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RUNNING HEAD: Journal: Chapter 6 and 7 Questions

This document summarizes key points from chapters 6 and 7 of the textbook "American social welfare policy: A pluralist approach" by Karger and Stoesz. For chapter 6, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of welfare bureaucrats having a dominant role in service delivery. It also discusses the implications of non-profits competing with for-profit corporations for funding. For chapter 7, it discusses how standardization can erode care quality and cites the textbook. It also compares and contrasts corporate social responsibility and public relations efforts, citing the textbook.

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RUNNING HEAD: Journal: Chapter 6 and 7 Questions

This document summarizes key points from chapters 6 and 7 of the textbook "American social welfare policy: A pluralist approach" by Karger and Stoesz. For chapter 6, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of welfare bureaucrats having a dominant role in service delivery. It also discusses the implications of non-profits competing with for-profit corporations for funding. For chapter 7, it discusses how standardization can erode care quality and cites the textbook. It also compares and contrasts corporate social responsibility and public relations efforts, citing the textbook.

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RUNNINGHEAD:Journal:Chapter6and7Questions

Journal
Chapter6and7Questions
AlyssaDannhausen
October26,2015
SW4710
DY7028

Chapter6

Journal:Chapter6and7Questions
1. Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofwelfarebureaucratshavingadominant
roleinthedeliveryofsocialwelfareservices?Citeyoursource.
a. AccordingtoKargerandStoesz(2014),Thebureaucratswererational,efficient,
costconscious,andhadacoordinateddeliverysystem.thiswasanadvantagefor
thewelfarebureaucrats.Adisadvantageofthebureaucratswasthateventuallythe
benefitswerecappedandtherewasadriftbetweenthebureaucratsandthe
community.
2. Whennonprofitorganizationsareforcedtocompetewithhumanservicecorporationsfor
funding,whatarethelikelyimplicationsforthedeliveryofsocialwelfareservices?
Supportandciteyourresponse.
a. Whenanonprofitorganizationisforcedtocompetewithhumanservice
corporationsforfundingitresultsinthehumanservicecorporationsnotbeing
dependentonthegovernmentshelp.Thisallowsthehumanservicecorpstohold
astrongpositioninshapingthemarketstheyserve(KargerandStoesz,2014,pp.
126).
Chapter7
1. Howdoesstandardizationofcareinanindustrywithsubstantialforprofitdelivery
systemstendtoerodethequalityofcarereceivedbyclients?Citeyoursource.
a. Standardizationofcareresultsinreductionofqualityofcareandlowersthelabor
costs(KargerandStoesz,2014,pp.144).
2. Inwhatwaysiscorporatesocialresponsibilitysimilaranddissimilartocorporatepublic
relationefforts?Citeyoursource.
a. Corporatesocialresponsibilitywascreatedtoimprovebusinessespublicimage
(KargerandStoesz,2014,pp.149).Somebusinesses,includingIBM,started

Journal:Chapter6and7Questions
usingpolicies,suchasaffirmativeactionandequalopportunityforemployees.
Thishashelptoadvancesocialwelfare.

Journal:Chapter6and7Questions

References
Karger,H.,&Stoesz,D.(2014).Americansocialwelfarepolicy:Apluralistapproach(7thed.).
NewJersey:PearsonEducation.

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