Managing Competing Equality Claims EDF/brap 2010.
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Transcript of Managing Competing Equality Claims EDF/brap 2010.
The remit of this work
To identify and review available evidence about how to successfully prevent, manage and resolve conflicts of this type
To identify and review available evidence about how to successfully prevent, manage and resolve conflicts of this type
Findings
Conflicts of this type tend to be:• Rights based • Identity based• Resource based
These characteristics can make conflicts particularly hard to resolve
Conflicts of this type tend to be:• Rights based • Identity based• Resource based
These characteristics can make conflicts particularly hard to resolve
Scenario: Pensions advisor didn’t want to provide advice to people in civil partnerships because of her religious beliefs
Response: Consultation with relevant equality groupsDecision: Providing advice to all, was an essential part of
the advisor’s role. Could job role be carried out effectively, if exceptions were made?
Learning: Focusing on task /the role in question took the ‘heat’ out of the situation. Advisor felt comfortable enough to bring up the situation with line manager.
Scenario: Location of a medium secure forensic facility in a majority Pakistani community setting. Local fears of safety, and denial that ‘mental health problems’ affect the community. ‘NIMBY’
Response: Widen consultation base – talk beyond those most vocal. Education of community on issues of mental health.
Decision: Still under negotiation, but less conflict.Learning : Staff skills (non-judgmental, listening,
clear messages) widening consultation. Clarity around what is negotiable and what isn’t .
Decision-Making Tactics
When a decision has to be made about whose claim holds most weight:Use of proportionality – clearer and more
transparent process for public decisionsRights as ‘relationships’: our actions have an
effect on othersUse of principles like ‘dignity’ as a benchmark
to judge relative merit/ value of claims
Beyond Identity... (sometimes)?
Drawbacks to previous equality based advocacy and campaigning and ‘equality’ in the media:• Can prevent recognition of common experiences
or causes of discrimination• Representation can exclude diversity and the
voiceless
Need for a more sophisticated and neutral process for debate and decision-making.
Drawbacks to previous equality based advocacy and campaigning and ‘equality’ in the media:• Can prevent recognition of common experiences
or causes of discrimination• Representation can exclude diversity and the
voiceless
Need for a more sophisticated and neutral process for debate and decision-making.