What are the five characteristics of 'Voluntary Action'?

 Voluntary action is done voluntarily to help others out of compassion or concern and they are not compensated with wages. The characteristics of voluntary actions are:

(i) It means helping others in all possible ways

(ii) No expectation in return of these actions.

(iii) Feeling of social concern and urge to help others.

(iv) It beliefs in the virtue of service to the needy.

(v) It gives importance to one’s duty over rights.

Shramdan, which is derived from Shram (manual labour) and Dan (donation), or voluntary manual labour is labeled as social work.  It promotes the collective good. Shramdan however is different from social work. It is different in methods and techniques.

Shramdan means manual labour to get concrete work done. They philosophy is that it is the duty of every one to contribute their labour for the well-being of the community. It does not require specialized knowledge and technical skills.

According to American social reformer Abraham Flexner, social work profession has six attributes:

(i) it is an intellectual operation and large responsibility;

(ii) it is based on science and learning;

(iii) knowledge is applied for a practical and definite conclusion;

(iv) it has an educationally communicable method;

(v) it has tendency to self-organize, and

(vi) it is a helping profession with altruistic motives.

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