Social Justice Values Research Articles

Understanding the difference, makes the difference: perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring

IntroductionBlack and Minoritised Ethnicity (BME) occupational therapists face lower career progression opportunities and mentoring is one possible intervention that may offer support. BME persons may have different expectations and experiences from their mentor, and research exploring their perceptions of mentoring is important. In Occupational Therapy there is a growing awareness of the need to be true to the values of social justice. The aim of this research is to learn about BME occupational therapists’ experiences and perceptions of mentoring for career progression.MethodsFour online focus groups involving 19 participants from the UK were held, discussions were facilitated by researchers using a topic guide. Participants responses were analysed, and codes were brought together to create Themes including career progression and role models, mentoring relationship, similarity with the mentor and outcomes from mentoring.ResultsThe study highlighted that trust is integral to effective mentoring relationships and BME occupational therapists want mentors who they can trust with their experiences and stories. Compatibility between mentors and mentees in terms of personality, values, and working styles is crucial for effective mentoring relationships. Providing opportunities for networking, acknowledging good work and giving permission were all seen as outcomes from good mentoring. The absence of BME role models and ingroup bias were also reported as issues to be addressed.ConclusionThis study explores the perception of mentorship as a mechanism for career advancement in occupational therapists from BME backgrounds, with these results transferable to other health and care professional groups. We recommend the creation of a mentoring charter for BME healthcare workers in the United Kingdom to ensure that those from BME backgrounds feel supported, mentored, and provided with equitable access to resources, including adequate mentoring and networking opportunities.

Exposing the benefits of a pedagogy of partnership in health professions education.

Literature indicates the need to prepare health professionals who are clinically competent and socially conscious. Engagement in community projects, as an extension of workplace learning, can build professional competence and social awareness. To interrogate one such engagement; an emergency first aid responder training course was orchestrated by undergraduate students studying Emergency Medical Care. The intervention was offered in response to a community need emerging from the research project being conducted in a community in the Western Cape, South Africa. Qualitative data were gathered as narrative texts from participants in the intervention and student reports about their learning experience. The data were interrogated through the application of reflexive thematic analysis and the theoretical lens of asymmetrical reciprocity. The three themes that emerged were: from research to a student led intervention, deep authentic learning, and learning as a shared experience. Benefit accrued to the students and community through a partnership of asymmetrical participants. The community offered a learning experience while students offered desired skills acquisition to community members. Through this interaction, students learnt respect for local knowledges, and gained enhanced social awareness, in a transdisciplinary partnership, that aimed to create a learning environment where academics, students, and community members are partners in a project delivered with a core value of social justice. A pedagogy of partnership describes an education model arising from community-based research that enabled a social programme intervention as a relevant learning project for health science students.

Fear of Reprisal and Change Agency in the Public Health and Social Service System: Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Study.

Since they are key witnesses to the systemic difficulties and social inequities experienced by vulnerable patients, health and social service (HSS) professionals and clinical managers must act as change agents. Using their expertise to achieve greater social justice, change agents employ a wide range of actions that span a continuum from the clinical (microsystem) to the societal (macrosystem) sphere and involve actors inside and outside the HSS system. Typically, however, clinical professionals and managers act in a circumscribed manner, that is, within the clinical sphere and with patients and colleagues. Among the hypotheses explaining this reduced scope of action is the fear of reprisal. Little is known about the prevalence of this fear and its complex dynamics. The overall aim is to gain a better understanding of the complex dynamic process leading to clinical professionals' and managers' fear of reprisal in their change agent actions and senior administrators' and managers' determination of wrongdoing. The objectives are (1) to estimate the prevalence of fear of reprisal among clinical professionals and managers; (2) to identify the factors involved in (a) the emergence of this fear among clinical professionals and managers, and (b) the determination of wrongdoing by senior administrators and managers; (3) to describe the process of emergence of (a) the fear of reprisal among clinical professionals and managers, and (b) the determination of wrongdoing by senior administrators and managers; and (4) to document the legal and ethical issues associated with the factors identified (objective 2) and the processes described (objective 3). Based on the Exit, Voice, Loyalty, Neglect model, a 3-part sequential mixed methods design will include (1) a web-based survey (objective 1), (2) a qualitative grounded theory design (objectives 2 and 3), and (3) legal and ethical analysis (objective 4). Survey: 77,794 clinical professionals or clinical managers working in the Québec public HSS system will be contacted via email. Data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics. Grounded theory design: for each of the 3 types of participants (clinical professionals, clinical managers, and senior administrators and managers), a theoretical sample of 15 to 30 people will be selected via various strategies. Data will be independently analyzed using constant comparison process. Legal and ethical analysis: situations described by participants will be analyzed using, respectively, applicable legislation and jurisprudence and 2 ethical models. This ongoing study began in June 2022 and is scheduled for completion by March 2027. Instead of acting, fear of reprisal could induce clinical professionals to tolerate situations that run counter to their social justice values. To ensure they use their capacities for serving a population that is or could become vulnerable, it is important to know the prevalence of the fear of reprisal and gain a better understanding of its complex dynamics. PRR1-10.2196/48400.

