Types of Social Policies Flashcards
It is a governing principle or plan of action to pursue societal aspirations;
Policy
can be understood as political, management, financial, and
administrative mechanisms arranged to reach explicit goals.
Policy
It is a part of public policy that has to do with social issues such as public
access to social programs.
Social Policy
It aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education,
health, housing and social security and others.
Social Policy
6 types of Social Policy
RDRCES
Regulatory policy
Distributive policy
Redistributive Policy
Capitalization Policy
Ethical Policy
Substantive Policy
Any attempt by the government to control the behavior of citizens,
corporations, or sub-governments (Meier, 1985)
Regulatory Policy
It regulates how people act towards one another
Regulatory Policy
Intended to govern the conduct of business
Regulatory Policy
Police Power of the State
Regulatory Policy
programs and initiatives that aim to regulate and monitor social
behaviors, practices, and institutions to promote public welfare
and ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards.
Regulatory Policy
These policies aim to regulate and monitor social behaviors, practices, and institutions to promote public welfare, protect the
rights of individuals, and ensure compliance with legal and ethical
standards
Regulatory Policy
include law enforcement; business regulation (prices, fraud, unfair practices, monopoly); limiting access to public goods (air, water, communications); and health and safety
Patterns of Regulatory Policy
impose restrictions or limitations on the behavior of individuals and groups (Anderson, 1997)
Regulatory policy
Diference of regulatory vs. self-regulatory policy
Regulatory are restricting and controlling. But unlike regulatory policies, self-regulatory policies are usually sought and supported by the regulated group as a means of protecting or promoting the interests of its members.
designed to “limit the provision of goods and services to one or a few designated
deliverers, who are chosen from a larger number of competing potential
deliverers.”
Competitive Regulatory Policies
intended to protect the public at large from the negative effects of private activity, such as tainted food, air pollution, unsafe consumer products, or fraudulent
business transactions.
Protective Regulatory Policies
Examples:
allocation of radio and TV frequencies by governments
regulation of trade or professions (law, medicine, nursing, engineering, etc)
Competitive Regulatory Policies
Examples:
Milk Code
Graphic warning labels in cigarette packaging
Licensing of health facilities
Protective Regulatory Policies
This law regulates the employment of workers and establishes minimum
labor standards to protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare.
Labor Code of the Philippines
(Part of Regulatory Policy)
This law protects the rights of consumers by regulating business practices
and ensuring the provision of quality goods and services.
Consumer Act of the Philippines
(Part of Regulatory Policy)
This law sets the minimum wage rate for workers in the Philippines to
ensure that they are paid fairly and receive a living wage.
Minimum Wage Law
(Part of Regulatory Policy)
This law regulates smoking in public places to promote public health and
reduce the risk of smoking-related diseases.
Anti-Smoking Law
(Part of Regulatory Policy)
This law sets the standards and regulations for building construction to
ensure the safety and security of occupants.
National Building Code
(Part of Regulatory Policy)
Different sections of the 1987 Constitution also exhibit show the state’s
regulatory policies, such as but not limited to:
Sec. 5, 24, 25, 27, 28
Section 5. The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty,
and property, and promotion of the general welfare are essential for the
enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of democracy.
Section 24. The State recognizes the vital role of communication and
information in nation-building
Section 25. The State shall ensure the autonomy of local governments.
Section 27. The State shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public
service and take positive and effective measures against graft and
corruption.
Section 28. Subject to reasonable conditions prescribed by law, the State
adopts and implements a policy of full public disclosure of all its
transactions involving public interest.
This policy aims to establish the correct practice of moral and ethical issues. separate category from the regulative policies of law and commerce.
Ethical Policy
Policy bases for ethical policy in the 1987 Philippine Constitution are shown in the following:
Sec. 11, 15, 16, 17
Section 11. The State values the dignity of every human person and
guarantee full respect for human rights.
Section 15. The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the
people and instill health consciousness among them.
Section 16. The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a
balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of
nature.
Section 17. The State shall give priority to education, science and
technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and nationalism
accelerate social progress, and promote total human liberation and
development.
actions “intended to manipulate the allocation of wealth, property, personal or
civil rights, or some other valued item among social classes”
welfare, civil rights for social minorities, aid to poor cities or schools,
Redistributive Policy
these policies are difficult to pass because the less powerful must prevail over the
more powerful interests or at least persuade more powerful groups that it is right and just to approve the redistribution of some resource to the less powerful.
Redistributive Policy
Can also involve the transfer of resources from the less well off to the better off
Redistributive Policy