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Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
Money & Business

Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping

...Social labelling is a signpost intended to help time-poor shoppers make quick and responsible choices. Social labelling or ‘eco’-labelling on clothing should reassure us about the back story of the item, for example, were the garment workers paid fair wages; was any environmental harm caused by the processing of the textiles; was child labour used to harvest the...
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A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...work of thousands of social workers. Child protection has gone through many changes over the past century, re-defining its objectives as our understanding of abuse has changed. Now it includes not only neglect, economic exploitation, and cruelty, but emotional, psychological, and sex abuse as well. So child protection enters the 21st century with a substantial depth of...
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Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...social, reciprocal and interactive, then the cost and labour involved in showcasing the school’s commitment to reading surely has to be questioned. How reading spaces are used, who owns them, who made them and who has access to them, (when and how frequently), are all questions worth asking and monitoring over time. The kinds of opportunities these spaces afford for...
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Are movies really getting longer?
History & The Arts

Are movies really getting longer?

...social theory is rationalization—the idea that people use institutions, routines, and other formal systems to make social interaction more efficient, but also less flexible and spontaneous. Max Weber famously wrote about bureaucracy, especially how even the most charismatic or creative individuals would eventually come to rely on stable routines. More recent works...
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OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...Social Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences , is a social and political psychologist who works on migration-mobility, non-mobility, belonging, integration and citizenship - including public narratives of European citizenship. Kesi's research programme aims to contribute towards and understanding of he dialogue between citizens and governments on vexed political...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...social accountability frame work which is one of the 3 pillars which support the CSR process i.e. economic, environmental and social accountability. So what does ethical trading mean in practice? It means that retailers help to reduce poverty by improving labour practices for workers in their supply chains through the implementation of an adopted code of conduct or...
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Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...work on social structure and crime, Peter Kropotkin’s ‘Law and authority’, published in 1898, attacked the criminal law and those who held the power to create it. He argued that processes of criminalisation were heavily skewed in favour of lawmakers and property owners. For him, law served three purposes – the ‘protection of property, protection of government,...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...social care A nurse had been working with a patient who had a chronic venous leg ulcer for several years. All options of treatment that the medical staff were aware of had been tried and the ulcer was not improving. They discussed this with the patient and explained that there might be other dressings or treatments available, suggesting that a photograph be taken and...
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