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Overcoming resistance to power sharing.

E F Lauer

    Health Progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)
    |March 11, 1986
    PubMed
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    Workers have a right and duty to seek power for development. Refusal to share power hinders growth, impacting vulnerable populations who rely on human service workers.

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    Area of Science:

    • Social Sciences
    • Ethics
    • Labor Relations

    Background:

    • Power is essential for human development and self-determination.
    • Religious and ethical doctrines support the right to seek power.
    • Resistance to power sharing often stems from management and capitalist perspectives.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the ethical and practical dimensions of power sharing in human services.
    • To examine the justifications for workers' right to seek power.
    • To analyze barriers to power sharing and their implications.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of theological and ethical texts (e.g., Pope John Paul II's encyclical).
    • Review of statements from religious bodies (e.g., Catholic bishops, National Council of Churches).

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  • Examination of management and governmental attitudes towards power sharing.

    • Main Results:

    • Workers have a moral imperative to pursue power for personal and dependent development.
    • Management's "gift" view, capitalist perceptions, and governmental theories impede power sharing.
    • Human service workers' power sharing benefits clients, but strikes create ethical dilemmas.

    Conclusions:

    • Power sharing is crucial for human development and ethical practice in human services.
    • Addressing resistance to power sharing requires shifts in management and institutional perspectives.
    • Strikes by human service workers pose ethical challenges, potentially harming the powerless populations they serve.