Deontological Approach In Negotiation

Another strength could be found from the deontological perspective, which was the educators negotiated with parents when they found children’s sleep or eating routine have conflicts with the setting’s routine (De Gioia, 2009). In the article, Fran negotiated with a father in regard to his son’s eating routine (De Gioia, 2009). She suggested the father to prepare lunch for the child, so that his son can have Asian food at the centre as well (De Gioia, 2009). The action of negotiation was considered to be morally right from a deontology standpoint. Fran followed The Code of Ethics (2016), she negotiated with the father to encourage his engagement in supporting his son’s eating practice, and came up with a solution to be responsive to the child’s …show more content…
To apply postmodernism approach in the practice, educators should appreciate the exist laws, guidelines and rules for their actions, but they also have an open mind to consider multiple circumstances and cope with differences and issues in the multi-cultural community (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). Educators should develop culture competence to understand and support families from diverse cultural backgrounds, communicate with them cross-culturally and gain skills to manage the conflicts between micro culture and macro culture by reading books, attending classes and interacting with families with different cultural backgrounds (DEEWR, 2009; Gonzalez-Mena, 2007). Furthermore, educators should create an inclusive atmosphere for families to develop a sense of belonging in the centres (DEEWR, 2009). Set up an area that encourages the communication between parents, which could include sofas, magazines and children’s photos displaying on the wall. Educators can celebrate cultural holidays and events with families, demonstrate how they value different culture and respect their ways of being to the …show more content…
The educators’ three different practices to cope with the different expectations, which embedded their beliefs and values, were examined from a deontological perspective. According to the deontological theory, communicate with parents through writing or verbal communication and negotiation were the strengths as they showed the right intentions and the actions themselves were correct. However, uninformed action was a limitation as they displayed a wrong motive and they could not be an applicable universal law for all educators. New pathways to address the problem of parents do not share their micro culture to the educators are provided from a deontological lens. Firstly, educators are suggested to develop their culture competence to better understand diverse micro culture. They should show their open attitude to welcome the diversity in the centre by setting up a welcomed area, showing interests in different culture and celebrating cultural holidays and events. In addition, empower the parents and help them to articulate their expectations for children. They also need to be patient in working on their relationship-building skills to build successfully partnership with