Catholic Social Teaching & Advocacy

This assignment examines the core principles of Catholic Social Teaching, focusing on concepts like common good, human dignity, and peace. It analyzes how these principles guide community engagement and advocacy efforts to address social issues such as poverty, conflict resolution, and the protection of human rights. The document emphasizes the role of advocating for justice at both local and global levels to achieve a more equitable and sustainable society.

Running head: JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
Justice and Change in Global World
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

1JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
Nursing Burnout due to high workload
A Global issue where shared responsibility for the common good is not being realized is
nursing burnout due to high workload. Workload is associated with the volume of nurses.
Nursing workload measurement occurs while assessing the patients. Burnout has been associated
with nurses. Nurses are facing the higher workloads due to increase in the demand of the nurses
firstly. Secondly, inadequate supply of nurses. Thirdly, the hospitals have reduced staffing and
increased the working hours. Fourthly, since the workload increases it results in job
dissatisfaction among the nurses which further contributes to higher nurse turnover. Global
issues have changed the world drastically. Over the years, there were global difficulties that
shared responsibility for the common good, which is not being realized. Burnout refers to a
mental, physical and emotional exhaustion that is facilitated in the different professionals due to
great pressure and workload. The nursing burnout has a few contributing factors that has an
impact on the nursing professionals (Chambers, Simmons & Wackernagel, 2014). Common
good is not being realized and recognized due to various reasons. On the contrary, justice
consists of morality of individual rights and global common goods. Justice also deals with global
health policy of individuals. Relationship between the community and self can be realized
(Klinsky et al., 2017). A renewed importance on the dignity of human beings based on solidarity,
action and advocacy was expressed by Pope Francis. The concept of common good was applied
in ancient times. It chiefly dealt with the maintainability of the community’s responsibility.
Politics is widely known and it fascinates the demands and interests of individuals. Individuals
who are present in the world faced global issues. Global challenges are generally faced to resolve
but were criticized instead on policy networks, advocacy, governance and regulatory networks.
The common good must have an impact on all decisions people make in their lives. Examples of

2JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
CST is to maintain the life and dignity of the human person, care for God’s Creation, Call to
family, community and Participation
The ways to address the challenge of advocacy networks is to seek to amend the policies
government, institutions and corporations. The oversee networks exist to examine institutions to
ensure that they behave ethically. For instance, the forum of human rights watches the problems
or issues of ethical behavior and the nature of individuals. Globally the standard network has
developed technical operations. The technical operations guide the individuals to socialize and
connect with each other. With the help of the internet, individuals were made aware of global
news across the world. The global health system should do justice to the individuals by adjusting
with the excessive growth rate in the population. The issue that is challenging is dignity and
common good of humans affecting the nursing practice. There is another consequence of
extreme burnout in the nursing professions. It deals with the behavioral change in the nursing
professionals towards their patients. Imbalanced treatment and lack of admission to healthcare
services and cultural ineptitude with exhausted resources are the social and economic
components of health. The healthcare issues among the Australian population are improving
outstandingly. Knowledge networks developed and shared ideas to resolve the global problems.
To solve the global problems of individuals, a thorough research was done. Research included
children’s health research and global network of women. The theory of policy network intended
in establishing governmental policies even when non-governmental players existed. These help
to reduce and solve the challenges of the individuals. Another reason to address the challenge of
advocacy networks is to seek in order to scrutinize institutions to ensure that they behave and
nature of individuals. There is discrimination in the healthcare system due to the economic and
social determinants that are involved in relationships. Inequalities in healthcare arises as an effect

3JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
of the lifestyle behavior and choices. Health treatment should be provided equally to rebuild the
concept and scope of giving care and moral element of human dignity and common good. The
Australian healthcare is battling a concentrated issue against the inequality among the urban and
rural communities (Badland, 2014). The present distribution of healthcare services is chiefly
aimed at the communities of people belonging from different cultural background. Nurses should
focus on practices that will help them to end disparities and overcome the barriers of healthcare.
This will invariably result in better health outcomes. The healthcare background is unfavorably
loaded with demographic factors to meet the huge geographical land masses due to scarcity of
resources. According to the Catholic Social Teaching, humans were created in the image of
God. Individuals are said to have inherent worth and dignity (Sullivian, 2017). In some way or
the other human beings are considered to be sacred. Catholic Social Teaching expresses that
every individual is equal before God. Therefore, no person should think less of anybody as
people belong from different cultures and places. The principle of Human Dignity refers to
Catholic Social Teaching covers a strong situation on the issues that revolves around the birth
and death of an individual (Lewis, 2014). It commonly deals with the society issues. Addressing
global inequality and the approach to civil right issues covers the notion or theory of advocacy
and community engagement. The Catholic Social Teaching covers every sphere. It has a few
objectives or principles that guide the work of Caritas Australia. The first and foremost objective
of Catholic Social Teaching is the dignity of the human beings. It is considered to be the basic of
CST. As mentioned earlier, dignity of every person being independent, sex, creed, age and
ability is the basics of Catholic Social Teaching (Atterbury & Rowe, 2017). The second principle
of CST is common good. This suggests that every individual must have enough access to the
resources and the goods of the society. Later, these resources and goods will be able to fulfill the

4JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
lives of the individuals. Thirdly, the principle of CST is Subsidiarity and Participation. Every
person should have right to take part in decisions that will affect their lives. Subsidiarity requires
those decisions that are made by the closest people (Daniels & Gustafson, 2016). The fourth
principle is Solidarity. According to the Catholic Social Teaching, human beings belong to one
family despite of their innumerous differences. Solidarity exists in a way to express the
understanding as to how human beings live and interact with each other (Beyer, 2014). The fifth
principle explains that there should be preferential options for the poor. Caring for the poor is
every individual’s responsibility. Vulnerable people should be given preferential care. The sixth
principle of the Catholic Society Teaching is stewardship of creation. This particular principle
expresses that everyone must respect, take care and share resources, which are also common
good to people (Cantony, 2015). Change in the ecological background and adoption of new
lifestyles is kind of a creation. Human beings must also be caring towards animals. It is
considered to be an universal duty of every human being. Lastly, the principle expresses his
views on promotion of peace. This states that all individuals requires request for the
improvement of human life that includes protecting of dignity, goods and freedom of common
people (Molloy, 2014). Community engagement and advocacy contributes to the solution of all
these principles. It promotes collaboration, justice and respect for the differences of people.
Common Good actively seeks conditions that boosts the good of all and contributes to the
achievement of a common life. Human rights were threatened by conflicts continuously based on
religious identity when mixed with the forces of nationalism. The Universal Human Rights sets
limits to national sovereignty (Nichols, 2014). When the force of burnout influences the morality
and dignity of the care provided to the patients, the principles of a moral and ethical society is
also marked. Advocacy and engaging contribution helps towards maintaining peace

5JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
economically, socially and culturally. Advocating the situations will result in ensuring a reply to
injustice at global and local levels. It is concerned with the issues of poverty beyond charitable
acts and into challenging the social structures and values. The central aim of social lives is the
purpose of common good. Therefore, advocacy and contribution contributes to good
understanding dealing with the Catholic Social Teaching, which includes common good and
human dignity.

6JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
References:
Atterbury, K., & Rowe, M. (2017). Citizenship, community mental health, and the common
good. Behavioral sciences & the law, 35(4), 273-287.
Badland, H., Whitzman, C., Lowe, M., Davern, M., Aye, L., Butterworth, I., ... & Giles-Corti, B.
(2014). Urban liveability: emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for
indicators to measure the social determinants of health. Social science & medicine, 111,
64-73.
Beyer, G. J. (2014). The meaning of solidarity in Catholic social teaching. political
theology, 15(1), 7-25.
Cantoni, D. (2015). The economic effects of the Protestant Reformation: testing the Weber
hypothesis in the German lands. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13(4),
561-598.
Chambers, N., Simmons, C., & Wackernagel, M. (2014). Sharing nature's interest: ecological
footprints as an indicator of sustainability. Routledge.
Daniels, J. R., & Gustafson, J. N. (2016). Faith-based institutions, institutional mission, and the
public good. Higher Learning Research Communications, 6(2), 90.
Klinsky, S., Roberts, T., Huq, S., Okereke, C., Newell, P., Dauvergne, P., ... & Keck, M. (2017).
Why equity is fundamental in climate change policy research. Global Environmental
Change, 44, 170-173.
Lewis, V. B. (2014). DEMOCRACY AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: CONTINUITY,
DEVELOPMENT, AND CHALLENGE. Studia Gilsoniana, 3, 167-190.

7JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL WORLD
Molloy, C. (2014). Option for the Poor and for the Earth: Catholic Social Teaching.
Nichols, C. V. (2014). FROM THE EDITORS ORGANIZATIONS WITH PURPOSE. Academy
of Management Journal, 57(5), 1227-1234.
Sullivan, S. C. (2017). Catholic Social Teaching: Principles and Applications.