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February 12, 2013: The Absurdity of Corporate Religious Freedom

open access: yes, 2013
Blog post, “The Absurdity of Corporate Religious Freedom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of ...
Ledewitz, Bruce
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Research Ethics Through Local Knowledge and Leadership: The Community Ethics Advisory Board on the Thailand–Burma Border

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Community Ethics Advisory Board (CEAB) on the Thailand–Burma border as a locally led ethics advisory mechanism that complements formal and institutionalised ethics systems within and beyond the region. CEAB was created to enable community members to provide guidance on research proposals and activities in their areas,
Naw May Lyar Soe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The politics and poetics of absurdity in modern Chinese literature

open access: yes, 2018
Modern China was born from some of the noblest aspirations – progress, enlightenment, emancipation and modernization. However, it also witnessed a distinct disjunction between grand narrative and cruel reality, between rational purpose and chaotic ...
Zhu, Xiuwen
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Absurdity as Resistance in Arab Literature

open access: yes, 2011
Examines the use of absurdity in literature written by Arab women, specifically Beirut Fragments by Jean Said Makdisi, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law by Suad Amiry, and the short story Thirty-One Beautiful Green Trees, by Salwa Bakr.
Hammond, Melissa
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“A Total Paradigm Shift”: Interviews With Australian Maternity Care Providers Who Practice Weight‐Inclusive Care

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Weight stigma is pervasive in maternity care, contributing to negative health outcomes and disengagement among larger‐bodied women. To reduce weight stigma and promote respectful, individualized care, a weight‐inclusive approach prioritizes overall well‐being rather than focusing on weight as a key health indicator.
Bec Jenkinson   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender stereotypes in preschool: An examination of age and gender differences

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender stereotypes are prevalent in many societies and begin to emerge in early childhood. The present study examined the gender stereotypes and their association with age and gender in preschool. Gender stereotypes of feminine, masculine and gender‐neutral traits and behaviours were collected in a sample of 104 German and Austrian children ...
Johanna Landvogt, Jan Lenhart
wiley   +1 more source

Albert Camuse and Franz Kafka, the heroes af absurdity

open access: yes, 2010
our thesis deals with literary nexus of two considerable writers of 20 th century' Franz Kafka and Albert č"'u", "*i.tentialism, absurdity in the art and philosophy' The subject of our research were the fictions ,,The Trial" (1925) by Kafka and "The ...
Hanšpach, Daniel
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Teacher–student relationships in practice: Student perceptions of positive teaching

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Teacher–student relationships (TSR) significantly shape teaching and learning processes. Current research rarely leverages qualitative analyses of students' perceptions, leaving a critical gap in understanding how positive TSR manifest from students' perspectives.
Orly Shapira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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