Sunday, January 19, 2020
Child Abuse and Neglect :: Violence Against Children
                                             The safety and security of home are comforts we all wish for no matter what age we are. Though some of us get our wish roughly six million children don’t(United States Department of Health). Children who are battered and bruised, beaten, and in some causes sexually assaulted are constantly looking for an escape from the torture brought upon them by their own parents. These children average in age only four years old (Jones, Smothers F8 ) endure more pain at their young age than most of us face in a life time. The crime hurts children physically, emotionally and in most cases the pain goes on for a life time. The memories of climbing into bed with your parents are replaced with memories such as your father’s hand lashing your back for absolutely nothing because he is not in the right mind caused by all the alcohol. Making matters worse is that these children are too afraid to tell the world of the anguish and continue a life of hiding bruises and making excuses. As for t he children who are brave enough to tell, they get it no better if not worse. They are recklessly thrown into foster home after foster home. They face such hard ships as limited space with an enormous amount of children. Throughout all this, they never learn the true meaning of family. Why is there a lack of effort put into this crime? One is left to guess for the reasons are far too hard to comprehend. With so much drama and war around the world, Americans would like to convey an image of security and safety, once doing so we tend to black out the horrible acts of abuse occurring against our own children, causing child abuse to be a very neglected crime. â€Å"Having children makes you no more a parent, than having a piano makes you a pianist.†(Levin, www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michael_levine.html) With that being said the United States continues to give parental right to drunks and abusers without realizing the ripple affect it has on all of us. These children whose minds are being wasted not by lack of effort but by lack of parenting and lack of care from the government, have the ability to grow and become future leaders, heroes, and peace makers of our world. Why not take the extra effort in making sure that our future is being looked out for in our present? Child Abuse and Neglect :: Violence Against Children                                              The safety and security of home are comforts we all wish for no matter what age we are. Though some of us get our wish roughly six million children don’t(United States Department of Health). Children who are battered and bruised, beaten, and in some causes sexually assaulted are constantly looking for an escape from the torture brought upon them by their own parents. These children average in age only four years old (Jones, Smothers F8 ) endure more pain at their young age than most of us face in a life time. The crime hurts children physically, emotionally and in most cases the pain goes on for a life time. The memories of climbing into bed with your parents are replaced with memories such as your father’s hand lashing your back for absolutely nothing because he is not in the right mind caused by all the alcohol. Making matters worse is that these children are too afraid to tell the world of the anguish and continue a life of hiding bruises and making excuses. As for t he children who are brave enough to tell, they get it no better if not worse. They are recklessly thrown into foster home after foster home. They face such hard ships as limited space with an enormous amount of children. Throughout all this, they never learn the true meaning of family. Why is there a lack of effort put into this crime? One is left to guess for the reasons are far too hard to comprehend. With so much drama and war around the world, Americans would like to convey an image of security and safety, once doing so we tend to black out the horrible acts of abuse occurring against our own children, causing child abuse to be a very neglected crime. â€Å"Having children makes you no more a parent, than having a piano makes you a pianist.†(Levin, www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michael_levine.html) With that being said the United States continues to give parental right to drunks and abusers without realizing the ripple affect it has on all of us. These children whose minds are being wasted not by lack of effort but by lack of parenting and lack of care from the government, have the ability to grow and become future leaders, heroes, and peace makers of our world. Why not take the extra effort in making sure that our future is being looked out for in our present?
Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Character of Cities
In this course we have learned that a city’s character is â€Å"a legacy for seeing, interpreting, exploiting, and transforming its social, cultural and political opportunities as a physical community. †How is it possible for a city like Boston to have character? Well, the institutional and cultural continuity along with the resistance and reconstruction of culture has allowed the character of Boston to be defined simply by the underlying idea of conflict. Through J Anthony Lukas’ Common Ground and Richard Broadman’s Mission Hill and the Miracle of Boston, we can see that the catalyst for this sense of conflict has been social dissentions between classes and races. These dissentions are clearly detailed through both the Urban Renewal plans of Mission Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and the school busing case of 1974. When looking at the character of Boston one must understand the amount of controversy our city has encountered as well as the way they have identified and resolved these crisis’s. Through this deduction along with my own personal experience of living in Boston a step towards finding a distinct character of Boston may be possible. When analyzing conflict as the character of Boston, you will find that conflict is triadic not dyadic. This means that there are three parties involved instead of just two parties. This is important when looking at the two issues of urban renewal and busing. The concept of conflict includes established insiders with many options, struggling insiders with some options and ascendant outsiders with few or no options. When comparing this information to both urban renewal cases and the busing you will see that Boston does in fact have three parties for each of its conflicts. The politicians play the role of the established insiders; the white race plays the role as the struggling insiders and the minorities especially the African-Americans play the role of the ascendant outsiders. An alliance between the established insiders and the ascendant outsiders caused the isolation of the struggling insiders and this provides us with the busing case of 1974. When these groups form alliances or make certain deals the health of the city especially Boston may be disturbed. Boston has always been an ambivalent city when it comes to looking at new issues. This ambivalence has caused much friction and has brought much confusion and anger to the citizens of the city of Boston. For example, In Richard Broadman’s Mission Hill Miracle of Boston, you see a detailed look at the urban renewal plans for Mission Hill in the 1970s. Could it be possible that Mission Hill would end up like the West End? There was no chance that Mission Hill would end up like the West End because of the interaction and care the citizens of the Hill had for its neighborhood. Many of the people of Boston especially the Irish-Catholics had been oppressed for so long, for example the slogan, â€Å"Irish need not apply! †However when James Michael Curley came to office as mayor of Boston he gave the citizens of Boston a new hope. The conflict during his reign existed between the Yankees and the Irish. The Yankees owned the city while the Irish ran the city politically. The variance of the Yankee world of Harvard University, the Back Bay and Beacon Hill from the lives of a typical Irish Mission Hill citizen was pretty substantial. With the reign of Curley a sense of confidence in the Irish-Catholic community existed long after his term in office. Even though Curley was not reelected the atmosphere that he created in Boston lingered on and trickled down throughout the next two decades. From Mission Hill once being â€Å"an industrial neighborhood part of thriving industrial city,†is now today â€Å"an area torn by racial conflict with many burned and abandoned houses and factories with large open spaces where homes once stood. †From this 1974 quote you can get a sense of the aftermath of the urban renewal and flight of the African-American population into the projects. When the Urban Renewal Act was first presented, the citizens of the Hill were adamant about their disdain for the Act. There is â€Å"no way are they gonna take any property on Mission Hill because if they take one street then it was the beginning of the end; Mission Hill would no longer be. †The sense of community in Mission Hill was fantastic. The sense of togetherness and fight was combined and created into a massive force of angered citizens. The Urban Renewal Act was halted when the families of Mission Hill marched on the State House coming in droves of people. But the conflict between the citizens and the politicians would take a new turn when Harvard University and the hospitals would enter into the battle. New conflict, new problems. The idea of â€Å"who cares about the people only the land is important†was very evident. Before in 1941 when the first small projects were built, an affordable, easy cost of living was accessible. The difference between these projects and the ones built later in the 1950s was that you had voters and political pull actually living in these projects. So the projects were kept safe, new and beautiful. However, when the political pull was lost and the projects lost its importance blacks were forced to live there. Whites felt that Blacks were forced on them because of the Urban Renewal plan. Before this the Blacks and the Whites never really crossed paths and never had much conflict. And Harvard’s involvement had been trying to buy out the Mission Hill area since 1960. They have tried to buy it out piece by piece like a puzzle. The citizens of the Hill feel that â€Å"they are letting the neighborhood go to the dogs. †This conflict has been such a problem that some people believed in the 1970s that Mission Hill might one day not exist because of the growth of the hospitals. Boston according to J Anthony Lukas is the â€Å"cradle of liberty, no city in the nation can boast so many revolutionary events. †(Lukas, 315) When talking about conflict and the city of Boston the most recent case would be the school busing case of 1974. There is no bigger case concerning the desegregation of schools in the city of Boston. The reaction from the citizens of the city especially the citizens of South Boston and Charlestown have made Boston famous for its volatile reaction. In June of 1974 Judge Arthur Garrity found the city of Boston