Traditional health care in South Africa - diverse ideas and convergent practice
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1991 The main theme of this paper is a description of the surprising resistance of so-called folk concepts of health and illness to modem scientific medicine.
J. H. Booyens
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A supportive ethical culture (EC) can encourage moral behavior among employees and help them avoid wrongdoing. One option for fostering EC is ethics training; its longer‐term effectiveness, however, has rarely been examined, especially in countries lacking strong regulatory environments.
Pablo Ruiz‐Palomino +3 more
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The relationship between foreign development assistance and human rights peerformance : a case study of the United States of America, Canada, The Netherlands and Indonesia : a research project presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University [PDF]
, 1995 This dissertation examines the degree to which donor countries have attempted to suspend or discontinue foreign aid to the recipients on human rights ground.
Costa Babo Soares, Dionisio da
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Finding a moral homeground: appropriately critical religious education and transmission of spiritual values [PDF]
, 2010 Values-inspired issues remain an important part of the British school curriculum. Avoiding moral relativism while fostering enthusiasm for spiritual values and applying them to non-curricular learning such as school ethos or children's home lives are ...
Arthur J. +67 more
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A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
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Are (Should) Human Rights (Be) Universal? [PDF]
, 1998 Many critics of the concept of human rights argue that it undermines indigenous cultures, especially in the underdeveloped world. I agree that the concept of human rights often undermines cultures.
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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How to use stereotypes to raise awareness of cultural interpretation and encourage intercultural competence [PDF]
, 2012 As Ghent University is increasingly attracting international undergraduate and graduate students there is a growing need for special attention concerning intercultural issues.
Kanobana, Sibo
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, 2011 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational ethical culture on the ethical decisions of tax practitioners in mainland China.
SHAFER, William Eugene +1 more
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The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military
Dialog, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
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Towards an Inclusive Anthropology of Aging
Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne, 2020 Given anthropology’s disciplinary commitment to diversity and openness, studying cultural formations that are based on exclusion and discrimination can pose epistemologicalchallenges.
Jessica C. Robbins
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