Community Service: Historical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects in Australia

This essay provides an introduction to community service in Australia, emphasizing the advancement of human rights. It begins by discussing the decline of community work and the importance of human rights, values, and principles. The essay then explores relevant historical events, such as the representation of social justice between 1969 and 2008, highlighting its role as a guiding principle in Australian community services. Furthermore, it identifies current ethical requirements, including compassion, courage, honesty, and fairness, alongside the legislation requirements that ensure equality and protection of human rights. The essay concludes by emphasizing the importance of ethical and legal frameworks in advancing human rights and underpinning community service in Australia. It provides a comprehensive overview, covering the historical context, ethical standards, and legal requirements related to human rights within the Australian community service landscape, supported by references to relevant academic sources.

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Community work in Australia has going down day by day due some of the reasons that seem
to be ignored by the Australian government. From the values and the principle listed I decided to
choose on advancing human rights. This has led to the change in the community work in
Australia and since this factor had been utilized properly, the community work had been
improving day by day. Therefore it is of importance that there is advancement of the human
rights in Australia. Community service in Australia comprehend that timely support, quality and
price are the basic requirements in the community to be able to trust the professionals with the
technological structure in the business (Curtis & Marshall, 2014).
Summarize the important historical events relevant to the current values and principles.
Values are referred to as the strategies for living and conduct. Each person has his or her own
belief of how the world should be and how to go about the activities of the world. What makes
the difference is that in some people, the beliefs are majorly dictated by their religion, peer
groups, culture and also the community at large. In some people it is dictated by their experience
and their careful thought which is unique in a way. Our values regularly determine the core
concerns of our lives which include the social roles, social class, personal relationships, ethics
and the organization of the society at large. On the other hand, principles are referred to as the
essential, technical truths that normally arise from the people’s experience and values that are
based on our actions and thinking. In circumstance of the community, the principles are the
underpinning people’s comprehension of the community services and development. They are the
facts that normally figure out the motives for doing the work and even the work itself (Colum,
2015).
The Australian historical events relevant to the current values and principles were: social
justice was represented in Australia between the year 1969 and 2008. The two main themes were

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manifested and they included social justice as a thought and social justice as a social work
exercise. Social justice was embodied as a lasting working principle and ethical accountability
for the community service. The exercises of the social justice were entrenched within the
changing background by which the Addresses were distributed.
Social justice is an important factor of the Australians especially in their social work. It is the
most guiding principle of the Australian association of the community services in region. Some
of the main characteristics of social justice were noted and it was realized that social justice has a
complex nature, it is sociopolitical, it is multidimensional and it entrenches the concept of justice
and fairness. It is true that social justice has a long history in Australia, it advanced from the
explanations by Plato and endured throughout the western literature and transversely many
religious frame works (Nilsson, 2016).
Identify current ethical and legislation requirements relevant to the chosen value and
principle, (Advancing Human Rights).
Ethical Requirements.
The most important facet of ethics is that it entails taking the stand of an independent viewer.
Self-centeredness might determine the decisions of many people but the perception might not be
universalized. The ethical approach is supposed to consider the situation impartially. Ethics also
entails about how people should live a better life. It is not mandatory that it gives the right
responses but it might provide some principles and guidelines that might help us live our lives.
Therefore the ethical requirements that are relevant to human rights compassion, courage,
honesty, integrity, fairness, generosity, love, tolerance and self-control among others. These
ethical requirements are important in advancing the human rights. When there is honesty
between the leaders to their subjects this creates a peaceful environment for both the two groups

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because there will be transparency in the activities that they carry out daily. Fairness is an
important ethical standard. When the citizens are treated fairly despite of their color, race or
social class that they belong to highly promotes good teamwork and understanding between each
other. This kind of spirit promotes high community service in Australia as team work is the basic
requirement between the citizens themselves. Compassion is also important. The community
members should be compassionate about their work and the services they offer to the community
and this will also inspire others who have not yet developed the spirit to serve the nation (Mann,
2013).
Legislation requirements.
Every person including the administrations are required to comply with the applicable
legislation to which they are subjected to. They may include the laws and the by-laws that need
to be followed. All the human rights are universal. It is therefore the duty of the states to despite
their economic, cultural or economic systems to protect and promote all the human rights and the
fundamental freedoms. The legislation requirements for human rights are that there should be
affirmation of equality before and under the law of every individual without discrimination of
age among other factors (Schaffer & Smith, 2014).
Each and every citizen should abide by the rules and regulations that are governing the nation
despite their social class or race or tribe. No one is allowed to abuse the right of one another and
if such case is reported, there is a fine placed on such criminals. Each and every individual is
entitled to the privileges that their country is entitled to without any discrimination. All the
citizens should participate in the activities that develop the nation for example participating in
the community services of the nation and growth on the region. The individuals should take care
of their nation by reporting those who break the laws of the nation and the criminals who abuse

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the rights of other people. Legislation requirements are therefore necessary in advancing the
human rights since it underpins the community service especially in Australia.
References

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Curtis, A., Ross, H., Marshall, G.R. & Baldwin, C. (2014). The Great Experiment with devolved
NRM Governance: lessons from community engagement in Australia. Australian Journal of
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Colum, J. (2015). Advancing Human rights.
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Falk, I. (2009). Community Learning and Social Capital. Journal of vocational education and
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Mann, M.J. (2013). Health and Human Rights. Australian Journal of Human Rights 63 (7), 21-
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Schaffer, K. & Smith, S. (2014). Human lives and Narrated Lives: The ethics of recognition. The
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Manners, I. (2009). The constitutive Nature of values, images and principles in the European
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Nilsson, J. (2016). The nature of cooperative values and principles: transaction cost theoretical
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