Day: February 27, 2020

Ethical dilemmas are situations that involve conflicting moral or ethical choices. To truly meet the criteria for an ethical dilemma, there must first be a choice. If applicable laws say that client records must be kept in a password-protected location on your computer, there is no choice or moral decision involved. The action needed is very clear cut. Secondly, in order to be an ethical dilemma, the two available options must be in direct conflict or contradiction to one another, such that choosing one would result in the violation of the other. Human and social service professionals confront ethical dilemmas regularly. In these situations, professionals must think critically and consult with colleagues and ethical codes in order to minimize ethical impact.

In the media entitled Is It an Ethical Dilemma? in this weeks Learning Resources, there are two human and social services professionals discussing professional issues they are each having. Listen to each and consider which one represents an ethical dilemma. After you are finished, return to this page to begin your Discussion.

For this Discussion, you analyze an ethical dilemma that you have experienced in your own professional workplace or community work (not your personal or family life). You also use information from this weeks Learning Resources and from your own research to determine whether the ethical dilemma should have been handled differently.

To Prepare:

• Using the Walden Library or professional resources on the Internet, research and select a journal article, professional newsletter, or other professional publication that outlines an ethical dilemma in a human or social services agency environment. Consider how the dilemma was solved. Did the parties involved apply codes of ethics or ethical decision-making models?
• Select an ethical dilemma from your own professional experience (or community work) and reflect on how you managed the situation. Then consider how you might apply any information or techniques from the article you analyzed to your own past ethical dilemma.

By Day 3

Post a description of an ethical dilemma that you experienced in your professional workplace or in your community work (not your personal or family life). Explain how you managed the situation and why. Next, using information from the article you found in your research, explain whether you would now manage the situation you experienced differently and why.

Quantitative and qualitative research are the foundations of scientific research studies. Quantitative social science research tries to understand social science by creating quantifiable evidence, like numbers and statistics, analyzed over many different instances to show reliability and validity. You can remember this easily by thinking quantitative = quantity; quantity = numbers. Qualitative research tries to understand social science by exploring the totality of a situation, like through observing behavior and monitoring communications, then analyzing them to comprehend the why and how of the behavior. You can remember this easily by thinking qualitative = quality; quality = character. These are very simplistic and generalized definitions that apply to a broad range of sciences, but they are useful as a starting point for this Discussion.

In this Discussion, you analyze the differences between qualitative and quantitative research and conceptualize your own definition of each. Be sure to focus on the specific details of how these research methods are applied to social sciences and human services, providing examples where necessary.

By Day 4

Post your own definition of quantitative and qualitative research. Explain the differences between them, and then provide an example of each.

When you think of scientific research, you might think of labs filled with microscopes or computer screens running mathematical formulas. Social science research is different in some ways, but some things are the same. For example, the major aspects of the overall scientific enterprise remain the same: research, theory, data collection, and data analysis. The difference is that social scientists apply these aspects to social research, like aiming to find aggregate patterns in social life. It is important, however, not to think of social science as less scientific than other forms of scientific research. For example, social science is based on evidence-based theory, and social scientists conduct complex experimental studies. While this sounds definitive, scholars are divided on what social science research should contain and what it should not. Some scholars believe social science research should be more conservative, adhering to traditional scientific principles used in chemical or biological studies. Others believe social science should be more liberal, utilizing new, nontraditional, and innovative forms of research to advance research findings and aid human and social services practices.

In this Discussion, you consider your own definition of social science research, supported by this weeks readings, scholarly literature, and your own research. Then, you explain how social science research is used in human and social services.

discussion 1

Process innovation is the application or introduction of new technology or method for doing something that helps an organization remain competitive and meet customer demands

The innovation process laid the path of the formulation of new and/or existing knowledge into marketable solutions. Companies that pursue a successful innovation process have something decisive that puts them ahead of others – they have designed the path of an idea from generation, through development, to market entry.

The innovation process defines the management of an idea from the strategic search to the successful market launch and its transfer to operative management.

Examples could be from the automobile sector. In the earlier period the assembling of parts of vehicles especially the heavy one where very difficult as automation was not there as it’s now. The process evolved and now everything is machine-based and assembling has become a cup of coffee. The technology helped to reduce the human resource required for this single job hence cost cut was there which can be used for business expansion. The chance of any mishappening reduced as everything got automated. Since the parts are heavy the normal person faces difficulties but when the process automates it becomes easy and fast. The delivery of vehicles became fast as hence it impacted the profit of the company. Hence this is one kind of innovation process where you strategies things and make your process easy.

discussion 2 

The innovative process that has resulted in a significant change in the education industry is the content of the curriculum that is taught throughout the state of Georgia. In recent years, studies have shown that students are not connecting their academic studies with a real-world concept. Moreover, students who moved throughout their K-12 years were more than likely to be academically behind because the curriculum did not match in their new school. Adopting the Common Core curriculum led to success because it allowed for students who move within the state to stay on track with their curriculum, and the new curriculum supports post-graduate success by appealing to real world problems and scenarios. For most public education classrooms in the United States, the question of What we want students to know? is answered (most broadly) by the Common Corea mix of content knowledge and skills (Heick, 2018).

Reference:

Heick, T. (2018, January 25). Where’s The Innovation In Education Coming From? Retrieved from

discussion 3 

Strategies to promote productive, innovative practices are typically give their organization the impulse to ensure growth in a market that may be very competitive. Development begins with an idea, a strong idea can become a real basis for long term success for an organization. Creativity is a valuable resource in developing ideas, and is important in the success of innovation within an organization (Author,2020). Three strategies that would develop productivity and innovative practices are the following:

1. Diversity: Diversity in terms of team composition is ideal for brand new ideas, that are not just new, but also fresh ideas that are practiced. Developing a group that has the ability to be innovative is high when the teams are mixed and consist of men and women of different age groups and backgrounds (Author, 2020)
2. Creating free space: Creative freedom within an organization should be integrated into their day to day work. Individualized work would also create an environment that can create or inspire creativity for employees in an organization (Author, 2020).
3. Input from the outside: Instead of using internal input or solutions, crowdsourcing is typically used when using innovative management. Involving for example customers and testers from external sources, valuable input can be increased many times over. This increases the ability for an organization to improve its ability to enhance their innovation ( Author, 2020).

Reference

Author, G. (2020). Promoting innovation: 10 ways to promote innovation successfully. Retrieved 14 February 2020, from