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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Training Program and Quality Control..................................................................................2
The Program...........................................................................................................................3
Goals and Objectives..............................................................................................................3
Motor Vehicle Offending.......................................................................................................4
Diversion Program for Juvenile Motor Vehicles Offender....................................................4
Ethical Theories.....................................................................................................................5
Synergy Auto Repairs and Ethics..........................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
According to Ridley-Duff and Bull (2015) the term “social enterprise” is defined as
an organization that directly involves itself in the sale of its goods and services and also has
specific social objectives that serves as the primary purpose of the organization. These are not
volunteer organizations as they operate as a company and sell its products and services in the
market. These organizations register themselves either as profitable or non-profitable
organizations. The profits earned by the organization are used in the funding of the social
programs.
The organization that is chosen for the purpose of the following article is Synergy
Auto Repairs which is located in Australia. The organization involves the participation of the
disadvantaged and disengaged young people in a training and work experience program that
is organized by the organization itself (Okoye and Okwelle 2013). The program motivates the
interests of the individuals in the cars and is aimed to help them to build a career in the
particular field as the interests of the people involved in the program.
Discussion
Training Program and Quality Control
While enquiring about the training process and assessing the quality, a trainer replied
that the participants are engaged in the training of painting the automobiles and in the panel
beating along with other life skills and personal development. In the program, only eight
people are allowed to participate at a time. These participants are then placed within the
business premises after receiving the authorised training from the organization which is a half
year course. This half year training program make the participants ready imposing the skills
which are required for ente4ring into the industry, says the training head of the organization.
According to the trainer of the organization, the participants are trained and supervised by the

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experienced people and other experts in the organization. This is ensuring that the quality and
the standard of the products are maintained.
The Program
The head of the training department of the organization described the full program
that they cover. According to her, the Synergy Program is based in North Melbourne and
operates as a fully commercial panel shop. The organization offers full repair services of the
smashes that are provided by the staffs and the trainers of the organizations. In addition to
gaining knowledge in the field, the participants are also allowed to engage in the other
courses that are offered by the organization. The participants are taught to perform the tasks
of painting cars by means of spray painting and that of panel beating. Participants need to
complete a Certificate II Paint and Panel delivered by the educators and the instructors of
Kangan Technical and Further Education (TAFE) on the basis of one day per site.
Goals and Objectives
The outline of the components of the program, as described by a trainer is very
closely tied to other aspects of the program such as the flow-through mode (selection and exit
processes), the intervening elements, assessing the impact of the program and sustainability
of t5ghe program. The program goals have positive impact on the lives of the young people
who are involved with the crimes related to the automobiles. The program involves these
people as a part of it and allows them to participate in a formal and authorized program which
is provided by the organization.
The related documents and by assessing the data collected by conducting an
interview, the objectives stated by the Synergy Program are:
 It inspires and prevents the participants to involve in any kind of offences, particularly
related to the motor vehicles.