guilty of de facto segregation of the public school system. In that, he tried to get the school committee to adopt a plan for integration but they refused. He was forced along with the state Department of Education to devise a plan that would integrate the Boston public schools. This plan entailed busing black students to nearby white schools in order for the black students to receive an equal opportunity of education. When these black students arrived to class on September 12, 1974 they were greeted with stoned buses, people shouting racial profanities at them, and people hurling eggs and rotten tomatoes. A typical day according to Phyllis Ellison, a black student who attended South Boston High School, included â€Å"between 10 to 15 fights! †â€Å"Teachers were almost afraid to say the wrong thing, because they knew that it would excite the whole class. †On December 11, 1974 tension ran high and escalated further. A black student at South Boston High stabbed a white classmate. This created such problems that black students had to hide in the principle’s office in order to stay free from any violent behavior towards them. Parents were forced to come pick their children up; some even carried their children out. The scene in the schools was out of control. J Anthony Lukas explains how school would be canceled at least once or twice a week because tension was too high. Lisa McGoff Collins explains, â€Å"I missed so many days of my junior year from walkouts and sit-ins and boycotts, I’m surprised I got promoted. †In Common Ground, we are introduced to three very different families. Through Lukas’ extensive interviews with the black family, the Twymons, the white middle class family, the Divers and the working Irish class family, the McGoffs we are invited into the world of the desegregation case of 1974. Lukas is able to present the ideas of the city of Boston (the school committee and the politicians) as well as the ideas of the three families from three very different lenses. Lukas’ book provides us with a valuable insight into the American urban experience, as it makes clear that urban communities stem from the perceptions and fears of every type of urban resident. It is evident that the residents of South Boston fall into this category. Many students as well as their parents spent that first day of school out on the street pelting the buses with whatever objects they could find. A boycott of the schools led to a 20 percent attendance record throughout that fall. South Boston residents were angered by the way this was being forced onto them. South Boston was a safe, industrious neighborhood that was being used to bear the brunt of the busing problems. â€Å"Why should a kid from across town be forced to wear another school’s colors on the gridiron? †This sense of competition and loyalty to your hometown was ever present and strong. People felt that Garrity being a WASP was getting his ultimate revenge on the Irish of Boston, â€Å"busing would fix them. To understand what busing did to South Boston one must look at the numbers. In the decade before busing only 3 black students had been enrolled in South Boston High School. By 1986, South Boston High still had the highest percentage of white students but it was down to about 30 percent. This is a great variance from the early 1970s. South Boston was changing and the city of Boston was changing. What has busing done to the city of Boston? It has given the city a better understanding of how to live with various ethnic races. Also, it has woken the city up and gotten rid of the fright that many people lived with in Boston. The fright of the other races and the possibilities of what these â€Å"races†could do to us. As the population grew and the sense of loyalty to your hometown outgrew busing became more accepted. In a way the people of Boston have learned from this social experiment. I believe that in trying to desegregate the schools and using busing as a tool, that we have brought education in Boston to an ultimate low. However, the diversity and experiences kids are introduced to may someday help in their own personal lives. Personally, coming from a prestigious school which is now addressing its own racial quota problems; I am glad I was introduced to many ethnic people. It was not only the minorities that enriched my life but it was the other white kids from Southie and Charlestown that I became intrigued by. I was interested in how a kid like me (that looked like me and had the same interests) acted even though he or she was from a different part of Boston. In some instances I had more in common with the black kid from Mattapan than the white kid from South Boston. The issue of what type of education you want your child to be exposed to the central theme here. Do you want the prestigious scholastic education of a Boston Latin or do you want the diversity of a Snowden or South Boston High. Boston has done a pretty good job at identifying important issues for the city to deal with but the decisions they have made concerning the urban renewal and bussing have left many people wondering what is going on with the city. Maybe these instances where city officials and politicians mess up help build the â€Å"character†of the city. What type of a city is Boston? That is a question that has many answers. Is it the Athens of America or the home of Yankee conservatives who want to stamp out diversity? In an overview one can see that Boston has built its reputation through the conflict that it has encountered. Whether the city has addressed these issues with the right answers or not it has made Boston a better place to be because it has already experienced so many things. From early revolutionary leaders to the fairly recent quota case at Boston Latin, Boston had seen its share of social dissention. Boston has resolved conflicts between different groups very professionally and orderly. In the past thirty years since the busing case not many cases of racial problems have surfaced. I think Boston provides the country with a very detailed and specific look at its issues. It seems that all sides of the issue are looked at very carefully before a decision is made. Through the urban renewal case and the busing case of 1974 one can see that when finding a distinct characteristic one would find conflict to be it. This sense of conflict surrounds every issue and blankets the ideas expressed in the movie, Mission Hill Miracle of Boston and the book Common Ground.