Critical information literacy as a form of information activism

Information literacy emerged in the 1970s to address information needs in an active and critical way. However, the increasing availability of information and the evolution of technology led information literacy to focus more on instrumental aspects and less on its cognitive, axiological, and critical dimensions. As a response, a new wave emerged to explicitly focus on the most critical and emancipatory aspects: Critical Information Literacy (CIL). This concept has been developed in a dynamic and spontaneous way through the various practices and publications on the topic and as a reflection of the social advances in recent decades. In this paper, CIL is presented as a means of action for informational activism to promote changes in society aligned with the values of human rights and social justice. We present a review of the main authors that have worked with CIL, including the active scene in Brazil and its Freirean influence, aiming at systematizing the concept and its main characteristics in a global landscape dominated by misinformation and absence of informational and digital competences. The concept of informational activism is presented and discussed as one of the main lines of action for Library and Information Science in today's polarized society.

Participatory Research Approaches in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Literature: A Scoping Review.

Given the increase in methodological pluralism in research on brain health, cognitive aging, and neurodegenerative diseases, this scoping review aims to provide a descriptive overview and qualitative content analysis of studies stating the use of participatory research approaches within Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) literature globally. We conducted a systematic search across four multidisciplinary databases (CINAHL, SCOPUS, PsycInfo, PubMed) for peer-reviewed, English-language studies addressing ADRD that explicitly described their use of a participatory research approach. We employed a systematic process for selecting articles that yielded a final sample of 163 studies. Data from articles were analyzed to chart trends from 1990 to 2022 in terminology, descriptions, application of participatory approaches, and the extent and nature of partnerships with nonacademics. Results demonstrated geographic differences in the use of stated approaches between North America-where community-based participatory research predominates-and Europe, where Action Research is most common. We further found that only 73% of papers in this systematic review had identifiable definitions or descriptions of the participatory approach used. Findings also showed that 14% of articles demonstrated no evidence of engaged partnership beyond activities typical of research participants, while 23% of articles identified partnering with people with dementia, and an additional 16% reported partnerships with members from Indigenous, Black, Asian, or Latinx communities. This scoping review identifies three areas in need of greater attention in ADRD literature using participatory research approaches. First, findings indicate the importance of strengthening the use, transparency, and rigor of participatory methods. Second, results suggest the need for greater inclusion of historically marginalized groups who are most affected by ADRD as research partners. Finally, the findings highlight the need for integrating social justice values of participatory approaches into research project designs.

Correlates of social justice values in school psychology graduate students.

