Last Febraury 25 we commemorate the Edsa revolution that happened 30 years ago. There are a lot of stories regarding human rights violation during that time, freedom of speech were curtailed and different types of harassment and physical abuses happened. Why there were no equality back then, maybe because of greed and power to be contained by one individual.
How can we achieve equality and human rights? RESPECT ONE ANOTHER is the answer, pretty simple but very hard to attain. Aside from respect we should be open minded with the differences of one another, understanding their point of view and where they are coming from. Each of us has the responsibility to promote social justice and peace in order for us to live in harmony and to preserve human dignity.
Today's class we are the reporting group and discussed Silent Initiave: Pedro's Commitment to the Hearing Impaired.
Lamoiyan is the company that manufactures HapeeToothpaste in the Philippines. With prices 30% lower than the leading brands, Hapee is the 3rd toothpaste brand in the country. Moreover, this is a company where corporate social responsibility is embedded in its vision and mission statements. Tangibly, they are employing hearing-impaired individuals to work in the assembly line and foster a culture of tolerance among its employees (i.e. basic training on sign language to non-hearing impaired employees etc). While there are both upside and downside to investing in the skill set of hearing-impaired employees, a threat presented in the case is the lowered costs of competitors by outsourcing marketing, accounting and operations to third-party agencies.
As a group we decided for Pedro to continue his initiative and leverage the skill set of his employees specially the PWD workers. Pedro gave them the chance that they deserve and proved that they are indeed capable of given the proper training. Only few PWDs were educated since it is costly to enroll them schools that cater special children.
It is truly heart warming to know that someone like Pedro cares for the PWDs and takes responsibility in providing livelihood for them. Making the PWDs proud of themselves and functional member of the society.
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