Friday, January 3, 2020
What Is a Star and How Does It Work
The stars have always intrigued people, probably from the moment our earliest ancestor stepped outside and looked up at the night sky. We still go out at night, when we can, and look up, wondering about those twinkly objects. Scientifically, they are the basis of the science of astronomy, which is the study of stars (and their galaxies). Stars play prominent roles in science fiction movies and TV shows and video games as backdrops for adventure tales. So, what are these twinkling points of light that seem to be arranged in patterns across the night sky?  Stars are more than simply objects in the sky. They teach us about the workings of the universe, from the earliest stars to the current ones. People have long used star charts like this one to find their way around the sky at night. Stars are also useful navigational aids for sailors as well as stargazers. Carolyn Collins Petersen Stars in the Galaxy There are thousands of stars visible to us from Earth, particularly if we do our observing in a really dark sky viewing area). However, in the Milky Way alone, there are hundreds of millions of them, not all visible to people on Earth. The Millky Way is not only home to all those stars, it contains stellar nurseries where newborn stars are being hatched in clouds of gas and dust. All stars are very, very far away, except for the Sun. The rest are outside of our solar system. The closest one to us is called Proxima Centauri, and it lies 4.2 light-years away. A Hubble Space Telescope view of Proxima Centauri. NASA/ESA/STScI Most stargazers who have observed for a while start to notice that some stars are brighter than others. Many also seem to have a faint color. Some look blue, others white, and still others faint yellow or reddish hues. There are many different types of stars in the universe. Notice the two slightly different colors of the stars that make up Albireo, the double star in the nose of Cygnus the Swan. They can be easily seen through binoculars or a small telescope.  Courtesy N.B., via Wikimedia Commons, Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license. The Sun is a Star We bask in the light of a star  the Sun. Its different from the planets, which are very small in comparison to the Sun, and are usually made of rock (such as Earth and Mars) or cool gases (such as Jupiter and Saturn). By understanding how the Sun works, astronomers can gain a deeper insight into how all stars work. Conversely, if they study many other stars throughout their lives, its possible to figure out the future of our own star, too. The layered structure of the Sun and its outer surface and atmosphere gives astronomers insights into how other stars are structured. NASA How Stars Work Like all other stars in the universe, the Sun is a huge, bright sphere of hot, glowing gas held together by its own gravity. It lives in the Milky Way Galaxy, along with approximately 400 billion other stars. They all work by the same basic principle: they fuse atoms in their cores to make heat and light. Its how a star works. A cutaway of the interior of the Sun. Most stars have similar types of zones, including the cores where nuclear fusion takes place. NASA/MSFC For the Sun, this means that atoms of hydrogen are slammed together under high heat and pressure. The result is a helium atom. That process of fusion releases heat and light. This process is called stellar nucleosynthesis, and is the source of many of the elements in the universe heavier than hydrogen and helium. So, from stars like the Sun, the future universe will get such elements as carbon, which it will make as it ages. Very heavy elements, such as gold or iron, are made in more massive stars when they die, or even the catastrophic collisions of neutron stars. How does a star do this stellar nucleosynthesis and not blow itself apart in the process? The answer: hydrostatic equilibrium. That means gravity of the stars mass (which pulls the gases inward) is balanced by the outward pressure of the heat and lightâ€â€the radiation pressureâ€â€created by the nuclear fusion taking place in the core. This fusion is a natural process and takes a tremendous amount of energy to initiate enough fusion reactions to balance the force of gravity in a star. A stars core needs to reach temperatures in excess of about 10 million Kelvin to start fusing hydrogen. Our Sun, for instance, has a core temperature of around 15 million Kelvin. A star that consumes hydrogen to form helium is called a main-sequence star for all the time it is a hydrogen-fusing object. When it uses up all its fuel, the core contracts because the outward radiation pressure is no longer enough to balance the gravitational force. The core temperature rises (because its being compressed) and that gives it enough oomph to start fusing helium atoms begin into carbon. At that point, the star becomes a red giant. Later, as it runs out of fuel and energy, the star contracts in on itself, and becomes a white dwarf. How Stars Die The next phase in the stars evolution depends on its mass because that dictates how it will end. A low-mass star, like our Sun, has a different fate from stars with higher masses. It will blow off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula with a white dwarf in the middle. Astronomers have studied many other stars that have undergone this process, which gives them greater insight into how the Sun will end its life a few billion years from now. Could our Sun end its life looking like the planetary nebula NGC 678? Astronomers suspect that it may well do so. ESO High-mass stars, however, are different from the Sun in many ways. They live short lives and leave behind gorgeous remains. When they will explode as supernovae, they blast their elements to space. The best example of a supernova is the Crab Nebula, in Taurus. The core of the original star is left behind as the rest of its material is blasted to space. Eventually, the core could compress to become a neutron star or a black hole. Hubble Space Telescopes view of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant. NASA/ESA/STScI Stars Connect Us with the Cosmos Stars exist in billions of galaxies across the universe. They are an important part of the evolution of the cosmos. They were the first objects to form more than 13 billion years ago, and they comprised the earliest galaxies. When they died, they transformed the early cosmos. Thats because all those elements they form in their cores get returned to space when stars die. And, those elements ultimately combine to form new stars, planets, and even life! Thats why astronomers often say that we are made of star stuff. Edited by Carolyn Collins Petersen.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
