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Social Performance Corporate social responsibility is the the obligation of an entity for their actions to align with the interest of their stakeholders, the environment and society in general (Birt 2014). Qantas has eight key business principles and group policies in order to maintain a socially responsible business. These policies have been board approved and are non-negotiable. They are presented in a mandatory training program to ensure they are understood and reliably implemented by all…

people of australia still feel today while acknowledging the praiseworthy efforts to make change. Despite the poor history of the australian law it is ever revolutionising and we should not disregard its value in its current state. We must turn the page on our country 's past and move on making positive changes to the law that underpins the needs of everyone. While there are laws in place that protect human rights and anti discrimination at current…

First steps in New Zealand When refugees and asylum seekers arrive in New Zealand they spend the first six weeks adjusting to life in the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre. The centre, where currently 165 refugees are staying, consists of four different agencies: Immigration, Medical, Counselling, and Education. Maria Lawyer, who has spent 28 years researching and being involved in refugee education, is a manager at the Centre for Refugee Education. Ms Lawyer always felt strongly about…

care system can put into use efficiently. This essay will outline socioeconomic characteristics that influence on the healthcare activities and health outcomes for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the Far North Queensland, Australia by using four categories among the ‘Social determent of the health Assessment Circle’ and enumerate and discuss how each one of the categories from SDH assessment circle has been applied to the Far…

Adoption As discussed earlier, the impact on same sex equal rights stretch far beyond the aesthetics of marriage and also includes adoption. In Queensland, Northern Territory, and South Australia, same-sex couples cannot adopt STAT a child. Although there are some cases in which individuals can adopt, the process is very long and has a very low success rate. The blatant discrimination against LGBT people is clearly not protecting the rights of the individual as they are being unfairly excluded…

This essay analyses whether or not Australia is ethical towards the people who are fleeing from their country to a country where they are safe and protected. Throughout this essay secondary sources such as websites will be used to determine whether the Australian government is being equally fair to Refugees and Asylum seekers. ‘A refugee is a person who has fled his or her country and cannot return because of a well-founded fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality or…

the Earth beneath them. Australia’s development and prosperity has come at the price of dispossessing Indigenous people of their lands and forcing them into slave labor without a regard for basic human rights. Throughout this unfortunate history, Australia has continually refused to grant sovereign land rights to Indigenous people, due in part to internal conflicts with a monopolizing mining industry that merely views the land as profit-to-be-made. However, land rights for Indigenous people…

What are the aims of the Cultural Comprehension Resource, and how effective do you think the activities in the program are in achieving these aims? Aim: To improve and promote positive outcomes for young people through increasing harmony, safety, empowerment and wellbeing (O’Shaughnessy et al, 2011). Objectives: Decrease culturally related violence and improve safety for school students. Promote harmony, diversity, acceptance and tolerance amongst school students amongst school…

Stage 1 English – Intertextuality unit Indigenous people of Australia, the original custodians of the land expressed their culture, even after the British settlement. Mockery of their beliefs only reinforced who the people were and the purpose they held in Australia. New generations, however, began to speak out on behalf of their people, in order to ignite thinking and to right the wrongs in the only possible way they could. The Australian anthem was written by Peter Dodds McCormick, for many,…

mansfieldkindergarten.com.au/. These very basic sounding achievements, of Australian cultural practices (Bowes et al. 2012, p. 8, para. 1) often take for granted, may be completely new and foreign concepts to a new resident. If a student new to Australia and the English language had not experienced trauma relating to their cultural displacement, they will still face difficulties, over mundane practices a lot of Australian teachers may not consider. There…