Cambodia child labor in the Tobacco industry.
Guidelines for Paper:
As part of the SWK 5004 Semester course, you are to complete an Individual Reflection paper that focuses on an international social work issue. To help guide you on this assignment, we have created specific information for you to follow below:
- Each student is required to write a paper on this topic that includes but is not restricted to the information stated below.
- The paper should be 10-12 pages long. This does not include reference page.
- The topic of the paper will be focused on an International social work issue.
- The paper will include the following sections:
o Introduction
o Scope and magnitude of the issue
o Causes and Consequences
o Reflection and Analysis[unique_solution]
Recommended Steps:
To help guide you through this assignment, please follow the recommended steps:
Select topic relevant to International Social Work: My topic is Cambodia child labor in the Tobacco industry.
- Has to be a Social Issue.
- Focus on any one country/region. Not USA
- Discuss a rationale for choosing the social issue.
- Topics need to be selected by week 2 and submitted for approval in the dropbox located in the checkpoint area.
- The paper needs to be in APA format with in-text citations and references.
- The paper needs to have the following subheadings.
- Introduction
- Scope and magnitude of the issue
- Causes and Consequences
- Reflection and Analysis
- Conclusion
Topics to be addressed:
All areas below should be addressed fully to meet the expectations of the assignment.
- Introduction: Explore the Social Issue: (5 points)
- Introduce the topic and the region/ country
- Discuss the population affected
- Discuss a rationale for selecting the topic
- Scope and magnitude of the issue (10 points)
- Discuss the magnitude of the social issue
- Discuss the origin, history and development of the issue/problem.
- Explore the Causes and Consequences (10 points)
- What factors contribute to the social issue? Causes?
- Discuss cultural, political and economic factors influence the social issue.
- How does the problem/ issue affect individuals in the given context?
- How is the problem/ issue interrelated with broader global issues?
- Analysis and Reflection (20 points)
- How is the local government dealing with the problem?
- What kind of social work interventions are presently dealing with the problem? name at least one NGO’s that work on the issue locally. What work are they doing?
- How is the international community dealing with the problem? Role of international organizations like the UN, Red Cross, or World Bank or WHO
- What recommendations do you have for dealing with this issue?
Quality of writing (5 points)
- APA format is requited
- Title of the topic is required
- Written assignment needs to have in-text citations and a reference page
- You can use books, newspaper articles, magazines and Internet references for collecting information on topics.
- You will need at least 3 peer-reviewed references for the assignment
- You may use information from grey literature, information in different languages, information from archives etc. to collect information.