems are very local. Community Development Corporations have developed ...

Meaning of Neighborhood Stabilization Program

NSP (Neighborhood Stabilization Program) is an initiative established by the U.S Congress with the objective of stabilizing communities that have been subjected to property abandonment and foreclosures. This program was initiated under Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and it was intended to repurchase and redevelop the abandoned and foreclosed properties and homes (Neighborhood, 2016). Low- income individuals who default to service their mortgages usually have their residential property repossessed by the lenders. People are evicted from their homes, resulting in abandonment and foreclosure of the property. Such property would remain under the ownership of private lenders after ...

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Overview Businesses operate within the community, which includes the people they employ, the consumers, and the policy formulators. It is important for businesses to market the idea of being a good citizen by exhibiting community-minded behavior. This makes the concept of corporate citizenship an important consideration for many businesses. Corporations are considered paper citizen and in that view, every citizen has a responsibility to fellow citizens. Corporate citizenship is an important managerial and strategic factor that crafts an instrumental view of the relationship between business and society (Carroll & Shabana, 2010). Big corporates in the world today are becoming more ...

Petronas, which is short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is one of the most profitable companies in Malaysia. The company is ranked among the largest corporations in the world on the Fortune 500 and is one of the most profitable businesses in Asia. Petronas was established in 1974 and is Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas company. Unlike other some countries where private individuals run the oil and gas companies, in Malaysia, the government (sole owner of Petronas), used its power and took control of the country’s natural resources. Since its inception, the company has grown and developed ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

1. Introduction The health care system in the United States is considered to be unique among other developed countries, including those participating in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). What is more, the system is recognized as one of the most complex ones across the globe. This attitude towards complexity is mostly associated with high costs which derive from the necessity to cover the expenditures of doctors’ training and education, prices on drugs, equipment and technologies as well as costs of chronic diseases. Moreover, access to quality health care refers to another side of complexity, because uninsured ...

Introduction

Company Q is a small chain, operating in the major metropolitan areas. Based on the information, provided in the case study, one can conclude that the organization is working with a limited range of products, aiming at meeting the basic needs of their clients. Recently, the organization has closed two stores in locations with higher crime rate, justifying the decision by the profitability of the units. At the same time, Company Q has entered the market of healthy food, by introducing several products. The decision and the choice of the products were done considering the profit margins of the ...

The character of an individual determines not only their personal performance but also how the society views them. Adoption of a good character ensures efficiency since the person is equipped with virtues such as confidence, honesty, integrity, humbleness and competency among others which are the essential professional requirements. Hence, it is vital for people to adopt good traits and that only possible if the character is acquired at a young age. In this article, the role of sports in enhancing character development will be discussed. The instructors and trainers in the field spend quality time with the kids which ...

Executive Summary

The proposed environmental communication plan addresses current and future environmental initiatives in Whistler, BC. It is suggested that a range of communication tools can effectively inform Whistler destination stakeholders about current and upcoming efforts to promote growth and innovation for the environment. The visitors are local and non-local, and the tools address the needs of all as well as convey a positive image of Whistler to prospective visitors. The communication plan comprises the following tools and their implementation and dissemination: website for green visitors, video on past and future vision for sustainability, Facebook profile and group for participation by ...

Citizenship and Instruction Program

Experience and Community Need BronxWorks, is a settlement house and multi-service organization with proven track record of leading immigration services since 1998. That year we first collaborated with SEEDCO to launch a series of initiatives that target low-income immigrants with limited English language proficiency. Our organization leveraged resources to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) services and civics classes from the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to more than 250 participants in 2015 and over 600 participants since its inception. For over 18 years, we have provided citizenship and ESL instruction to New ...

A variety of our cultural perspectives on ethnicity, race, and identity offers a wide range of perspectives that affect our individual and collective characters and perception of ourselves and some of the important roles played by these factors in clarifying how we interact with the world around us. This enables us to understand racial and ethnic identity growth and articulates the unique experiences in the past and present of various ethnic groups. Ethnicity affects almost everyone in life. It has a positive influence in that it may provide us with a sense of identity and belonging enabling us to ...

Community development refers to a situation where communities unite in the creation of solutions to problems that affect their existence. The concept originated in the 60s’ when the US saw the need to solve some of the problems that affected poor areas in urban centers. The target group included immigrants and minority groups living in low-income areas. Problems facing such neighborhoods included poverty, crime, delinquency, and overcrowding among other social-economic ills (Von-Hoffman, 2012). Therefore, the government, among other development agents, began pumping resources into these communities to help improve their social-economic “backwardness.’ In the 1960s, however, riots threatened to ...

Introduction

In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. Health is considered an important issue when undertaking urban development since it is highly influenced by both ...

Introduction

Community development can be a complex issue, and understanding the needs and the difficulties of different communities is fundamental to community success. There are many different schools of thought, and each suggests something different: some suggest that gentrification is the answer for difficult neighborhoods, while others suggest that social programs can bring about the appropriate change. However, what many different thinkers agree is that the children are the foundational basis for changing a community as a whole; there is potential in the children of a community, regardless of how difficult or poor the conditions are (Foster-Fishman et al., 2001). ...