Bernie Banton worked as a lathe operator, shaping blocks of asbestos for use in power stations and making asbestos pipe sections in his early career at the Camellia plant of Australian building products giant James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd. When it was revealed of the dangers asbestos caused to humans and the fact that James Hardie new of the dangers compelled Banton to become a campaigner for the right of workers to receive compensation from James Hardie. Bernie was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1999 and later learned in August 2007 that he had contracted a further asbestos-related disease which included asbestosis-related pleural disease and peritoneal mesothelioma. Fellow workers were also affected by the asbestos issue and also fought for their rights in the following chain of events.
The incident report should be forwarded to the risk manager for
1. When the Constitution was drafted “Article II, Section 2, clause 2 grants the President the power to ‘appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States [except those whose positions are not otherwise already provided for in the Constitution. And] Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers…in the President alone” (Presidential Powers). However, the issue of removal powers of the president where not addressed within the Constitution, therefore this issue is one that has been debated. The issue with removal power is if the president is given too much power and many member of Congress opposed this power.
1. They are important source of information. A member who is part of congress has to evolve themselves with many policy areas. But a lobbyists can confine themselves to one area and can by providing specialized expertise. If the information is powerful, then the lobbyist can be an allies. 2.
“The science of attention teaches us that we tend to pay attention to what we have been taught to value and that we tend to be astonishingly blind to change until something disrupts our pattern and makes us see what has been invisible before.” Page 243 Common sense to dictate that people will acknowledge problems before it occurs. You would think that people will be able to understand the outcome before it happens but that is not true. In part four of Cathy Davidson’s, “Now You See it”, she emphasize the importance of working with other people to help us to see what we are missing. In discussion of attention blindness, it is very difficult for a person alone to develop ingenious idea of solution to a problem because that person may only see the scope of a bigger picture.
This led to a range of investigations concerning staff shortages, missing notes and lack of safeguarding. Furthermore, other organisations involved had further negative impact on the case due to additional failures,
Explain how person-centred thinking can be used within a team? People need to know there coaching and training needs. Team leaders will need to find strategies in making a person centred team work. 2.6 Analyse how to achieve successful implementation of person-centred thinking and planning across an organisation?
When more people know how to properly address the problem then progress will be made on how to fix the
INFROMED CONSENT ARE PATIENTS TRULY INFORMED??? Informed consent gives a competent patient the freewill to make his decisions about his health after getting informed adequately about the procedure, its alternatives, pros &cons and uncertainties related the procedure and its alternatives. Above all the patient’s consent must be voluntary and without any kind of pressure whatsoever. There are few fundamental question
Even though it is for protective purposes, people are unaware of the potential threats and dangers that they are putting their loved ones and themselves
Miners and their families can develop a variety of health issues from coal dust and chemicals. One such example, is mesothelioma, “Despite many years of clinical research, there is still no effective therapy for malignant mesothelioma; untreated the median survival time is 9 months.” (M. H. Ross and J. Murray) . Asbestos has a wide reach with all who come into contact with it possibly developing illness, not realizing until they develop problems many years into the
1.1 Identify the regulatory requirements, codes of practice and relevant guidance for managing concerns and complaints in own area of work. The Local Complaint Stage (1) Immediately after hearing of a complaint, contact the complainant to determine where their issues lie and what they would like to see as a result of the investigation. It is important that the local manager • Demonstrates a caring attitude and shows that there is a genuine attempt to understand the problem. • Ensures the complainant is aware of the complaint process and timelines • Provides the complainant with their contact name and telephone number • Obtains all complaint details at this point of contact to avoid the customer having to repeat themselves
If I was the president of a large corporation that designed home products and I had to hire three different psychologists, I would choose to hire an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, a Social Psychologist, and an Environmental Psychologist. To start, I would opt to hire an industrial/organizational psychologist because of their expertise in the field of employment as a whole. Hiring an I-O psychologist would give my company an edge because these types of psychologists are multi-faceted. The I-O psychologist would deal with not only the employees of my company but also the entire company as a whole from an organizational standpoint. Any issues within hiring or HR could be resolved with the help of an I-O psychologist, and the interactions
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Respond to complaint by Listening to the complaint Keeping record of complaint Respect and keep confidentiality Refer to company complaint policy When a complaint is made, it should be taken seriously and the correct organisational procedure should be followed by referring to employee handbook which state that all complaint by a service user be reported to the care coordinator immediately. It is advised to suggest to the service users to put their complaint in writing or use the complaint forms which they can find in their care plan folder. 3.2 Explain the main points of agreed procedures for handling complaints. The main points of agreed procedures for handling complaints
