Week 5 - Social Justice in Everyone's Responsibility

Question 1

It is giving a person his/her due. This arises from their innate dignity as persons whose rights and well-being should be respected and promoted.

Answer 1

Social Justice

Question 2

It is a situation where some unfair practices are carried out in society. It occurs when the equals are treated without fairness.

Answer 2

Social Injustice

Question 3

This is giving something in the form of cash or material, in exchange for a favor.

Answer 3

Bribery

Question 4

What type of social injustice is the following:
A customs official allows passage of prohibited goods or a policeman releases a thief in exchange for cash.

Answer 4

Bribery

Question 5

This refers to the use of a person’s influence based on held position over the decision-making process to benefit another person or a group of people.

Answer 5

Influence Peddling

Question 6

What type of social injustice is the following:
A person talks to the president of the company to endorse his/her relative’s application for employment.

Answer 6

Influence Peddling

Question 7

This is theft of entrusted funds.

Answer 7

Embezzlement

Question 8

What type of social injustice is the following:
The treasurer of an organization uses money not his/her own to purchase a car.

Answer 8

Embezzlement

Question 9

This means giving cash in secret as a reward for assistance in doing something that could not be achieved legally.

Answer 9

Kickback

Question 10

What type of social injustice is the following:
An official receives share from contractor to whom a multimillion project is awarded through his/her intervention.

Answer 10

Kickback

Question 11

This includes the use of excessive force, physical, verbal or psychological.

Answer 11

Police Brutality

Question 12

What type of social injustice is the following:
An adult points a gun at a helpless sidewalk vendor.

Answer 12

Police Brutality