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Care for managers in a helping NGO
Tichá, Tereza ; Hradcová, Dana (advisor) ; Mertl, Jiří (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to describe and research a specific area of care for employees, which is care for managers in an NGO provider of (mainly) social services. There is evidence from research that shows the effects of managers' behaviour on the quality and quantity of organisational performance therefore, this thesis focuses on the conditions organisations (can) create for good quality performance of line managers. The theoretical basis for this text is the ethics of care, mainly some of the books of Joan Tronto (2010, 2013), which is interlinked with selected books on management (in general as well as specialised on social service providers). The second part of this thesis is a description of participative action research that focuses on the practice of care for managers in one organisation. The research, together with line managers, describes practice and suggests changes based on the gained knowledge and the theoretical basis of this text. This practical example shows possible application of the principles of democratic caring practice in the management of an NGO - especially provider of social services. Key words: care for managers, line management, ethics of care, managing organisations, provider of social and health services, democratic caring, NGO, quality
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Critical reflextion of the ethics of care in the context of the social work
ŠNYPS, Zdeněk
The diploma thesis is dealing with critical assessment of the importance of the ethics of care in the context of social work. At first in this thesis there is described the ethics of care on its own and then there is evaluated its importance as a moral theory. The aim of this diploma thesis is the evaluation of the meaning of the ethics of care for social work and the enrichment of personal knowledge concerning the ethics of care. These set aims are meant to be fulfilled mainly in chapter three, which provides an evaluation of care ethics and the evaluation of criticism directed at it and then in the last chapter of this work, which shows the positive and negative effects of care et hics in social work and offers a conclusion of the whole issue of using the ethics of in social work.
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Ethical questions in social work with Roma in selected organizations in České Budějovice
ŠVECOVÁ, Markéta
This diploma thesis deals with the ethical issues that arise during work with Roma families. In the first chapters of the text, the work deals with the Roma, their culture, family, traditions, historical origin. The following text presents organizations that work with the Roma in the territory of the city České Budějovice, their value foundation, principles, requirements for social workers etc. These were the Sociálně aktivizační služby pro rodiny s dětmi Sasanka, Oddělení sociálně - právní ochrany dětí and Jihočeská rozvojová o.p.s. Ethical issues have resulted freely from a critical reflection of the three compared facilities working with Roma families. In the following text there are presented two ethical theories by which the selected ethical questions are further processed, deontology and ethics of care. In the last part of this work, ethical questions are further elaborated using both ethical theories.
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Ethical aspects of the work of in the Charity care service of Klatovy Regional Charity
MAJEROVÁ, Stanislava
The master thesis focuses on caring facilities and service, specifically the Charity care service of the regional charity of Klatovy. The Master thesis points out how necessary and at the same time demanding is the work of caregivers. The Master thesis also includes the characteristics of the clientele with whom Caritas care facility most often cooperates - seniors. It also contains an analysis of ethical dilemmas and problems which arose from semi-structured interviews with respondents,who are employees of specific centers of Caritas care service. The thesis also contains improvement suggestions and coments of the ethical dilemmas and problems which are made using 4 ethical theories - utilitarianism, deontology, ethic of care and situational ethic.
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Social Work with Homeless People in the Context of the Ethics of Care
KEŇOVÁ, Hedvika
The diploma thesis is focused on the problem of homelessness, social work with homeless people, the ethics of care and its usefulness within social work with the homeless. Every particular topic has been described and evaluated from the point of view of various authors, both Czech and foreign. The main part of this diploma thesis is the interconnection of the ethics of care in social work, specifically in social work with the homeless. The ethics of care is then applied into social services which are provided to the homeless. The ethics of care has been also talked about in the context of the organisations which provide help for the homeless. The substantial part of the diploma thesis is a question whether or not the ethics of care in social work with the homeless can be used under the conditions we have in the Czech Republic. Not only the state of social work in the Czech Republic, but also Czech legislation and work of the organisations providing help for the homeless are very important matters to think of. Evaluation is based on the use of all the resources and the aim is to interconnect all the parts of this diploma thesis.
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Rationalism and empiricism in ethics of social work
PATEROVÁ, Jana
This diploma thesis deals with ethical theories in social work. Evaluates the contribution of ethical theories for social work in general and after that also specifically by elaborating three chosen ethical theories- Kant?s rationalistic ethics, Hume?s empiristic ethics and ethics of care. This thesis points to the importace of ethically correct decision making, which is related to the knowledge of fundamental ethical values. Both are an essential part of professionalism of social worker. Ethical theories contribute to a better understanding of ethics and come with theoretical instructions how to apply ethical values in practice.
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