School psychologists are well-positioned to serve as advocates for marginalized students to address educational inequities and challenge systemic barriers to well-being. However, if they do not personally endorse social justice values, they may be unwilling to take personal and professional risks to engage in social justice work. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which personal characteristics and multicultural competence are associated with social justice values in school psychology graduate students. A sample of 108 graduate students completed the Social Justice Scale, School Psychology Multicultural Competence Scale, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Participants strongly endorsed having social justice values; however, they were less likely to report being in a context supportive of social justice work. There was no difference in reported social justice values based on gender or race; however, sexual marginalized students and those with very liberal political ideology reported more positive attitudes toward social justice. Students with very liberal political ideology also reported greater intent to engage in social justice actions in the future. Additionally, there were several positive correlations between social justice values and perceived multicultural competence. Multicultural competence accounted for most of the variance in participants' perceived ability to engage in social justice actions and being in environments supportive of social justice, while personal characteristics explained most of the variance in participants' intent to engage in future social justice actions. Notably, political ideology was the most consistent predictor of social justice values. Findings and implications for graduate education programs are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Shaping Social Justice Values Through Inclusive Assessment and Debriefing of eLearning Modules.

Nurses need to recognize how intersectionality shapes the experiences of individuals and families navigating complex health systems. Guided reflection on complex social justice issues serves as an approach to move beyond simply understanding social determinants of health toward shaping core professional values of developing nurses to promote lasting change. Third-year Canadian undergraduate prelicensure nursing students co-created assignment expectations, completed online modules, and submitted initial reflections before class in a mandatory social justice course. In-class debriefing was based on students' reflections and cofacilitated by subject matter experts. Students completed a final reflection that focused on advocating for social change. Student feedback, reflections, and grades as well as faculty observations support the success of this interactive student-centered approach. A flexible approach to debriefing modular content informed by universal design for learning and simulation theory enables nurse educators to promote in-depth, meaningful, and lasting student learning. [J Nurs Educ. 2024;63(1):48-52.].

Sosial Religius dalam Perspektif Islam dan Kristen

This study aims to find out how social religious urgency is in the views of Islam and Christianity and find out how social religious similarities and differences in the views of Islam and Christianity. In this study, researchers used a type of library research (library research). This research uses the Sociology of Religion approach method. The sociology of religion approach is an approach that discusses one of the social phenomena, namely religion as a social manifestation. The results of this study are that social religion is an act based on awareness or a tendency to pay attention to the public interest in accordance with religious rules. In Islam, social religious pressure is very important to build a good relationship between individuals with God and fellow human beings. Meanwhile, in the Christian view, social religion also emphasizes the importance of the individual's relationship with God and fellow human beings. Christianity prohibits that love is the main principle in living a social-religious life. Mukti Ali's views on social religion in Islam emphasize the values of solidarity, social justice, social responsibility, and interfaith dialogue. He described the importance of the active role of Muslims in society to create a better and harmonious life based on Islamic teachings.

Legal implications of placement illegal Indonesian migrants

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the legal implications associated with the illegal placement of Indonesian migrant workers in the context of human rights protection and the Indonesian government’s role in addressing the illegal placement of migrant workers and protecting human rights. Research methodology: The research method used in this study is a normative legal research method involving analysis of legal materials in the form of legal regulations, international conventions, policies, and legal instruments related to the illegal placement of Indonesian migrant workers. Results: The results showed that the legal implications related to the illegal placement of Indonesian migrant workers differed from the upheld values of social justice, legal protection, humanity, equality, and equality in Pancasila. Contribution: The government and the legal system must play active roles in ensuring equal human rights protection for migrant workers, preventing illegal placements, strengthening law enforcement, and ensuring fair access to legal services and protection for Indonesian migrant workers. The Indonesian government plays an important role in addressing the illegal placement of migrant workers and in protecting their human rights. Responsiveness to problems, responsibility for protection, responsiveness to diversity, collaborative governance, and prioritization of public values, governments strive to respond effectively and fairly to issues faced by illegal migrant workers and ensure equal protection of their human rights.