The Kernel Of Roman Society - 1258 Words
Rosemaria Varghese HUMA 4312 Critical Paper II Paterfamilias: the Kernel of Roman society Introduction In the Latin epic poem The Aeneid, the legendary poet Virgil presented various central moral principles that the Roman civilization fostered and adhered during his epoch. However, the discernible emphasis that Virgil placed on the relationships of fathers and sons highlights the underlying signification that these relationships became the genesis of Roman society. Virgil cogently rendered multifaceted father-son relationships that the Roman society upheld by exhibiting how Aeneas endures as the progenitor to the diasporic Trojan populace, how two princes demise for their fathers’ ideals, and how astute fathers applaud and condemn from beyond the grave. Patriarch for his people Primarily, Virgil revealed Aeneas, the protagonist of The Aeneid, as a loving father to his son Ascanius, and a dutiful patriarch to the disbanded Trojans. 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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The Blanket Primary in Louisiana - 1115 Words
The Blanket Primary in Louisiana The Blanket Primary in Louisiana is â€Å"unique primary system†. The Blanket Primary is also known as a â€Å"Jungle†Primary in Partisan elections. The reason it’s called a blanket primary is because the party affiliation is not mentioned on the ballot. The winner of the primary is the candidate who has the majority of the vote. If two candidates have the majority of the vote, they run against each other in a run off regardless of their party affiliation. In Louisiana, there is a possibility that a Republican can run against another Republican if two Republicans happen to have the majority of the vote. The blanket primary was established by Governor Edwin Edwards in the 1980’s. 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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Cloning Essay Research Paper CloningIn the past free essay sample
Cloning Essay, Research Paper Cloning In the past few old ages, the subject of cloning has been in the intelligence a batch. It is a really controversial issue, with many opposing point of views. While some find it acceptable, others object for spiritual grounds. A large concern is the possibility of maltreatment of this new engineering. One of the large inquiries is? Where will we halt? ? We may get down by merely experimenting and analyzing, but so what? Manufacturing human organic structures for trim parts? No 1 can be certain where it will halt. The Supreme tribunal says that everyone has the right to do their ain generative determinations without authorities intervention, but now it is suggesting prohibitions on human cloning. These prohibitions prevent the really research needed to do cloning safe ( Eibert ) . So, it seems that the authorities is non giving human cloning a opportunity. There are many benefits to cloning in the Fieldss of birthrate, organ grafts, and contending disease. Although there are many benefits, the possible effects and moral considerations are excessively great for us to go on experimentation. Benefits One of the major benefits of cloning engineering is betterment in the field of birthrate. In vitro fertilisation merely has a success rate of about 10 % . To better effectivity, physicians could clone embryos, and the success rate could drastically increase ( Masci 413 ) . Another benefit in the field of birthrate is that parents unable to gestate of course, even with in vitro, or people excessively old to gestate, could still hold a genetically related kid ( Masci 413-414 ) . With cloning, egg and sperm would non be necessary for reproduction, because any organic structure cell would work ( Eibert ) . The ensuing offspring would really be a reproduction of one parent ( Masci 413-414 ) . Other benefits to utilizing cloning come in the field of contending disease. When cistrons are non in usage, they become hibernating. In order for cloning to take topographic point, all cistrons must be active. Detecting how cistrons are turned on and off could take to intervention for different malignant neoplastic diseases ( Masci 414 ) . Cloning could besides revolutionise the field of organ graft. Organs and bone marrow could be cloned and used for graft. Thousands of people die waiting for grafts, so this could salvage many lives. In add-on, the variety meats used in the graft could come from the same patient, cut downing the hazard of rejection by the organic structure ( Masci 414 ) . To handle bosom onslaught victims, physicians could clone healthy bosom cells and shoot them into damaged countries of the bosom ( Masci 415 ) . Nervousnesss and spinal cord could be grown, giving quadriplegics the ability to walk once more ( Human Cloning Foundation ) . One more benefit, harmonizing to Dr. Richard Seed, a leader in the push for human cloning, is that scientists may someday be able to change by reversal the aging procedure. Drawbacks There are besides many grounds non to clone. One statement is that it is non necessary degree Fahrenheit or bone marrow graft because bone marrow can already be harvested and grown in a dish ( Masci 415 ) . One drawback is the possibility of mutant. An unnatural babe could ensue from mutated cistrons ( Global Change.com ) . Another drawback is the possibility of emotional jobs. A ringer could hold a difficult clip set uping his or her individuality ( Global Change.com ) . Karen Rothenberg of the University of Maryland School of Law at Baltimore says that? While I feel alone if I have a twin sister, I do non if I have fifty or one hundred. I no longer understand myself as a creative activity, but