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 It helps the participants to transform their lives as well as the lives of the other
participants and co-workers by means of bringing change into the behaviour and other
development skills.
 The program provides effective path for the employment and further vocational
trainings. Often people are referred to the organization so that the people can develop
certain skills and can reduce the sentence of the criminal act.
Motor Vehicle Offending
The senior manager of the Synergy Auto Repairs is of the view that among all the
countries in the world, Australia has the highest rates of Motor Vehicle Theft (MVT). It has
been estimated that out of four car thefts that occurs, the juvenile offenders are responsible
for three thefts. The acts performed by the juveniles like those of joyriding, driving after
consuming drugs and other such items and other such unsafe driving practices places both the
offenders and other road users at risk of severe injury or death.
Diversion Program for Juvenile Motor Vehicles Offender
In the country of Australia, the young people who are found guilty of offences are
given either a community sentence which is generally not supervised or a supervised
sentence. The people, who are given a supervised sentence, are also provided with certain
services which can help them to reduce the period of the sentence and also the frequency and
seriousness of the cause of the present and future offences. As stated by training executive,
the first specific such diversification programs for the motor vehicles offenders were started
by the UK probation services in the year 1970s. These programs were developed keeping in
mind the interests of the offenders for the cars. The aim of these programs was to reduce the
offence and involve them in their training, and maintainable of the cars as well as allowing
them to perform activities such as racing. The present day programs have changed and focus
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Ethical Theories
The study of the field of ethics or moral philosophy involves systematizing, defending
and recommending the concepts that are related to the right and wrong behaviour of the
people. The term ethics is derived from the Greek word “ethicos” or “ethos” which means
habit or custom followed by the people. The ethical theories are a part of the decision making
process as these theories represent the viewpoints of the guidance taken by the individuals in
the process of decision making (Chesney-Lind and Pasko 2013). The ethical theories that are
employed to seek guidance in the decision making emphasises on the aspects of an ethical
dilemma that is important to them and leads them towards the most ethically correct solution
keeping in mind the guidelines and within the ethical theory. Four broad categories of the
theories are related to the ethics. These are deontology, utilitarianism, rights and virtues.
Deontology
The demonological theory was developed by a German philosopher, Immanuel Kant.
The theory states that every individual must obey the promise and duties while involved in
the ethical decision making process. This means that an individual is bound to obey and
follow his or her duties towards another individual or society. This is because, according to
the theory, following and fulfilling the duties is considered as ethically correct (Melden
2013).
The main drawback of this theory is that there is no logical way to determine the
duties and responsibilities of an individual. This is so because most of the time th3e duties
and responsibilities of a person conflict with each other and the person have to choose
between the two, which according to the theory might result to be une4thical in nature.
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The utilitarian ethical theory is based on the ability of a person to predict the results or
consequences of an action that is being performed. The followers of this theory states that the
choice of the action that produces the most benefit to the people at large is the most correct
and ethical action.
Like other theories, this theory also some disadvantages. One of the major
disadvantages of the theory is that a person cannot determine that the action he or she is
performing would generate better outcomes and will be accurate in nature. The actions might
lead to inaccurate and unsatisfactory results.
Rights
The ethical theories ion rights states that the rights that are established by the society
are protected and are given the highest priority. Rights are considered as the ethically correct
as well as valid because a large number of people follow them. People also have the right to
implement the rights on the others only if they have the power and authority as well as have
such abilities and resources to do so (Peter 2015).
The major complications of this theory lie in the fact that one must determine the
characteristics of the rights that are prevalent in the society. It is the duty of the society to
consider and implement the right that it must follow and wants that the people of the society
to follow. Besides, the society must decide the goals and the3 ethical priorities for the society.
Virtues
This theory of ethics judges the characters of an individual rather than judging the
actions of the persons. This theory is of the view that while performing an action, the person
might be deviated or from the behaviour that the person normally possesses. The theory takes
into account the morals, reputation and motivation so as to analyse the unusual and thee
ethical behaviour of the person is ethically correct or not. The major and the most

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important weakness in the theory is that the theory does not consider the change in the
morality of the person.
Synergy Auto Repairs and Ethics
The human resource department of the organization states that the organization in discussion,
Synergy Auto Repairs, is trying to bring about changes in the characters and morality of the
young offenders. The organization through the process of training is trying to achieve the
goals and the nation crime free and safe. The youngsters who are attracted towards the cars
and other vehicles and are stealing them, are being not only ethical wrong but also they are
treated as criminals which is the breach of law. The organization is helping these people to
overcome the actions and reduce their sentence. They are teaching them how to spray paint a
car and maintain them through a course for duration of half year and providing authorised
certificates to them as well. The organization also involves these people to undergo better job
opportunities by involving them in certain vocational training and other such services thus
bringing development in the society.
Conclusion
The organization helps the young offenders to reduce their period of sentence for
MTV by allowing them to participate in the programs. Australia is one of highest rated MTV
countries in the world. The offences are normally done by the young people who are in
demand of the cars but are not so advantageous to have them. Training these young people to
allow them to perform the job of painting the cars and panel beating not only makes them
skilful but also develops the nation by reducing the number of crimes.

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