ANALISIS INTEGRASI NILAI PANCASILA DALAM BUDAYA MANGGARAI

Pancasila is a noble agreement of the Indonesian nation that arises from the distinctive cultural values of the people in Indonesia. On that basis, Pancasila contains basic philosophical values, the soul of the nation or the identity of the nation, and becomes the real way of life of the Indonesian nation. With that, the internalization of the value of Pancasila is not something foreign in the life of every local culture to be lived including in the local culture of Manggarai. The divine value is easily integrated in the Manggarai culture which recognizes the existence of God (Mori Kraeng, Ame Rinding Mane) which is strengthened by the inclusion of Catholicism and other major religions. The value of a just and civilized humanity is illustrated in the courtesy of the Manggarai people facing guests (tiba meka). The value of unity is depicted in terms (goet): poe cama ngger one, lewang cama ngger peang or ipung ca tiwu neka woleng wintuk, teu ca ambo neka woleng lako (strengthening unity into one's own group). The fourth precept value is integrated in the wisdom of lonto leok (sitting in deliberation). The value of social justice is embodied in the development of actions that put the "weak" first in the form of dodo, wuat wai and kope gatherings. In short, Manggarai's local wisdom has integrated the values of Pancasila into the way of life of the Manggarai people as part of Indonesian citizens.

Gandhian Thought for Rural Development

This paper focuses on the role of Mahatma Gandhi in promoting the concept of Gram Vikas or rural development. Mahatma Gandhi was a visionary leader who believed that the key to India's progress lay in the development of its villages. He advocated for selfsufficiency and decentralization as fundamental to achieving rural development and called for the use of local resources and skills to promote sustainable and equitable growth. Gandhiji firmly believed that the well-being of India's society was directly connected to the development of its rural areas. The study examines how Gandhiji's philosophy of nonviolence and education influenced his vision of rural development. He emphasized the importance of promoting cottage industries, handicrafts, and the use of renewable energy sources to create employment opportunities and improve the quality of life for rural communities. Gandhiji's ideas of Gram Vikas are seen as a holistic approach to rural development, encompassing social, economic, and environmental aspects. This work highlight the relevance of his ideas in the context of modern-day challenges such as poverty, unemployment, and environmental degradation. The promotion of Gram Vikas or rural development is seen as a way to address these challenges and create a more equitable and sustainable society. The promotion of Gram Vikas or rural development is essential to achieving this goal, and the principles underlying Gandhiji's vision of rural development can be seen as a way to promote constitutional values of democracy, social justice and equality such as the right to education and gender equality. This paper emphasizes the importance of integrating Gandhian principles in rural development policy and policymakers adopting Gandhi's principles to achieve sustainable rural development. By incorporating these principles into policy formulation and implementation, policymakers can promote equitable and sustainable growth in rural communities. The paper concludes that policymakers must prioritize sustainability to achieve long lasting progress in rural areas and to retain this progress involvement of community and sustainable use of resources is necessary.

Regression Discontinuity Designs in Counseling Intervention Research and Program Evaluation: A Primer on a Strategy for Making Causal Inferences

The move toward evidence-based practice within counseling intervention research continues to grow. However, there are many practical barriers to implementing research designs that can support causal claims regarding counseling intervention efficacy. Overcoming these hurdles serves a larger goal of improving client care and further legitimizing the counseling profession. This article outlines an underused research design called regression discontinuity (RD), one of the strongest quasi-experimental designs available. RD allows researchers to use a cutoff score to determine treatment group assignment in situations where a randomized control trial is not feasible or ethical, such as when assigning care based on need consistent with the social justice values of the field. Historically, RD is rarely employed in counseling research. Therefore, to facilitate use, we provide a primer on key RD design concepts along with a concrete demonstration of the design, data analysis, and interpretation. We review the causal logic of the basic RD design followed by two data outcomes for a hypothetical scenario. Data and SPSS syntax are provided to allow readers to follow along and conduct their own analyses.