as a transcript? ( Masci 413 ) . Rothenberg goes on to state that cloning would dispute? constructs basic to our humanness. ? She says that cloning would extinguish our demand for reproduction ( Masci 414 ) , which, in a sense, makes us less human. One spiritual statement against cloning is the idea of? Playing God. ? Munawar Ahmad Anees, an Islamic bookman, says that? The human organic structure is God? s belongings, non adult male? s research lab? ( Masci 414-415 ) . By this he means that we should non be experimenting with our organic structures the manner we do. He says that the organic structure should merely be reproduced by sexual reproduction ( Masci 414-415 ) . Conflicting Opinions There are many conflicting sentiments on the topic of cloning. Oppositions of cloning say that it is non natural, while the protagonists point out that neither is driving a computing machine, winging an aeroplane, or utilizing a computing machine. Many of our modern comfortss are non natural, but that does non needfully do them incorrect. Oppositions besides say that a ringer would hold no individualism, that it would be no more that a? C copy. ? Supporters argue that ringers would hold different personalities that were shaped by their environments and experiences ( Dunn ) . Despite the Advantages # 8230 ; There are many advantages to go oning experimentation in the field of human cloning. Progresss in birthrate could offer trust to people who are excessively old to gestate or who are unable to make so with in vitro fertilisation. If applied to organ transplant processs, this new engineering could salvage 1000s of lives every twelvemonth. Despite these advantages, the possible effects and moral considerations are excessively great for us to go on researching this new scientific discipline. The human race has made it this far without cloning, and we will go on to last without it. Dunn, Douglas. ? Cloning. ? 28 February 2000. *http: //www.wordwiz72.com/cloning.html* . Eibert, Mark. ? Human Cloning, Infertility, and Reproductive Freedom. ? Reason Magazine Online. 22 February 2000. *http: //www. reason.com/opeds/ eibert.html* . ? Human Cloning. ? 28 February 2000. *http: //www. globalchange.com/clonetech. htm* . Masci, David. ? The Cloning Controversy. ? CQ Researcher. 1997 erectile dysfunction. ? The Benefits of Human Cloning. ? Human Cloning Foundation. 22 February 2000. *http: //www.humancloning.org/benefits.htm* .
Monday, December 2, 2019
Occupational Safety and Health and Safety Management free essay sample
It has been suggested that any well designed safety program or system is only as effective as the day-to-day ability of everyone in the organisation to rigorously follow procedures correctly and safely every time This paper seeks to highlight the critical components of an OHSMS and demonstrate also how a well-designed OHSMS will address the day-to-day abilities of organisations personnel to follow safety procedures every day. Modern employments factors such as transient work forces and cultural diversity have been shown to impact on the abilities of a workforce to comply with procedures. This paper will address these issues and demonstrate how effective OHSMS will assist in identifying lapses in compliance. Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, for example those constructed in line with AS/NZS4804:2001 – Occupational health and safety management systems, utilise a continual improvement model. At every level through planning, implementation, monitor and review, processes are in place to ensure that deficiencies in the ability to comply with procedures are identified and changes applied where necessary. We will write a custom essay sample on Occupational Safety and Health and Safety Management or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Operational discipline is evident in organisations with a positive safety culture. It will be discussed how process safety may be enhanced by effectively introducing a program of operational discipline. Operational Discipline The ability of personnel to follow procedures and complete tasks correctly each time they carry them out describes what is commonly known as operational discipline. Operational discipline has been defined by DuPont, regarded globally as a leader in behavioral safety systems, as â€Å"the deeply rooted dedication and commitment of each member of the organisation to carry out each task the right way each time. †(Hopkins, 2009, p. 135) Operational discipline differs from legislative requirements and prescribed duties of care laid down in the OSH Act and Regulations, which may be defined as the obligation to carry out assigned duties. (Taylor, Easter, Hegney, 2003). Instead, workers are challenged to make professional commitments such as: †¢I take personal responsibility for properly understanding my job task and making sure it can be completed safely every time. †¢I plan to follow procedures carefully without shortcuts. †¢I trust that procedures have been developed for a purpose, but suggest changes if they don’t make sense. †¢I focus on the task at hand and set aside personal and work distractions. †¢I care for my safety and the safety of my co-workers (Klien, 2007) Many high reliability organisations have opted to roll out occupational health and safety managements systems in various forms, for example, Chevrons Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) and Exxonmobil’s Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS). Both global organisations place a key emphasis on operational discipline as a part of the way that they expect personnel at all levels of the business to conduct their assigned tasks. Chevron states in the overview of its OHSMS: Operational disciplineâ€â€completing every task the right way, every timeâ€â€captures the spirit of Chevrons OE culture. It requires dedication from the entire workforce and specific behaviours from leadership. Leaders set clear expectations and monitor and shape behaviours. By following procedures, recognizing hazards, providing feedback and stopping work as necessary, workers help prevent incidents. (Watson, 2010) These organisations are acutely aware that the best systems that they can produce are worthless if the personnel acting them