The Code Of Ethics In Advocacy

The term protagonism has been used in sundry(a) contexts such(prenominal) as in legal mechanisms as well as in tender services. Yet, the nonions on advocacy have a common ground that is it pertains to an move made for the benefit of former(a) person. By such explanation, advocacy can re ally be used in different circumstances. For example, in tourist court sessions, the prosecution lawyers commend the legal rights of their node. Obviously, advocacy is used to define how lawyers want to voice out the posit of their knob for the upholding of the latters right.Advocacy can also be seen in services offered by social workers. The social workers act in behalf of unfortunate individuals who wish to improve their social inadequacies. What Advocacy Is? As defined by Neil Bateman, advocacy refers to an act of pleading in support of another person. This implies that the central focus of the purpose of advocacy is not the prop one(a)nt nevertheless the subject of his advocacy t hat is the achievement of the need of his knob. Yet such pleading does not necessarily mean that the abet would plea for mercy.Such is done by means of conversing legitimate arguments in order to establish the necessity of the advocacy (Bateman, 2000). In effect, the main thesis in the definition of advocacy is that it is done to uphold the welfargon rights of those nation who are socially marginalized. The function of the advocate wherefore is to off it kick the bucket to the other party that there is a need for the bestment of these marginalized race. Furthermore, the model of advocacy wants to clarify the distinguishing terms associated with the real concept of client (Bateman, 2000).The most common expression use to touch the latter is customer. However, raft who define advocacy thinks that it would become very discriminating on the part of the client to say that he is a customer which also means that he is a service-user. Yet that is the very thing that is happenin g. Nevertheless, these people would like to change such connotation by saying that client are not mere service-user but a partner of the advocate himself. By that, it is ore appropriate to call them as partners and not service-users (Henderson & Pochin, 2001).The Need for the Code of Ethics in Advocacy As mentioned earlier, the main theme of advocacy lies on the idea that the advocate is doing his effort for the sake of another person. thusly it must be clear that the advocate is not acting for his own interests but for the betterment of the eudaemonia of his client. This must be disc everywhereed for the reason that advocacy would lose its essence if the object of advocacy is defeated by the idea that the advocate is only doing it for his own sake.Moreover, advocacy is intended to create a very profound relationship among the advocates and the clients themselves. In the first place, there is a need to establish an open communication on the part of the client and the advocate in or der to fully address the formers grievances or demands (Henderson & Pochin, 2001). And in doing so, the advocate is required to have a moral sense so as to become aware of the feelings and other concerns of his client.For example in a case of a rape-victim, the advocate should be careful enough not to make actions that are offending to his client. Though he is the latters advocate, it does not allow him to exceed his clients personal concerns such as privacy. More often then not, the advocate and the client made an agreement in which the limitations of one another are set. Such agreement is made to make sure that the advocate would not go beyond limitations. In addition, John Weafer viewed advocacy as that which empowers those people who are not motivated or capable to speak for themselves.Empowerment means that the advocate is supporting the welfare of his client to the point that he is fighting for what is the most advantageous thing for his client. The advocate stands for the ne ed of the client. Hence it is needed that the advocate has the same view and principle regarding the case of his client in order to reduce future moral dilemmas that may impair the realization of a particular advocacy (Weafer, 2003). Also, Weafer argued that in advocacy, the advocate is making negotiations with the other side (other party) in behalf of a person who is socially marginalized.The promotion of the welfare rights of those people who are left out (also known as the marginalized sector of the society) is the underlying principle behind the concept of advocacy (Weafer, 2003). It is to be noted that there are people who do not have penetration to certain information that has concern with their welfare. The task of an advocate is to make this information accessible and open to their clients so as to get their full reactions and demands. Thus, the enter ethics that the advocate must follow includes that above all things, the advocate must maintain the same position as what his client has.Secondly, the advocate must neer use the need of the client as means for his own success or for his own interests but always treat such as the end (as how Kantian puts it). Next, the advocate must always look to the permission of his client for all the relevant things that concern his client before he uses it as one of his means to pursue the advocacy. Lastly, the advocate has a duty towards his client to inform him about the development and happen of the advocacy. Irish Report Voluntary Hospice Movement in IrelandThe advocacy to increase the number of hospices in Ireland as well as to improve the facilities in established hospices has been the most current movement in Ireland. consort to the report, the advocates of the hospice movement demand to increase the services rendered by the hospices as well as to advance the in-patient facilities (Hospice/ moderating Care in Ireland). Such is being raised by the advocates to ensure that ill-people would receive greater and better amount of treatment.By such advocacy, the Irish government has started to give full attentions on the establishment of hospices all over the country as well as on the development of hospice services. Although the state has promised to allocate funds for the advocacy on hospices, the government is asking for a partnership with the volunteer bodies and organizations so as to maintain the monitor and advancement of hospices. The advocacy has become an extensive campaign that necessitated the consideration of founding hospices in whole Ireland. ConclusionTo sum total up, advocacy pertains to the act of supporting or doing something in behalf of others. The main core of the concept of advocacy revolves on the idea that it is done for the benefit of other not for own sake. Acting for the sake of other people requires the advocate to become morally aware of his actions and purposes in order to protect the interests and the original need of his client. The code of ethics mention ed in this paper will give moral standard on how an advocate shall act in the pursuit his objective a particular advocacy.