Sinergitas Pancasila dan Fatwa tentang Etika Dakwah di Era Digital

The phenomenon of da'wah content on various social media platforms that usher in social conflicts has become a crucial problem in Indonesia. This encourages the government and all elements of society to be able to minimize it. This study intends to identify and explore the dimensions of Pancasila values in the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council of East Java Province Number. 06 of 2022 concerning Da'wah Ethics in the Digital Era. This qualitative study in the form of literature study uses a normative-philosophical approach. The philosophical values contained in Pancasila become a theory of analysis of the subject of study. The data collection of this study uses documentation techniques, and data analysis techniques use the stages of data reduction, presentation, and verification. This study concludes that there is a dimension of Pancasila values in the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council of East Java Province concerning Da'wah Ethics in the Digital Era. First, the value of divinity (religion) and humanity in the prohibition of the delivery of provocative da'wah content. Second, the value of unity in advocating the delivery of pluralist and nationalist da'wah content. Third, the value of democracy and social justice in the recommendation of delivering da'wah content that maintains public conduciveness and stability. The theoretical implications of this study show that the universal values contained in Pancasila can be transformed into Islamic socio-religious fatwas, as well as fatwas related to da'wah ethics in the digital space. The limitations of this study have not identified the effectiveness of the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council of East Java Province on Da'wah Ethics in the Digital Era.

Covid-19 Pandemic as Force Majeure Unable to Fulfill Obligation in Financing Agreement

The Covid-19 health pandemic as an example of a form of force majeure can affect how risk is assigned to the parties bound by the agreement regarding the inability to pay in a financing agreement caused by force majeure. The research was conducted using normative legal research methods by examining literature (secondary data). From the results of the research, it can be concluded that a dispute resolution institution or court in dealing with disputes regarding the termination of a financing agreement caused by the debtor’s inability to pay due to the impact of the Covid-19 health pandemic must be able to assess the good faith of the debtor in implementing the financing agreement so that it can present the value of justice in the resolution of related disputes financing agreement. The role of the court is a sign of the presence of the state in presenting the value of social justice for the Indonesian people.

Centering social justice in undergraduate social work education: a scoping review of pedagogical methods of teaching

ABSTRACT Social justice is a foundational social work value. Scholars express ongoing pedagogical challenges with how to teach students to embody social justice values. New to the social work profession, undergraduate students are in a pivotal stage to be trained as social-justice oriented future social workers. The aim of this review is to map empirical studies on teaching methods that translate social justice value into teachable curricula. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review framework, we conducted a rigorous process in which we screened 5,953 studies and included a final 41 studies. We synthesized them into the domain, characteristics, types, and sites of social justice training in the curriculum, targets of social justice competencies, and evaluation of the teaching methods. Our findings identified four main teaching approaches: case-based learning, community engaged learning, intergroup dialogue, and simulation-based learning. In terms of competency development, most of the studies focused on awareness and knowledge versus skill building. Most included studies underlined the value of experiential learning and suggested making a fine balance between eliciting and addressing learners’ emotional experiences during social justice learning activities. Pedagogical challenges and future considerations of social justice teaching methods are presented.

Islamic Education and the Principles of Social Justice: Implications for Government Responsibilities in Providing Compensation and Restitution

The principle of legal equality, one of the fundamental principles in the rule of law, emphasizes the importance of providing legal protection to victims in the criminal justice process. This study examines existing compensation and restitution arrangements from an Islamic education studies perspective. This is important to strengthen the values of social justice, which are reflected in the Islamic education approach, which prioritizes the protection of victims as a moral and religious ethical mandate. This study will use a qualitative research method with a normative system based on Pancasila's philosophy from the Islamic education perspective. This research will collect quality data through interviews, observation, and document analysis, which will be analyzed inductively. The results of this study indicate that compensation and restitution arrangements in positive law still need to reflect the principles of justice recommended in Islam. From the perspective of Islamic education, this study highlights the need for legal policies based on Islamic values in implementing restitution for victims of criminal acts, taking into account human values, justice and social responsibility. The importance of harmonising legal substance and structure in an integrated criminal justice system was also found. In conclusion, improvements are needed in compensation and restitution arrangements so that they pay attention to victims of crime and are by the values and legal culture of the society in the perspective of Islamic education, with the government's responsibility to maintain the balance of the rights of perpetrators and victims in the criminal justice system.