out on behalf of the organisation take shortcuts, or willingly deviate from the expected practice laid down in the procedures. It is vital that organisations shrink the gap between the rules and reality, making them applicable in practice and clear to everyone. (Anonymous, 2013 p. 49) Operational discipline exists in varying levels within a culture of an organisation, however as discussed by Stallbaum (2013) â€Å"A robust management system alone will not lead to operational excellence; a culture of operational discipline drives the understanding of, adherence to, questioning of and enforcement of the OEMS is integral to achieving Operational Excellence. †Once effective systems have been implemented for ensuring safe activities at a site, a focus on operational discipline is essential for ensuring that systems are followed and for achieving good performance. (Klien Francisco, 2012 p. 101) Current employment trends in Australia The mining and construction boom of the past decade has highlighted a skills shortage in many industries in Australia. Surveys completed in 2012 indicate that 62 percent of respondents claimed to be experiencing a skills shortage of some kind. The mining sector continues to face significant shortages with two thirds of mining companies reporting problems. Shortages are concentrated in Western Australia followed by Queensland and New South Wales. (Waller, 2012) To remedy the lack of skilled workers in various industries across Australia, the temporary skilled worker (457) visa system allows employees to bring workers from different countries into Australia to assist with short-term projects. An increase in the numbers of foreign workers can introduce challenges for industries in the form of language and cultural barriers. In addition to the increase in foreign workers, part time and casual employment rates in Australia are both presently at historic highs for varying reasons; Data gathered from the Department of education, employment and workplace relations states that presently almost 1/3rd of workers in Australia is part time. (Anonymous, 2013) Part time employment represents a challenge to employers in so far as the financial outlay in training can have a limited return for transient employees. Organisation without a strong safety culture may find it difficult to satisfy their legislatively mandated requirements to provide training for workers they believe to be short term. Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Organisations may introduce on Occupational Health and Safety Management system (OHSMS) for a variety of reasons, including: †¢Legal reasons †¢Ethical concerns †¢Industrial relations †¢To improve financial performance Implementation of an effective OSHMS should, however, primarily lead to a reduction of workplace injury and illness, minimising the costs of workplace accidents. (Standards Australia, 2001) There are five (5) driving principles that an OHSMS devised in line with Australian Standard 4804 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, 2001, which are: †¢Policy; †¢Planning; †¢Implementation; †¢Measure and evaluation; and †¢Management review. Fig 1. Continual Improvement (Standards Australia, 2001) The framework for managing risk is based upon a ‘Plan – do – check – act’ cycle. This cycle, often referred to as the Deming cycle is a problem solving process adopted by firms engaged in continuous improvement (Bhat, 2010, p. 276). If effectively planned and implemented, each stage of the OHSMS is capable of addressing the requirement for employees to do the right thing every time a task is undertaken. Policy The OHS policy is the commitment statement from management, which outlines the health and safety goals and targets of the organisation. The OHS policy outlines the expectation of all personnel within an organisation and is â€Å"continually reiterated by the things that management pays attention to and measure. The rest of the management system is developed as a means to achieve the goals set out in the policy. †(Boyrs, Cowley, Tepe, Morrell and Macdonald, 2013) The policy may include a clear indication from management to the workforce that there is an expectation to comply with processes and procedures to achieve the desired outcomes of the organisation. Planning Organisations with an effective OHSMS will have in place a system for identifying and controlling risks, identifying legal requirements, setting targets and objectives and OHS Management Plans. â€Å"Safety management systems are a structured approach for achieving a desired performance. Planning affects every aspect of achieving and executing safety management in any organisation. †(Anonymous, 2001). Dunn (2012) states that â€Å"The creation and use of a plan is a key to the successful implementation of an [HSMS]. †(p. 75). In setting targets and objectives, a company describes how it will judge its safety and health performance. Determining leading and lagging indicators within operating parameters will assist in measuring compliance with procedures going forward. Leading indicators such as task observations and leadership walk and talk sessions provide valuable feedback to management of the abilities of the workforce to sufficiently follow procedures. This of course is dependent on the ability of the organisation to develop workable procedures during the start up phase of the job, taking into consideration the identified hazards, risks and controls for the scope of work. â€Å"Establishing a performance measurement system is a process aimed at changing behavior, and ultimately culture. It is a process of continuous improvement. †(Harrington, Thomas, Kadri, 2009) Other factors that must be taken into consideration during the planning stage of the safety management system are creating an effective system for identifying risks. This is reinforced by Standards Australia (2001) which states â€Å"The organization shall develop its methodology for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, based on its operational experience and its commitment to eliminate workplace illness and injury. The methodology shall be kept up to-date. †(p. 9) Legal compliance must be considered when planning the OHSMS. Health and safety procedures shall be generated