Meyer Schapiro, the Jewish Museum, and Living Artists: A Scholar’s Overlooked Activism

Abstract Meyer Schapiro was among a handful of New York’s most prominent Jewish thinkers writing about modern art during the post-Second World War period, just as the international center of new art had shifted there from Paris. Unlike his contemporaries Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, however, Schapiro is thought to have “seldom” or only “subliminally” addressed questions of Jewish identity, suggesting that he avoided or suppressed the matter. Yet his nearly four-decade-long relationship with the Jewish Museum of New York tells a different story. Schapiro’s unpublished correspondence, memoranda, and addresses reveal his role in transforming the Jewish Museum into a venue for avant-garde art and his urging Jewish acceptance of modern art, including works that were not visibly Jewish or that were created by non-Jews. These efforts reflect the ways his kinship with the Jewish community prompted his articulation of universal values of humanitarianism and social justice that he associated with Judaism, values that coincided with his social activism. The archival materials also show how Schapiro engaged with questions of Jewish identity as he drew on his scholarly knowledge and his affinity with the Jewish community to further the appreciation of modern art for the benefit of Jewish and non-Jewish artists and audiences.

RELIGION, PUBLIC SPACE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Religious Social Movement to Realize Justice of The Surakarta Community

Surakarta is an urban area that grows dynamically in line with demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and infrastructure developments leading to a smart city. People know Surakarta as a multicultural, multi-ethnic, cultural and religious city. Surakarta's public space becomes a bridge for religion to campaign for citizenship rights and social justice. How is the presence of religion in Surakarta's public sphere in promoting social justice? This research is a type of qualitative descriptive research, for data collection purposes, observations, in-depth interviews, and documentation are carried out. The analysis model s using interactive analysis. Because in the public space of Surakarta there are various kinds of pluralism, and democracy also society, for this reason the presence of religion is expected not to threaten these things. The growth of religious pluralism with contestation in the public sphere often triggers socio-religious conflicts. The presence of religion in the public sphere is expected to encourage the development of moderate religious discourses with discourse on pluralism, democracy, religious freedom, social justice, and peace amid the strengthening role of religion in socio-political life. Religion in Surakarta has so far been able to encourage social resilience by strengthening social networks, community participation, and enlivening cultural activities. Religion-based social nodes in Surakarta fight for the fulfillment of social justice such as the distribution of basic necessities, the distribution of entrepreneurship, and the fulfillment of the rights of citizens. Religion contributes to the formation of civil society in which religion is implemented as a social ethic that leads to the formation of social nodes that uphold the values of humanism, democracy, and social justice.

A scoping review of faith-based responses to human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa

ABSTRACT Sub-Saharan Africa reports high rates of human trafficking including child soldiers, sex trafficking, forced domestic labor, and ritual enslavement. In some countries, a majority of agencies who provide anti-trafficking specific services are faith-based organizations serving local communities. The shared value of social justice expressed by both religious organizations and the social work profession presents opportunities for collaborations in this field. However, there exist many gaps in the literature on faith-based anti-trafficking interventions, including best practices, program evaluation, and strategies to improve multi-sector collaborations. This research employs a scoping review to map peer-reviewed publications on faith-based organizations in anti-trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine the types of faith-based organizations providing services in this field, identify the trafficking sectors addressed, and the interventions offered. Informed by the findings of this review, we provide a research roadmap to promote multi-sector anti-slavery collaborations with the goal of maximizing the pool of resources available to both faith-based organizations and social work researchers and practitioners. Indeed, deliberate engagement built on shared values could bolster provision of localized and responsive survivor-centered services in the region.

The role of elected politicians in donor‐led social protection: Insights from Zambia

AbstractElected politicians sit at the interface between the state and the citizens and play a critical role in shaping the social contract. This article presents rare insights into the participation of elected politicians in donor‐led social protection policy processes in Africa. Taking the case of Zambia, it uncovers the assigned and de facto roles and perceptions of Members of Parliament (MPs) in social cash transfers policy processes. The analysis reveals the agency of MPs, despite intense efforts of donors to influence and control them. Specifically, it demonstrates that donors' advocacy and learning initiatives largely failed to influence their views and values of social justice which underpin state‐society relations. Instead, MPs learned about the policy narratives of donors, enabling them to strategically employ those narratives to sustain donor relations. The article suggests that for donor‐led social protection to modify state‐society relations, MPs' active participation, full support, and deliberation are indispensable.