to bring the activities of the organisation in line with legislative requirement. â€Å"Legislative health and safety regulations represent minimum requirements. In almost all cases it is necessary for the organisations to augment these regulations with specific procedure which must be followed in order to manage employee well being effectively. †(Taylor, Easter, Hegney, 2003). Procedures should be generated in consultation with the front line workers as this will empower them to ‘own’ the process, making compliance easier. â€Å"(Organisations) should communicate relevant information on legal and other requirements to employees. †(Standards Australia, 2001). Employees will find it easier to follow procedures every time if they know that doing so will ensure compliance with legal requirements and that the procedures don’t exist for the sake of having them. ? Implementation The best occupational health and safety management plans will not work without an effective implementation strategy. It is imperative that appropriate levels of resources are available to implement the OHSMS. â€Å" While there are always competing demands upon your limited resources, it’s important to recognize that your employees’ health and safety cannot be compromised. †(Standards Australia, 2001) When implementing an OHSMS into a working environment with a highly transient and multicultural workforce, it is vital that the OHSMS can be understood by everyone. Potential exists for all of the hard work spent creating an effective OHSMS to be lost if it has not been rolled out to the workforce effectively. Procedures shall be developed for providing OHS training. These procedures shall take into account (a) The characteristics and composition of the workforce which impact on occupational health and safety management; and (b) Responsibilities, hazards and risks. The organization shall ensure that all personnel (including contractors and visitors) have undertaken training appropriate to the identified needs. Training shall be carried out by persons with appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience in OHS and training. (Standards Australia, 2001) The terms composition and characteristics clearly outline the requirement for the OHS training to be created to a level that the workforce, regardless of background, will be able to learn from the training and effectively put the learning outcomes into practice. Consultation and communication To determine that the safety management system is functioning effectively, organisations need to ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place to allow occupational health and safety information is communicated to all stakeholders. (Standards Australia, 2001). The opinions of employees at all levels should be heard and feedback provided to ensure that there is a sense of ownership for the safety processes and procedures within the OHSMS (Pardy Andrews, 2010) Tools such as toolbox meetings, management walk and talk sessions and procedure awareness sessions may be used to take questions and provide feedback to the workforce and determine if there are barriers which prevent the workforce from following procedures. Measure and evaluation As part of the previously discussed Deming Cycle, checks must be undertaken to determine that the OHSMS is achieving what it set out to do. For example, if knowledge gaps are appearing due to difficulties in understanding the training, systems or procedures, it is vital that they are identified so that they can be rectified. â€Å"Organisations should measure, monitor and evaluate its OHS performance and take preventative action†(Standards Australia, 2001). Measurement of performance in this context may be undertaken by auditing, feedback forms from employees and assessments on whether previously identified concerns had been rectified. (Pardy Andrews, 2010, p. 45) Management review Any gaps between what is hoped will be achieved through the OHSMS and the actual measured outcome need to be closed. It is arguable, the single-most important element of any management system. Through the management review process, committed leaders acting upon factual information from the management systems make informed decisions and identify the resources required to enable the organisation to effectively, safely and without damage to the environment. â€Å" (Pardy Andrews, 2010, p. 30) It is during the management review that any deficiencies in the entire OSHMS can be rectified. In this way, the plan, do, check, act nature of the process facilitates continual improvement. Conclusion One of the key drivers to success of an OHSMS is the ability of employees at all levels to carry out tasks correctly and in accordance with procedures every time. Many organisations refer to the ability of employees do the right thing every time as operational discipline, which is a conscious effort of all personnel to follow procedures every time. Australia is presently experiencing workforce trends that it has not encountered in present day levels. The level of foreign workers through schemes such as the 457 visa, and also a high number of short term, part time and casual workers create working environments that employers need to monitor to ensure that the OHSMS in place is effective. Organisations should effectively define for what they require from their OHSMS in the OHS policy and then implement the OHSMS effectively to ensure that the workforce are aware of the requirements of management for employees to follow procedures at all times. By monitoring the plan and ensuring that any deficiencies discovered are acted upon, the management of an organisation will be able to determine that the any knowledge gaps caused by either the composition of the workers or ineffective training can be rectified. OHSMS’s developed in line with Australian Standard 4804 – Occupational health and safety management systems, will be able to plan for modern employment trends and the cultural composition of the workforce by ensuring that the system is well planned, is understood by stakeholders, that it has mechanisms in place to ensure ongoing compliance and also the ability to change when shortcomings are identified.
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